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Mugabe's jet-setting confounds Zimbabwe
Published on 26/05/2017
» HARARE: Despite his advancing years and increasing frailty, 93-year-old Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe shows few signs of losing his love for foreign travel, a predilection that is costing his cash-strapped country dear.
$400-trillion retirement savings shortfall predicted
Published on 26/05/2017
» Longer lifespans and disappointing investment returns will result in a retirement-savings shortfall of $400 trillion in three decades, a figure more than five times the size of the global economy, according to a new World Economic Forum report.
US growth revised upward
Published on 26/05/2017
» WASHINGTON: The US economy started 2017 with a whimper, but it wasn't quite as weak as first thought. The government on Friday revised up its January-March growth reading to a rate of 1.2% -- better than an earlier estimate of 0.7% but well below President Donald Trump's ambitious growth targets.
'Benz Racing' indicted on serious charges with two others
Online Reporters, Published on 26/05/2017
» Akarakit "Benz Racing" Worarojcharoendet and two other suspects have been indicted on money-laundering and drug charges that carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment if they are found guilty.
No funds, no fielding of MP candidates, says NLA panel
Online Reporters, Published on 26/05/2017
» A panel of the National Legislative Assembly (NLA) thinks a political party may be set up without a required amount of seed funds but such parties should not be allowed to field MP candidates, according to one of its members.