Sunday, 4 February 2018

: *Britain Dishes Out 5 Million GBP 💷 to Zimbabwe After Meeting 🤝 Mnangagwa* The United Kingdom has offloaded a GBP-5million 💰 grant to Zimbabwe following a meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday. The United Kingdom has offloaded a -GBP-5million grant to 🇿🇼Zimbabwe following a meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday. The money, as ZimEye reveals, is however not for government use, but is meant to strengthen Zim civil societies so to ensure credible and fair 2018 🗳 elections. Below was the UK government 🔊announcement: The Minister for Africa, Harriett Baldwin visited Zimbabwe on Thursday 🗓1 February and Friday 2 February, on her first overseas visit in her new role as joint Minister for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development. Minister Baldwin met with Zimbabwean 👔President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo to discuss the Zimbabwean government’ vision for domestic transformation and international engagement through comprehensive political and economic reforms. As a central plank of this, they discussed the importance of the elections later this year being 👍peaceful, credible, free and fair. Minister Baldwin welcomed the President’s commitment to invite international observers from the EU and UN as well as SADC and AU



: *Britain Dishes Out 5 Million GBP💷 to Zimbabwe After Meetinghttps://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/f64/1/16/1f91d.png🤝 Mnangagwa*
The United Kingdom has offloaded a GBP-5millionhttps://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/f5a/1/16/1f4b0.png💰 grant to Zimbabwe following a meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday.
The United Kingdom has offloaded a -GBP-5million grant to https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/f3/1/16/1f1ff_1f1fc.png🇿🇼Zimbabwe following a meeting with President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday. The money, as ZimEye reveals, is however not for government use, but is meant to strengthen Zim civil societies so to ensure credible and fair 2018https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/f9a/1/16/1f5f3.png🗳 elections.
Below was the UK government https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/f3e/1/16/1f50a.png🔊announcement:
The Minister for Africa, Harriett Baldwin visited Zimbabwe on Thursday https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/f5c/1/16/1f5d3.png🗓1 February and Friday 2 February, on her first overseas visit in her new role as joint Minister for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development.
Minister Baldwin met with Zimbabwean https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/f6b/1/16/1f454.png👔President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo to discuss the Zimbabwean government’ vision for domestic transformation and international engagement through comprehensive political and economic reforms. As a central plank of this, they discussed the importance of the elections later this year being https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ffc/1/16/1f44d.png👍peaceful, credible, free and fair. Minister Baldwin welcomed the President’s commitment to invite international observers from the EU and UN as well as SADC and AU


1 onuigbo. ff internationa international sanctions, a UN report says. The confidential report by a panel of experts said several countries including China, Russia and Malaysia had failed to stop the illegal exports. It said there was evidence of military co-operation with Syria and Myanmar.
Pyongyang is subject to sanctions from the US, UN and EU over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes. But the report, which was submitted to the UN Security Council and seen by news agencies, said the North "continued to export almost all the commodities prohibited in the resolutions... between January and September 2017".
The report said several unnamed multinational oil companies were being investigated for their alleged role in supplying petroleum products to North Korea. It said shipments of coal had been delivered to China, Malaysia, South Korea, Russia and Vietnam in breach of sanctions using "a combination of multiple evasion techniques, routes and deceptive tactics".

Window 10.....



: 📰 *DQ0*: *No Windows 10, no Office 2019, says Microsoft*
Microsoft has revealed that Office 2019’s desktop applications will only run on Windows 10 – and shortened support for the forthcoming release of the suite. In an update published on February 1st, the company revealed that the beta apps for the perpetual version of Office 2019 – as opposed to the subscription Office 365 - will appear in 2018’s second quarter and a final release will ship in the second half of the year.
But when the software lands, it will only run on Windows 10 or the next Long-Term Servicing version of Windows Server. For Windows 10 users, only the Semi-Annual or Long-Term Servicing Channel editions of the OS will run Office’s apps.
Support for Office 2019 will also be shorter than usual. As Redmond’s explained, “In the past, perpetual versions of Office were released under the Microsoft Fixed Lifecycle Policy, with a term of 5 years of standard support and 5 years of extended support.” Office 2019 will get the usual period of standard support, but just two years of extended support. That will mean the suite’s death day is October 10th, 2025. Which is the same day on which Microsoft will end extended support for Office 2016.

*Manchester United 2 Huddersfield Town 0:



: *Manchester United 2 Huddersfield Town 0: Sanchez scores in successful home debut https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/f5f/1/16/1f4f9.png📹*
Alexis Sanchez scored his first Manchester United goal as they bounced back from defeat to Tottenham by cruising to a straightforward 2-0 win over Huddersfield Town.
Jose Mourinho caused a stir by dropping Paul Pogba - who was hauled off in the 2-0 loss at Spurs - for Huddersfield's visit and, while his absence was notable in midfield, United rarely looked like dropping points at Old Trafford.
The hosts were dominant throughout the first half and should have been given a penalty when Scott McTominay – Pogba's replacement – was barged into by Terence Kongolo.
Clear-cut chances were something of a rarity before the break, however, as United's play suffered because of a lack of width caused by Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata and Sanchez – making his home debut – all wanting to occupy central positions.
When United did alter their system in order to exploit the flanks, the breakthrough eventually arrived – Mata crossing to Lukaku for a neat, near-post finish in the 55th minute.
Sanchez then wrapped things up 22 minutes from time, tucking home after his initial penalty was saved to get off the mark for United, who cut Manchester City's emphatic lead to 13 points following the latter's 1-1 draw with Burnley.

Saturday, 3 February 2018

US says Russia 'developing' undersea nuclear-armed torpedo*



*US says Russia 'developing' undersea nuclear-armed torpedo*
In its newly released Nuclear Posture Review, the Defense Department has focused much of its multi-billion nuclear effort on an updated nuclear deterrence focused on Russia. "Russia considers the United States & NATO to be the principal threats to its contemporary geopolitical ambitions," the report says.
"The Defense Intelligence Agency currently estimates Russia has a stockpile of 2,000 "non-strategic" nuclear weapons including short-range ballistic missiles, gravity bombs and depth charges that can go on medium range bomber aircraft," according to the report. "DIA also estimates Russia has nuclear-armed anti-ship, anti-submarine missiles and torpedoes. What do they need nuclear depth charges for?" one US official asked.
President Donald Trump highlighted the importance of the review's conclusions Friday in a written statement. "Over the past decade, despite United States efforts to reduce the roles and numbers of nuclear weapons, other nuclear nations grew their stockpiles, increased the prominence of nuclear weapons in their security strategies, and -- in some cases -- pursued the development of new nuclear capabilities to threaten other nations," Trump said.