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Man City Expect Tottenham To Slow Liverpool EPL Charge

October 25, 2019 4:43 pm

Manchester City has the chance to exert some short-term pressure on runaway Premier League leaders, Liverpool, this weekend as Manchester United look to end their away-day blues.Jurgen Klopp’s side saw their long winning streak ended by a hungry United in a draw at Old Trafford last week but still have a comfortable six-point lead over second-placed City.

Guardiola’s defending champions can cut that gap to just three points, at least temporarily, if they beat Aston Villa at home on Saturday, while Liverpool has a trickier-looking tie against Spurs the following day.

Frank Lampard’s young Chelsea side travel to Burnley on

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Do not expect debt relief, U.S. warns Africa

June 24, 2019 9:12 am

The U.S. top Africa diplomat, Tibor Nagy, warned in Pretoria, South Africa on Monday that African countries running up debt they cannot pay back, including China, should not expect to be bailed out by western-sponsored debt relief.

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank began the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative in 1996 to help the world’s poorest countries clear billions of dollars’ worth of unsustainable debt.

But Africa is facing another potential debt crisis today, with around 40 per cent of low-income countries in the region now in debt distress or at high risk of it, according to …