Ten Hag wants Ronaldo fired

LONDON. — Erik ten Hag has “told Manchester United bosses that Cristiano Ronaldo should never play for them again” after his bombshell interview with Piers Morgan.

Drink-driving MP quits job… and booze

KIGALI. – A Rwandan MP, who resigned from parliament on Monday, has apologized for “drink-driving”.

We cannot let formal media die — Min Mutsvangwa

THE rapid development in Information Communication Technology, which has fuelled the rise of citizen journalists and therefore mass distribution of unverified news (fake news), was the subject of the first session of a well-attended Global Media Congress in Abu Dhabi yesterday.

Zim, Canada share notes on elections

CANADIAN Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Christina Buchan, yesterday paid a courtesy call on the Speaker of the National Assembly, Advocate Jacob Mudenda, where they discussed issues around elections and democracy in the two countries.

Zim targets increase in horticulture production

Zimbabwe is targeting increase in high value horticultural products for export markets to create more jobs and continuing to diversify its agricultural production base and increased production for local markets to give consumers a wider range of produce.

Stocks gain on China economy support, US talks

Stocks climbed with Hong Kong leading gains as traders weighed better prospects for the world’s second-biggest economy and signs of reduced US-China tensions. The benchmark index in Hong Kong jumped…

Xi urges Biden to turn new page in China-US relations

BALI. – Thecurrent state of China-US relations is not in the fundamental interests of the two countries and peoples, and is not what the international community expects, Chinese President Xi Jinping said during his meeting with US President Joe Biden in Bali, Indonesia on Monday, which marked the first face-to-face meeting between the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies since Biden took office.

Djokovic granted visa

MELBOURNE. — Novak Djokovic has been granted a visa to play in the Australian Open tennis tournament in January, Guardian Australia and state broadcaster ABC reported on Tuesday.

Africa pushes for review in elephant trade at CITES

PANAMA CITY. – The 19th conference of the parties of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) began in Panama City on Monday with African countries pushing for various reviews of proposals and documents on elephants and ivory.

World’s population hits 8 billion

NEW YORK. – The world’s population hit 8 billion on Tuesday, according to UN estimates, a major milestone as many parts of the world face plummeting growth rates and world leaders struggle to address pressing global issues like climate change, food security, aging populations and environmental destruction.

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