Real Madrid set Auba deadline

LONDON. — Real Madrid have set Arsenal a June 15 deadline for a decision over Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Blow for Bundesliga restart

BERLIN. — Germany’s plans to restart competitive football on May 16 suffered an early setback after the entire team of second tier Dynamo Dresden were placed in a two-week quarantine following two positive coronavirus tests.

African Sun expects business boost

Hotelier, African Sun, says it expects a significant improvement in the business and economic climate during the second half of the year, although economies are still grappling to deal with the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

Japan expands COVID-19 testing programme

TOKYO. — Japan appears set to approve the use of testing kits which claim to be able to detect the coronaviria antigens within 30 minutes as the host nation for the next Olympic and Paralympic Games seeks to improve a testing regime it has been criticised over. Manufacturer Fujirebio can provide 200 000 tests per week and Japanese news agency Kyodo reports that the Government will approve the use of these kits on Wednesday.

Cassava unveils Sasai TeamTalk with free calls on Sundays

Cassava Fintech International (CFI), a subsidiary of Econet Global, today realesed an enhanced voice and video coferencing service that allows up to 20 people on one call.

JUST-IN: Legislator Chibaya injured in road accident . . .

MDC-Alliance national organising secretary, Mr Amos Chibaya and the party’s Mkoba District youth chair, Mr John Kuka were admitted at Zvishavane District Hospital on Sunday afternoon after a Government allocated car they were travelling in was involved in a head-on collision with another car near Zvishavane.

EU unveils US$75m package for Zim

THE European Union (EU) has unveiled a US$75 million package to fight Covid-19 in Zimbabwe.

Of this, US$40 million was released through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)’s Health Development Fund, while US$35 million was pledged by EU Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen.

New banknotes imminent

THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) will in the next few weeks introduce a new set of higher denomination banknotes to increase physical money supply and curb cash shortages.

Authorities have approved the introduction of $10 and $20 banknotes worth close to $600 million.

SB Moyo congratulates bloc on Europe Day

FOREIGN Affairs and International Trade Minister Dr Sibusiso Moyo yesterday congratulated the European Union (EU) on its 70th Anniversary of Europe Day, saying the 27-member bloc has become a major cooperating partner for Zimbabwe and the world at large.

MDC: Uphold rule of law, constitutionalism

THE March Supreme Court ruling nullifying Mr Nelson Chamisa’s leadership of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change and ordering the party to hold an extraordinary congress within three months has not only thrown the cat among pigeons, but is a damning indictment on the party’s failure to adhere to key democratic tenets, the rule of law and constitutionalism.

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