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Documents show that U.K.'s Starmer was warned of 'reputational risk' in appointing Peter Mandelson
Mar 11, 2026 - World 
Documents released Wednesday by the British government show officials believed there was a "reputational risk" to appointing Peter Mandelson as the U.S. ambassador because of his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Lords a-leaving: Britain is ejecting hereditary nobles from Parliament after 700 years
Mar 11, 2026 - World 
Centuries of British political tradition will end within weeks after Parliament voted to remove hereditary aristocrats from the unelected House of Lords.
Drone strike kills U.N. aid worker in the eastern Congo city of Goma
Mar 11, 2026 - World 
A series of explosions attributed to drones killed at least one person, a U.N. aid worker, as the attack on the Wednesday rocked downtown Goma in eastern Congo, according to the M23 rebel group and local residents.
Trump keeps telling America he's winning in Iran. He's less clear in explaining how the war ends
Mar 11, 2026 - World 
Facing jittery global markets and drooping poll numbers since launching a war on Iran, President Donald Trump has cycled from calls for "unconditional surrender" to sounding amenable to an end state in which Iran trades one hard-line ayatollah for another.
Analysis: Iran war becomes a contest of who can take the most pain
Mar 11, 2026 - World 
The war with Iran, for all its complexity and global effects, boils down to a single question: Who can take the pain the longest?

