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China’s Zijin Mining (601899.SS) and Norinco Group, South Africa’s Sibanye Stillwater (SSWJ.J) and an investment vehicle owned by ex-Glencore officials have been shortlisted in the race to buy Zambia’s Mopani Copper Mines, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Zambia’s mines minister Paul Kabuswe said in February there …

The US and China have pledged to stabilise their tense relationship following US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s two-day visit to Beijing. Mr Blinken met China’s President Xi Jinping for talks on Monday, restarting high-level communications between the rival superpowers. Mr Xi said they had made progress, while Mr Blinken …

Xi stressed US-China cooperation in meeting with Gates saying common development should be the aim, not hegemony. Chinese President Xi Jinping called Bill Gates “an old friend” and said he hoped they could cooperate in a way that would benefit both China and the United States, in Xi’s first meeting …

An unbroken 164-run partnership between Craig Ervine and Sean Williams saw Zimbabwe canter to an eight-wicket victory against Nepal to open their World Cup Qualifier campaign. The West Indies also started with a win after a 39-run victory over a battling United States. At a packed Harare Sports Club, Ervine …

Tottenham Hotspur have appointed Ange Postecoglou as their new manager on a four-year contract. The 57-year-old leaves Celtic after winning successive Scottish Premiership titles in his two seasons in charge. He is Spurs’ fourth permanent manager since Mauricio Pochettino led them to the Champions League final in 2018-19, following Jose …

Brighton midfielder Alexis Mac Allister is set for a £55m move to Liverpool after the Seagulls gave permission for the player to have a medical. The Argentina playmaker, 24, played a key role for Brighton as they finished sixth in the Premier League last season and qualified for Europe. He …

Huge Soviet-era dam supplies water to nuclear plant, Crimea Russia, Ukraine blame each other for breach of dam UN atomic agency: no immediate nuclear safety risk Russia conducts more overnight air raids on Kyiv A torrent of water burst through a huge dam on the Dnipro River that separates Russian …

Ballon d’Or winner Karim Benzema scored on his final Real Madrid appearance, just hours after the club confirmed he would leave as a free agent at the end of the season. After 14 trophy-laden years, Real announced the striker would be moving on after being linked with a switch to …

Football giants Dynamos and Highlanders bounced back to winning ways with sweet victories registered in two Castle Lager Premier Soccer League Match Day 12 fixtures played in different parts of the country on Sunday afternoon. In a match played at the National Sports Stadium, Donald Mudadi’s two long range efforts …

Former England midfielder Jesse Lingard is among six players released by Nottingham Forest after his contract expired. However, he fell out of favour at the City Ground, playing just 60 minutes of Premier League football after New Year’s Day. Keylor Navas, Dean Henderson and Renan Lodi have also left Forest …