Chikanda bemoans lack of junior policy

Collin Matiza-Sports Editor DANIEL “DC” Chikanda, the first black man to wear the senior national team’s captain’s armband during the pre-Independence era, has bemoaned the lack of strong junior policy…

Russian fertiliser donation in Beira

A ship carrying 23 000 tonnes of Russian fertilisers, mainly potash fertilisers, donated to Zimbabwe has docked in Beira Port, officials said on Tuesday. The shipment was donated by one…

Kohli to miss T20 opener

Star India batsman Virat Kohli will miss the first of three internationals against Afghanistan due to “personal reasons”, coach Rahul Dravid said yesterday. Kohli and skipper Rohit Sharma both returned…

Why the US can’t find enough troops to feed its imperial ambitions

Robert Bridge-Correspondent Amid hopes that the 2024 US National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA) would lead to an uptick in troop strength, just the opposite has occurred, as military brass fear…

‘Ukrainians will benefit from Zelensky’s fall’

President Volodymyr Zelensky has antagonised all his allies, both domestic and foreign, and is doomed to be ousted this year, exiled Ukrainian opposition leader Viktor Medvedchuk has said. But his…

SA drags Israel to UN court over Gaza genocide allegations

THE HAGUE, Netherlands.  — A legal battle over whether Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza amounts to genocide opens today at the United Nations’ top court with preliminary hearings into…

50 countries to hold polls this year

LONDON. – More than 50 countries that are home to half the planet’s population are due to hold national elections in 2024, but the number of citizens exercising the right…

World breaks annual heat records

BRUSSELS. – Last year, Earth broke annual heat records, flirted with the globally agreed warming threshold and showed other signs of a feverish planet, the European climate agency has said.…

Middlesbrough shock Chelsea in League Cup semi-final

MIDDLESBROUGH, England. — Chelsea suffered a surprise 1-0 loss to second-tier Middlesbrough in the first leg of their League Cup semi-final on Tuesday with Hayden Hackney’s goal giving Mauricio Pochettino’s…

Africa: Reparations bid takes firm shape

Onyekachi Wambu-Correspondent The contemporary global order, currently under immense stress on multiple fronts, remains shaped by the historical impact of Western imperial expansion, which manifested itself through trafficking and enslavement,…