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Special Desk In about six-week time from now it will be decided whether Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi, will become the president or not. “Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi submitted his candidacy for the presidential election to the High National Electoral Commission office in Sebha,” the commission …

Special Desk Sara Duterte, the eldest daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, will contest to become vice-president in next year’s elections. The Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter has registered her candidacy for vice-president in next year’s elections and was chosen as the running mate of Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son …

Special Desk President Vladimir Putin has warned Belarus. Belarus’s threat to cut off gas supplies to Europe would be a breach of contract with Russia, Putin has warned. In an interview, Putin said President Alexander Lukashenko may have made the threat in a fit of temper. Lukashenko is facing new …

Overnight the UK COP presidency has released a new draft of the decision text for the Glasgow Climate Summit with more concrete language showing the way the deal could shape up. The latest COP26 draft appears significantly more balanced with stronger elements on adaptation, finance and loss & damage. The …

Jubilee News Desk Lucknow, the State capital of Uttar Pradesh,  became third city in Uttar Pradesh, to report zika virus cases after Kanpur and Kannauj. Kanpur has reported maximum over 100 zika cases while Kannauj one and Lucknow Thursday reported two cases of zika virus. The samples were taken on …

Special Desk NASA’s announcement that its plans to put humans on the Moon’s surface, has been delayed, has evoked mixed response. The space agency is now targeting 2025 for a crewed landing. The Trump administration’s target of 2024 human landing was not grounded in technical feasibility. Few observers expected Nasa …

Special Desk Stalled tourism may get boost and families staying apart may meet freely as the US reopened its borders on Monday for all those having had their complete covid vaccination. Thus borders opening for foreign visitors, ends a 20-month entry ban. The ban was imposed when Donald Trump was …

Dr. Seema Javed New analysis in The Paris Effect – COP26 edition, from global sustainability consultancy SYSTEMIQ, shows there is no longer a meaningful case for investing in new carbon-heavy infrastructure, with all major sectors well capable of developing cost-competitive green solutions by 2030. For any high-carbon infrastructure built today, …

Special Desk As the news comes in at least 20 people have been killed and another 16 injured severely in an attack on a military hospital in Kabul, the Afghan capital. Officials of the Ministry of Public Health said number of injured may go up swiftly as rescue operations are …

Jubilee News Desk Movie goers can again have that treat in cinema halls as major releases are coming up in November and December. Action packed Sooryavanshi will be released on November 5 along with No Means No. ‘Sooryavanshi’ will showcase action as Akshay plays the chief of the Anti-Terrorism Squad …