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TEHRAN. — Iranians hope international sanctions that have suffocated the economy could be lifted if relations improve between Tehran and Washington after president Hassan Rouhani’s historic phone chat with Barack…
Women not that evil
Gender Forum Ruth Butaumocho For the past few weeks, Zimbabweans across the social divide have been mesmerised by the story of two women currently in custody after being arrested as…
CAPS Utd boss cries foul
Augustine Hwata Senior Sports Reporter CAPS United claim they are victims of a poorly-run league fixture programme and this was draining their financial resources after playing at least half of…
Bayern touch the heavens
LONDON. — The temptation to stay in New York must have been huge. Pep Guardiola had won 14 trophies in four seasons at Barcelona, so what could he do next…
A war against the workers
Barry Grey After day one of the US government shutdown, neither the Obama administration nor the Republican-controlled House of Representatives seems in any hurry to end the funding impasse. There…
World goes into panic mode
HONG KONG. – From Chinese bloggers to European central bankers, the world is watching the US government shutdown with a mixture of bewilderment and growing nervousness that any debt default…
Amuli lambasts prophets in new song
Problem Masau Arts Correspondent Sungura musician Gift Amuli has criticised the new breed of prophets, who are bent on making money and popularity at the expense of the sick.
Of old-fashioned journalists
Geoffrey Nyarota Back in 2011, American journalist George Nicholas was said to be the oldest journalist in the world. At the age of 92 he had been wielding the pen…
Hodgson sticks with Hart
LONDON. — Hodgson has “every confidence” that goalkeeper Joe Hart will put his poor performance against Bayern Munich behind him when he turns up for England duty ahead of next…
Draghi to ask ECB to weigh liquidity options
MARIO DRAGHI has asked a European Central Bank panel to study options for new bank funding measures, as policy makers try to figure out how to deal with any future…