ASIA PACIFIC

Mnangagwa in Japan for TICAD9 summit

President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived in Yokohama this morning to participate in the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9).The President was welcomed by Japanese officials,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 15 hours ago

AMERICAS

US State Department revokes 6,000 student visas

The State Department has revoked more than 6,000 international student visas because of violations of US law and overstays, the department said.The agency said the "vast majority" of the violations w...

By Staff reporter | Published: 14 hours ago

EUROPE

Goodyear shutters multiple global plants

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company is undertaking a significant global restructuring, announcing the closure of several manufacturing plants across South Africa, Germany, France, Malaysia, and other cou...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 August 2025

ASIA PACIFIC

India invites BRICS countries to pay in rupees

India has taken a historic step to challenge the dominance of the US dollar (USD) by issuing an official circular allowing BRICS nations to conduct 100% of their trade in Indian rupees.According to a ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 17 August 2025

ASIA PACIFIC

China sanctions two EU banks

China sanctioned a pair of banks in the EU, fulfilling a promise to retaliate after the bloc targeted some Chinese lenders over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.China included UAB Urbo Bankas and AB Mano ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 August 2025

AMERICAS

Gates launches plan to reduce population growth in Africa

The Gates Foundation is set to introduce a contraceptive in Kenya and other African countries, a hormonal intrauterine device (IUD) capable of preventing pregnancy for up to eight years.This marks th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 August 2025

EUROPE

Covid-19 jab linked to major eye damage

Scientists have discovered that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine may increase the risk of eye damage, leading to vision loss.The new study specifically examined how the vaccine affected patients' corneas, th...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 July 2025

AMERICAS

US deports 'barbaric criminals' to African state

The United States has deported eight people it labeled "barbaric criminal illegal aliens" to South Sudan, a country the US State Department warns against visiting due to rampant crime, kidnappings, an...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2025

AMERICAS

Sending money from the US just got more expensive

Zimbabweans living in the United States will now have to dig deeper into their pockets to send money back home after the US Senate approved President Donald Trump’s 1% tax on international remittanc...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 July 2025

AMERICAS

US warns Zimbabweans against misusing visas for 'birth tourism'

The United States Embassy in Harare has issued a stern warning to Zimbabweans against misusing its visa system, particularly for engaging in "birth tourism" - the practice of travelling to the U.S. to...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2025

MIDDLE EAST

Trump strikes Iran's Fordow, Isfahan, Natanz sites

PRESIDENT Donald Trump has announced that United States forces struck three Iranian nuclear sites in a "very successful attack", adding that the heavily fortified Fordow nuclear facility is "gone".Tru...

By Staff reporter | Published: 22 June 2025

ASIA PACIFIC

Oil price resurgence has further to run

When crude surges above US$90 a barrel and the leaders of Saudi Arabia and Russia get on the phone to congratulate each other on a job well done, oil consumers should take note.After half a year in th...

By Bloomberg | Published: 12 September 2023

AMERICAS

US dollar starts week under pressure

The dollar's record hot streak came under threat yesterday as Asia's biggest central banks took aim in different ways at the recent rally in the greenback.The People's Bank of China gave a strong warn...

By Bloomberg | Published: 12 September 2023

ASIA PACIFIC

Russia, China to ditch US dollar

MOSCOW and Beijing have inked an intergovernmental agreement to switch to national currencies in bilateral trade and boost cross-currency settlements up to 50 percent as they ramp up efforts to move a...

By Russia Today | Published: 01 July 2019

EUROPE

UK's Boris Johnson quits over Brexit stretegy

Boris Johnson has resigned as Foreign Secretary amid a growing political crisis over the UK's Brexit strategy.He is the second senior cabinet minister to quit within hours following Brexit Secretary D...

By BBC | Published: 09 July 2018

EUROPE

Zimbabwean appointed Bristol mayor's advisor

Former Zimbabwean journalist Forward Maisokwadzo has been appointed deputy advisor to Bristol mayor Marvin Jonathan Rees on inclusion.The 45-year old's brief includes representing the south-western Un...

By Staff reporter | Published: 01 July 2018

AMERICAS

China dumps dollars

SOME Chinese banks today sold off large amounts of dollars to devalue the yuan, further rattling investors.The move by Chinese banks was likely at the behest of the Chinese government, analysts said, ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 June 2018

EUROPE

Britain increasingly willing to cosy up to nasty regimes

LONDON - What the crowd lacked in size, it made up for in noise. Fifty or so people waved Turkish flags and shouted their support for Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as he gave a speech at a think-tank in Londo...

By Economist | Published: 21 June 2018

AMERICAS

EU to launch tariffs against US on Friday

The EU will target emblematic US exports such as blue jeansThe European Union will launch a raft of retaliatory tariffs against US exports on Friday, a top official has said.The move comes after US Pr...

By BBC | Published: 20 June 2018

AMERICAS

Trump puts 25% tariff on $50bn Chinese goods

US President Donald Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on $50bn worth of Chinese goods, accusing Beijing of intellectual copyright theft.Tariffs that affect more than 800 products worth $34bn in annual tra...

By BBC | Published: 15 June 2018

EUROPE

Trump humiliates Europe

United States' decision to pull out of the nuclear deal with Iran has seen European companies such as Maersk Tankers from Denmark, Germany's Allianz and France's Total are ready to abandon multi-billi...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 June 2018

AMERICAS

Maduro expels US envoy amid new sanctions

President Nicolas Maduro ordered the expulsion of the top US diplomat in Venezuela following a new round of sanctions imposed by Washington over his re-election.Maduro announced the move in a national...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 May 2018

AMERICAS

Dollar strengthens back towards 2018 high

The dollar climbed back towards its highest level in 2018 on Monday as investors continued to bet that rising interest rates in the United States would boost the greenback.The index measuring the doll...

By Reuters | Published: 08 May 2018

MIDDLE EAST

Oil boils over $70 a barrel

US oil rose above $70 a barrel for the first time since November 2014 as traders braced for a re-imposition of US sanctions on Middle East crude producer Iran.Futures in New York and London jumped as ...

By Bloomberg | Published: 07 May 2018

EUROPE

UK, EU agree terms for Brexit transition period

The UK and EU have agreed on a "large part" of the agreement that will lead to the "orderly withdrawal" of the UK.Brexit negotiators Michel Barnier and David Davis said they had agreed terms for a tra...

By BBc | Published: 19 March 2018
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