The global financial landscape is witnessing a seismic shift as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) boldly moves away from the United States (US) dollar in its oil trade dealings. This strategic pivot aligns with the broader ambitions of the Brics (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) economic alliance, of which the UAE is a...
Unbeaten lightweight Ernesto “Tito” Mercado (13-0, 12 KOs) scored a second round TKO over former world title challenger Jeremia Nakathila (23-4, 19 KOs) on Saturday night at the LumColor “Phoenix Center” in Ontario, California. Mercado dropped Nakathila in round two and got a referee’s stoppage with his follow-up barrage. Nakathila complained about the stoppage –...
The High Court has stopped the awarding of a pharmaceutical supply tender to Cospharm Investment Pty Ltd – a company of which the majority shareholder is a five-year-old. The father of the minor, Cosmas Mukaratirwa, owns 49% of the company. Judge Boas Usiku in his judgement said the contract should be put on hold pending...
Bus stops are a place where commuters wait to be picked up; however, they are often neglected. The Namibia Women Society’s Windhoek Branch has embarked on a transformation mission to beautify bus stops and make them more appealing, hopefully turning them into a place of solace. Over time, the city’s bus stops become damaged from...
Oleksandr Usyk of Ukraine retained his world heavyweight titles with a ninth-round knockout of Britain’s Daniel Dubois in Wroclaw, Poland on Saturday. Victory meant Usyk kept hold of the World Boxing Association, World Boxing Organisation and International Boxing Federation belts. It also extended his perfect professional record to 21 wins from 21 bouts. Dubois, however,...
Chinese authorities say they will no longer publish figures for youth unemployment, while they find more accurate ways to measure it. And as Andrew Wood reports from Hong Kong, the decision is causing widespread cynicism. The post China stops releasing youth unemployment data first appeared on Future Media. Source link
Terence Crawford punished Errol Spence on the way to a ninth-round technical knockout to claim the undisputed welterweight world title in Las Vegas on Saturday. Unbeaten Crawford had knocked down Spence three times and had his previously unbeaten foe staggering under a hail of blows when referee Harvey Dock called a halt at 2:32 in...
World hunger stopped rising in 2022 after growing for seven years but remains above pre-pandemic levels and far off track to be eradicated by 2030. The AFP news agency reports that the proportion of people facing chronic hunger rose from 7.9 percent of the world population in 2019 to 9.2 percent in 2022. The annual...
An intervention by the Confederation of Namibian Fishing Associations (CNFA) has prevented Namsov Fishing, a subsidiary of Tunacor Fishing, from halting its fishing operations for horse mackerel freezer and discontinuing horse mackerel processing. In a letter seen by The Namibian, addressed to quota holders who sold their quotas to the company, chief executive Gerrie Hough...