According to Bloomberg, Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, murdered in 2011, asked the Russian authorities to support his presidential ambitions in Libya. Earlier, in December 2017 a representative of the Gaddafi family, Basem al-Hashimi, announced that the son of the late

DUBAI: Say it quietly ‘Down Under’, but Australia may need a favour from old enemy England if they are to reach the T20 World Cup semi-finals. With England effectively assured of their semi-final place with four wins out of four in Group 1 of the tournament, Australia and South Africa are left to scramble over the last spot.At the moment, the Proteas have six points from four games while Australia are on four points from three matches. However, after an eight-wicket mauling by England in their l

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Modelling used to justify the" feasibility" of the net zero target assumed a dramatic fall in the number of days of calm weather, when many turbines stand still, according to new analysis. Data obtained from the Climate Change Committee( CCC), the official advisory body, following a legal battle, shows that a series of assumptions underpinning its advice to ministers included a projection that in 2050 there would be just seven days on which wind turbines would produce less than 10 per cent of th

OPINIONYoung people in Britain need a future-and businesses need workers( Image: Getty) I was elected last year to bring change to my community and change to Britain.... Something has gone dramatically wrong over the past 14 years-and we must allow people to get back to work so Britain works for working people. Our welfare system was set up to help those who genuinely can’t work.... Of course it’s right that we do that....

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Listen 10 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Share Never Back Down, the outside group spending heavily to make Florida Gov.... A New York Times/ Siena College poll released Monday showed Trump leading the field with the backing of 54 percent of likely Republican voters.... “ We are running a full-scale operation that has never been done before at this level by either party....

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is counting on more help from India until it secures an International Monetary Fund( IMF) programme that’s hoped would unlock aid from other lenders to help face the worst economic crisis of its independent history. The South Asian nation has been plagued by shortages of necessities, power cuts, and rampant inflation, which has triggered calls for the ouster of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who this week also took on the role of finance min

LONDON — Britain says Russia’s increasing reliance on mercenaries to fight in Ukraine is a sign of the war’s heavy toll on Moscow’s forces. Western officials say up to 1, 000 combatants from the private Wagner Group have been sent to eastern Ukraine.... But those signals don’t silence the explosions of Russian shells, ” Zelenskyy said.... 24, was already beginning to cut rations because of rising food, fuel and shipping costs for millions of families around the world....