adminWhat market strategists say after US killed top Iranian general
So much for the bullish start to this year for risk assets. Global markets pivoted from optimism over a US-China trade deal to fears about conflict in the Middle East after a US air-strike killed a top Iranian commander in Baghdad. Oil spiked, while haven assets from the yen to gold rallied. US stock futures dropped and Asian shares reversed gains.
Carbon markets in spotlight . . . as countries fail to reach consensus
When the Madrid leg of the annual UN climate negotiations — or COP25 — ended mid-December under a cloud of uncertainty, one of the key aspects of the Paris Agreement that failed to achieve consensus involves international carbon market rules.
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Machete gang chops miner . . . Police arrest notorious robbers
Freedom Mupanedemo, Midlands Bureau POLICE in Mvuma have launched a manhunt for a three-man machete-wielding gang who waylaid and chopped to death a local miner while a plot-holder watched in horror.…
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EDITORIAL COMMENT: Swiftly fine-tune supply of subsidised roller meal
A removal of a subsidy on maize bought by commercial millers from the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) in November last year saw the price of mealie-meal doubling. The sharp price increase…
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Mountain that breathes life into West Nicholson community
Raymond Jaravaza, Showbiz Correspondent THE sight of over 200 omakorokoza clad in an assortment of clothing, from torn jeans to mismatching overalls, hard at work under the simmering heat on a…
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Six senior players leave FC Platinum
Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Senior Sports Reporter SIX senior FC Platinum players have parted ways with the Premiership champions ahead of the resumption of preparations for the return leg of their their Total…
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When years exchange drought baton sticks
Stephen Mpofu, Perspective With skies overhead so heart-breakingly sombre and constrained at a time in the new year when crop fields across the country are wont to flaunt their traditional green…
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Uefa president falls in love with Zimbabwe
Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Senior Reporter UNION of European Football Associations (UEFA) president Aleksander Ceferin yesterday described as unfortunate continued and unsubstantiated reports by international news organisations that Zimbabwe was unsafe for tourists.…
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Idiots, Uefa boss labels racists
Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Senior Sports Reporter UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin yesterday described as “idiots,” football fans who are involved in racist attacks on players. In an interview with Chronicle Sport at Camp…
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Zifa hit back in equipment row
Tadious Manyepo, Harare Bureau ZIFA have demanded that their former leaders – president Philip Chiyangwa and his deputy Omega Sibanda – bring in equipment, donated by Fifa, which they claim the…