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TURIN. — Giorgio Chiellini lead the way as Juventus players returned to individual training at the team’s sports centre on Tuesday, while Cristiano Ronaldo began two weeks’ coronavirus quarantine after…
US stocks open lower
Wall Street stocks tumbled in early trading Monday, with airline shares taking a major hit after Warren Buffett said he liquidated his holdings in major US carriers. About 15 minutes…
Oil price rises
Oil was headed for the longest run of daily gains in more than nine months on signs the worst of the supply glut may be over as production cuts start…
The bane of data pricing, accessibility of information
Ruth Butaumocho African Agenda A few weeks ago, a picture/meme showing two young girls ostensibly from some rural area aged around five who were holding plastic containers, went viral. The…
Russian history: The great patriotic war
Correspondent The outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 found the Soviet Union unprepared for the conflict ahead. Political purges had stripped the army of many of its experienced…
Cricket to lose millions of pounds
LONDON. — English cricket is braced for losses of up to £380 million if no matches are played this summer due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Tom Harrison, CEO…
As ZIDA gets orders, real work should now begin
Lovemore Chikova Development Dialogue President Mnangagwa on Monday gave the newly appointed Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) executives their orders, a befitting send-off for them to start their work.…
Positioning for intra-Africa trade
Sitsthengisiwe Ndlovu The recent economic rescue package $18 billion (9 percent of GDP) to different sectors of industry represents a significant fiscus stimulus that will be able to resuscitate businesses,…
‘Another sell-off approaches’
Emerging markets are likely to see another sell-off later this year, puncturing their recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and adding to losses that have already totalled $3 trillion, a survey…
Ben Stokes eager to play
LONDON. — England all-rounder Ben Stokes “would do anything” to get cricket back on television, whether there are fans in the stadiums or not. Cricket, like most other sports, has…