New Zealand Prime Minister Resigns 

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, a global figurehead of progressive politics, announced that she would resign from office in a matter of weeks. <br />She says she no longer had enough in the tank. <br />Ardern says she would step down no later than February 7, less than three years after winning a landslide election to secure her second term in office. <br />Ardern’s government has struggled – its popularity hampered by soaring inflation, a looming recession, and a resurgent conservative opposition.