Balanced News: New Zealand’s Ardern announces resignation as prime minister ahead of election

Jacinda Ardern, the New Zealand politician whose empathetic leadership style inspired people worldwide, said she will step down as prime minister of the South Pacific country. Ardern, whose popularity in New Zealand has dimmed in the past year, on Thursday said leadership of the nation of five million people during a turbulent five years had drained her. “I have given my absolute all to being Prime Minister but it has also taken a lot out of me.