India, April 30 -- Humza Yousaf announced his resignation as Scotland's first minister on Monday, before he was due to face two confidence votes this week sparked by his ditching of junior coalition partners in a row over climate policy. The 39-year-old of Pakistani origin said he had "underestimated" the hurt he had caused by unceremoniously ending the SNP's power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens in the Scottish parliament last week. His government had earlier abandoned ambitious targets for the transition to net-zero carbon emissions, angering the Greens. The opposition Scottish Conservatives then lodged a vote of no-confidence in Yousaf, which was set for Wednesday and which the first minister was at risk of losing. Scottish Labour also lodged another no-confidence vote in his government.P15...