An 18-year-old man sentenced to one year in a Dubai jail for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girlhas been released and is safely in the UK, a campaign group has said. Marcus Fakana,...
China is accelerating a high-stakes global land grab for critical minerals, with a string of overseas mining acquisitions worth £7.7bn ($9.8bn) last year alone — the most aggressive push in more...
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