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Bad debt has piled up for years, notably in the construction sector

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwean pastor Evan Mawarire was charged Wednesday with attempting to overthrow a constitutionally elected government for organizing a nationwide strike which shut the country down last week. The public gallery was packed with Mawarire’s supporters who laughed when the prosecutor announced the new charges which are more serious than the initial charge

The Russian company Hoversurf has created a flying motorcycle capable of accelerating up to 100 kilometers per hour, according to the newspaper Izvestia.

In its analysis of the recently-intensified Daesh assaults to the east of Palmyra, Russian media have noted that they might be due to government forces having redeployed from this area to Aleppo, intentionally weakening the area; however, it say, their tactical blunders should not be safeguarded with the lives of Russian servicemen.

London-based banks looking to pack up after Brexit could end up spending as much as $66.5 million to relocate to the EU, a new report says.

The Brexit-induced boomlet in mortgage refinances is still cooking with gas.

Jennifer Garner took her youngest daughter Seraphina and her friend on a shopping trip in Brentwood, California. The day out comes amid reports of reconciliation between Garner and estranged husband Ben Affleck.

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LOS ANGELES, July 13 (UPI) -- Mark Ruffalo has taken to social media to share a pair of behind-the-scenes clips from his upcoming "Avengers" team-up film, "Thor: Ragnarok."

ConAgra Foods Inc. said Wednesday it has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding its planned split into two independent public companies, Lamb Weston Holdings Inc. and Conagra Brands Inc. The company said ConAgra Foods director Timothy McLevish will become executive chairman of the board of Lamb Weston, and Thomas Werner, currently president of commercial foods at ConAgra Foods, will become chief executive. Lamb Weston will have a portfolio of foods, including frozen potato... Читать дальше...

Steinhoff will strengthen its presence in the British retail sector after agreeing a more than R11 billion (597 million pound) takeover of discount chain Poundland, it said on Wednesday.

LONDON (AP) — Low-cost Chinese carrier Ruili Airlines is buying six 787-9 Dreamliners from Boeing in a deal that is valued at $1.59 billion at current list prices.

LONDON (AP) — Low-cost Chinese carrier Ruili Airlines is buying six 787-9 Dreamliners from Boeing in a deal that is valued at $1.59 billion at current list prices.

Ma Zhanwei, the chairman of Ruili Airlines said in a statement that the planes are the right size and have the long range to "make it an ideal fit in facilitating our international expansion plans."

– Griezmann has signed a new contract with Atletico – The striker’s advisor discloses PSG talks  – The France international will stat at Atletico until 2021 Eric Olhats, the sporting advisor of Antoine Griezmann, confirmed that the striker held talks with Paris Saint-Germain. Recall that Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann has signed a new five-year contract […]

– Late Henrietta’s son Taiwo Olowu shoots video of tribute song Mama for her – Taiwo and Kehinde both features d in the video – The twin are the late actress children before she married Prince Jide Kosoko and are into music One of the twin children of late actress Henrietta Kosoko who is a […]

– Ali Modu Sheriff has denied ever having a political godfather in all his years in politics – He denied insinuations that Senator Kashamu Buruji was his current godfather – the embattled former PDP chairman warned party members across the country to stop what he termed “smear campaign” The embattled factional national chairman of the […]

DALLAS (AP) — Funerals are set to begin for the five officers slain by a sniper during a protest last week in downtown Dallas.

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — University of Maryland campus police are searching for a suspect after receiving reports of three robberies on the College Park campus. Campus police said in a statement that the robberies occurred Tuesday night outside Tydings, Tawes, Queen Anne's halls. Police say the suspect was wearing black clothing and showed a black handgun in two of the incidents. The victims were not injured. Addition information has not been provided.

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Brussels (AFP) - NATO and Russia on Wednesday hold their first talks since the alliance agreed at a summit in Warsaw to beef up its presence in eastern Europe due to fears over the Kremlin's expansionism.

The meeting between ambassadors from the 28-nation alliance and Russia is the first since April and just the second since 2014, when the Ukraine crisis plunged relations into a deep freeze.

The alliance said it would brief Moscow on last week's decision to... Читать дальше...

Australia's Olympic committee has decried the imminent closure of one of the nation's few premier gymnastics programs.

Labor MP warns of repercussions if the Canberra Liberals were elected and dumped the light rail.

French embassy and consulate were closed in Turkey due to security concerns, the Embassy of France in Ankara said in a statement on Wednesday.