World leaders articles
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World leaders misdiagnose the US with a crisis of confidence
Is America experiencing a crisis of confidence? That is the assessment of some world leaders from allied and partner nations in recent months. Former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen criticized the U.S. at the start of the year, “Recent global events in the Taiwan Strait, in the Middle East, in Ukraine are all results of American hesitance to actually lead.”As he addressed Congress earlier this month, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida chided his audience for what he called “an...
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‘A brutal business’: toxicity of politics takes toll on world leaders’ mental health
Four in 10 politicians report low or very low mental wellbeing, and some are being driven out. What can be done to ease the burden?It was a political bombshell, one that prompted shock and set off debate across much of Spain. But for the film director Pedro Almodóvar, news that the prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, was considering resigning last week did not come as a surprise.“There’s no human being who can resist what the most resistant of our presidents has been suffering in recent years,”...
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So how DOES 'pint-sized' Rishi Sunak measure up to other world leaders after Angela Rayner mocked his height?
Rishi Sunak was branded a 'pint-size loser' during Prime Minister questions today but how does the PM actually measure up against other world leaders?