New Swedish PM resigns on first day in job, hopes for swift return

Sweden's first female prime minister, Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson, resigned yesterday after less than 12 hours in the top job after the Green Party quit their two-party coalition, stoking political uncertainty.

But Andersson said she told the speaker of Parliament she hoped to be appointed prime minister again as the head of a single-party government, and the prospects of that happening appeared fairly strong given support from other parties.

The Green Party quit after Parliament...