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A Catholic Church archdiocese in the US state of Minnesota reached a $210 million settlement Thursday with hundreds of victims of clergy abuse, resolving a years-long battle. The Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2015 citing its exposure to an...

The National People’s Front (NPF) has blasted Mines and Energy parliamentary portfolio committee chairman and Norton legislator Temba Mliswa for harassing former president Robert Mugabe ordering him to leave the 94-year-old alone. NPF national spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire warned Mliswa …...

With the threat of Trump’s ever-looming trade war with China and his administration’s sanctions on Chinese companies like ZTE, it’s hard to remember a more contentious period between the two countries in recent times. It’s an issue Alibaba vice chairman Joseph Tsai touched on at the Recode...

Iranians sexually abused as children are sharing their experiences by co-opting the #MeToo hashtag, following a scandal at a Tehran school. On Tuesday night Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, announced that he had instructed judges to hand down the strongest possible sentence if a...

Chi Atanga wants to create jobs in Africa, build a line of ethical luxury fashion and, while he’s at it, make a decent amount of money for himself. To that end, in 2015 he founded the Walls of Benin to produce a line of high-end loungewear based … Read more via Forbes – Entrepreneurs –...

Federal prosecutors on Thursday accused a Goldman Sachs investment banker in San Francisco of insider trading, alleging that Woojae Jung used confidential information to trade in a dozen … Read more via NYT > Business Day – https://ift.tt/2sms3yR Get more World News

Zanu-PF Voters Association president Austin Chindeka blamed the party leadership for ignoring advice regarding candidate selection for primary elections. Chindeka warned that President Mnangagwa might be shocked in the upcoming election as he has been misled by those bent on destroying the...

The British government through their Foreign and Commonwealth Office are coming to town on an investment trip, the Business Daily reported. Invest Africa, the leading private sector business platform supporting trade and investment across Africa, said it is delighted to be leading a delegation...

Nairobi – Kenyan authorities will investigate 10 financial institutions suspected of handling funds that were stolen from the government’s National Youth Service (NYS), the director of criminal investigations confirmed on Thursday. The Daily Nation named nine commercial banks and a financial...

Johannesburg – The SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) will set up two commissions of inquiry to investigate ”sex for jobs” allegations and interference with journalists’ work in newsrooms, as the scandal-ridden public broadcaster cleans up the house, acting CEO Nomsa Philiso said on Thursday...