Syrian-born businessman Yahya Kirdi is leading a consortium to buy Liverpool. Photograph: Canadian Press / Rex Features One of the proposed bids to buy Liverpool Football Club is backed by members of the ruling family in Sharjah, the third largest of the United Arab Emirates, according to... 

George Osborne at the G20 summit in Toronto where warnings about austerity packages were unheeded. Photograph: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP As the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition embarks on Margaret Thatcher’s Economic Experiment Part Two, and Lloyd George, Roy Jenkins and the departed... 

Obama lived in Jakarta from 1967 to 1971 with his mother and Indonesian stepfather. (AFP) A film about U.S. President Barack Obama’s childhood days in Indonesia made its debut in Jakarta on Wednesday, promising a very different perspective on the man in the White House. “Obama Anak Menteng”... 

The Capello Index website has finally had its England player ratings removed. Photograph: Lewis Stickley/PA As the embarrassing Capello Index saga rumbled on today, the England manager has been reminded that he must run any future business ventures past the Football Association first in an...