OLD She spied for Cuba for years from inside the US government. Now she’s about to walk free

As the US reeled in the wake of 9/11, the arrest of a top government analyst who’d spent years spying for Cuba went almost unnoticed. Ana Montes leaves prison this month and the author of a new book tells Sheila Flynn just how damaging her betrayals re…

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I’m going to be the world’s tallest man – I’m bigger than houses in my village but people always ask me the same thing

A GIANT dubbed the world’s tallest man towers over the houses in his village – and even wears shoes made out of tyres.

Sulemana Abdul Samed, 29, has been growing at an extraordinary rate for years – and at a recent check-up, he was…

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Al-Qaida’s ‘bizarre’ silence over Zawahiri successor

Al-Qaida is taking its time to announce a new leader, possibly because the group’s central command is limited in relevance. The group’s arch-enemy, Islamic State, has faced similar difficulties in filling its leadership since its “caliph” Abu Bakr al-B…

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Strike-hit UK faces first rail stoppage of 2023

UK rail staff disrupted the New Year return to work on Tuesday in the latest strike action by workers in a range of sectors over the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. Workers across the economy are at loggerheads with the government as they …

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