Monthly Archives: July, 2020
Zimbabwe to pay white farmers $3.5bn in land compensation deal
Zimbabwe agreed on Wednesday to pay $3.5bn in compensation to white farmers whose land was expropriated by the government to resettle Black families, moving...
China’s Hengli makes bold $20bn bet to spin coal into fabric
What to do with China's abundant stock of coal? Chemical giant Hengli plans to make clothes out of it.
It may sound like something from...
Two rugby players positive in latest premiership COVID-19 tests
England's Premiership Rugby said two players returned a positive result in its latest round of COVID-19 tests conducted on 896 players and club staff...
Female leaders doing ‘better job’ in virus crisis, says Lagarde
Female leaders are doing a better job handling the coronavirus crisis, European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde said in an online interview with The...
Student files first climate change suit against Australian gov’t
A 23-year-old student has filed a lawsuit against Australia's government alleging it has failed to disclose climate change-related risks to investors in the country's...
Russian court sentences prominent Gulag historian to prison
A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced respected Gulag historian Yury Dmitriyev to more than three years in prison on controversial sexual abuse charges in...
