Israel must hold an investigation after British diplomats were caught up in shooting by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, a Foreign Office...

Northern Ireland’s Communities Minister has called for the full reinstatement of the winter fuel payment.

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The Government is broadly supportive of blending hydrogen into the gas network and is actively considering the matter, energy minister Micha...

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By Chris Lau, Mai Takiguchi and Soyon Nishioka, CNNTokyo (CNN) — An off-the-cuff remark about never paying for rice has cost Japan’s agri...

Japan's agriculture minister resigned Wednesday because of political fallout over recent comments that he "never had to buy rice" because h...

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Farm minister Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday after experiencing a backlash over a controversial admission that he does not buy rice because...

Japan’s agriculture minister said on Wednesday that he has submitted his resignation over an inappropriate remark about buying rice that ang...

Eto, who came under fire for a quip about never having had to buy rice amid soaring prices, will be the first Cabinet minister to quit since...

Eto, 64, is likely to become the first cabinet minister to be dismissed since Ishiba took office in October last year.

The government has faced mounting calls to reverse the winter fuel cuts