WORLD BRIEFING / ZIMBABWE
Times Wire Reports
The government admitted defeat amid the world’s highest official inflation rate, saying it would allow business transactions in U.S. dollars and bank notes from neighboring countries. Zimbabwe’s currency is now printed in the trillions of dollars. Many workers have gone on strike to be paid in U.S. dollars or South African rand.
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