Most venomous plants on Earth
BBCIn 2014, a gardener on a country estate in the UK mysteriously died of multiple organ failure.The cause of his death remains unclear, but an inquest heard evidence suggesting he had been killed by a popular…
Airstrike on Ajdabia kills and wounds a bunch of Sudanese immigrants
Libyan NewsA number of Sudanese immigrants in Libya have reported that they do not receive health care, and live in difficult conditions, following an airstrike in Ajdabia by which five Sudanese got killed and 15 others…
Fears of humanitarian crises rise in 2016
BBCThe strongest El Nino weather cycle on record is likely to increase the threat of hunger and disease for millions of people in 2016, aid agencies say.The weather phenomenon is set to exacerbate droughts in some…
Libya on the verge of foreign military intervention against ISIS
Sky NewsA couple of years ago, I had lunch with a senior civil servant responsible for, among other things, advising the Prime Minister.The adviser, a little younger than me, had not been on the ground in Libya - and I…
Another NATO nightmarish intervention in Libya coming up
SputnikThe United States and its three European allies – Britain, France and Italy – are planning yet another intervention into Libya, this time to defeat the expansion of Daesh (Islamic State) in North Africa, the Swiss…
Tobruk To Host National Reconciliation Meeting
Libyan NewsA member of Tripoli-based parliament - the General National Congress (GNC) - said that a delegation from the ‘Elders & Notables Committee’ met with several GNC lawmakers to present an intuitive aimed at holding a…
PM “Serraj” hopes Italy embassy will reopen soon
ANSAmedLibyan Premier Fayez Al-Serraj said after meeting Italian Premier Matteo Renzi in Rome Monday he hoped that "the Italian embassy and consulate will return to Tripoli as soon as possible". He said Libya will work to reinstate…
Facebook testing multiple news feeds on its mobile app
The VergeFacebook is testing multiple, topic-based feeds on its mobile app in place of one main News Feed. It's the next step in a process started by the company in October when it began allowing some users to see specialized…
Stocks in 2016 may look much the same as this year, analysts say
CBS NewsAnyone who followed stocks in 2015 knows it has been a ho-hum year, despite rampant volatility that had some investors eyeing the exits. Still, while many issues recorded minimal gains, a few have been standouts.They…
Cash payments represented only 48% of transactions this year
Sky News“2015 was the year cashless payments overtook the use of notes and coins for the first time.”What was the most memorable economic event of 2015? Inflation dropping below zero? The return of the Greek crisis? The tax…