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A new economic analysis has linked, for the first time, conduct problems among kindergarten students with significant costs to society in terms of crime and associated medical expenses and lost productivity when they are adults.

…wants justice over $1.1m awarded to Asanovic for wrongful dismissal 

By MICHAEL MIYOBA

THE Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) says it has engaged FIFA to ensure that justice prevail in a case where the local soccer governing body has been directed to pay former Chipolopolo coach Aljosa Asanovic $1.1 million for wrongful dismissal.

The world soccer governing body arrived at the decision earlier this month after Asanovic filed a complaint for wrongful dismissal from his Chipolopolo job.

FAZ General Secretary Reuben Kamanga said FIFA has notified the association of the decision of the matter presided over by a single judge.

Kamanga said FAZ doesn’t owe the former Chipolopolo gaffer as it met all its obligations to the Croatian who abandoned his post in unclear circumstances.

“We wish to confirm that FIFA has informed FAZ of its decision to award damages to Mr Aljosa Asanovic who reported the association to FIFA after having abandoned his post in unclear circumstances,” said Kamanga.

“FAZ duly submitted its records of having paid Mr Asanovic his dues up to the point of his desertion. We attached all the evidence of payment in our counter claim, and it remains our hope that justice will be done. 

Mr Asanovic was appointed under Zambian laws and was deemed to have deserted after having absconded work for more than 10 days in line with the law,” Kamanga said.

Kamanga said Asanovic’s contract was performance-based tied to qualification to the CHAN, AFCON and FIFA World Cup.

“FAZ has engaged FIFA on the matter and will be exploring various ways to ensure that the decision is reversed as FAZ had met all its obligations to Mr Asanovic,” Kamanga said.

“FAZ appointed Asanovic on January 18, 2022, but the Croatian unilaterally terminated his contract on September 22, 2022, after having abandoned his station on September 30 in the aftermath of Zambia losing 1-0 at home to Mozambique to be dumped out of the African Nations Championship campaign,” he added.

In September last year, Asanovic through his lawyers gave FAZ notice of termination of his contract as Chipolopolo coach and threatened to report the association to FIFA if he was not paid his dues in ten days.

Asanovic alleged that FAZ was owing him US$40, 000 an amount the association rejected as it claimed that the coach was paid all his dues before he terminated his contract as Chipolopolo coach.

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Victims’ agency and needs, independent of their desire to exit trafficking, should be the focus of health care services for individuals who have been sexually exploited, concludes a new study by researchers with McGill University’s Ingram School of Nursing (ISoN).

Gamma delta T cells, a special type of cell in the immune system, are incredibly effective at recognizing and killing cancer cells. Cancer patients with higher levels of these T cells in their tumors tend to fare better than those with lower levels. But scientists have struggled to understand exactly how gamma delta T cells can recognize cancerous cells, and how new cancer therapies may be able to take advantage of these powerful immune cells.

Most of us know that smoking is unhealthy.

The use of active mechanical circulatory support is growing rapidly around the world. The hope is that these systems will improve survival after the most severe form of acute heart failure, cardiogenic shock.

With many teens heading back to school, peer pressure and academic expectations are once again a reality. These added pressures can cause ups and downs during what can be an already tumultuous time of life. For some teens, though, the lows are more than just temporary feelings. They’re symptoms of depression.

…says there was political persecution under PF but the UPND has taken it to an entirely new level that Zambians have never seen before

By MILLENNIUM REPORTER

THE UPND has converted the Zambia Police into a tool for oppression against opposition political opponents thereby turning a democratic Zambia into a police state, Saboi Imboela has charged.

Ms Imboela, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) president says it is disheartening that the new dawn administration has continued to use the police to oppress political opponents in a democratic dispensation.

In an interview with Millennium TV, Ms Imboela said the UPND administration had turned Zambia into a police state because opposition leaders were finding themselves in court on trumped-up charges and were being blocked from exercising their right of assembly.

She added that although there was political persecution under the Patriotic Front government,   the UPND had taken it to an entirely new level.

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A new agent that subverts myeloma cells from within while also subjecting them to an immune system attack produced impressive responses in combination with dexamethasone in patients with multiple myeloma that had relapsed and stopped responding to all currently available therapies, a clinical trial conducted by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and around the world has found. Results of the trial are being published by the New England Journal of Medicine, together with an accompanying editorial.

Early surgery for isolated cleft palate repair is more likely to achieve a successful outcome, according to an international study of newborn babies from across Europe and South America.