adminHeartbroken man buys island after wife leaves him
A man, whose wife left him after emigrating from Britain to Australia, shed every part of his old life — car, home, job and friends on eBay in a midlife crisis that made headlines the world over. But in his new inning of life, Ian Usher (48) managed to rediscover love and joy over the next four years as he went on to buy a Caribbean island! Ian Usher took the proceeds fromWeary man calls police as lover demands more sex
A desperate man got more than he bargained for when he embarked on a one-night stand. He was forced to escape onto a balcony before calling police for back-up after his new-found lover refused to let him go — because she wanted more sex.The 43-year-old struck up a relationship with the woman, who is four years older than him, in a bar in Munich, Germany, on the
Man sires four kids with sister
A German man who fathered four children with his sister — and then claimed an incest conviction breached his human rights — has lost his European court case. Patrick Stuebing and Susan Karolewski argued they had rights to privacy and family life, which they say were violated when German courts jailed Steubing for 14 months in 2005. The European Court of Human Rights, inChina expecting more non-communist senior officials
BEIJING. — More non-communist Chinese talents would be appointed as chiefs, rather than deputy heads of governmental agencies, according to an official statement issued on Sunday. Currently, two ministers in the cabinet are not members of the ruling Communist Party of China. Concrete efforts should be made to reserve more vacancies as government heads orPope Benedict turns 85
VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his 85th birthday yesterday with visitors from his native state of Bavaria in Germany and is now the oldest pope since Leo XIII, who died in 1903 aged 93. The pope began his birthday with mass in the frescoed Pauline Chapel in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace along with his 88-year-old brother Georg Ratzinger, himself a bishop
US pick favoured to lead World Bank
WASHINGTON. — The World Bank was expected to name US Dr Jim Yong Kim its next president yesterday as his only rival, Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, lashed out at Washington’s perennial lock on the job. While the US nominee faced a challenge for the first time ever, there was little doubt that the Bank’s most powerful shareholders the United States,
Zimra beats revenue target
Bright Madera Senior Business Reporter
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority has surpassed its first quarter revenue target by 8 percent, collecting US$773,7 million on the back of improved compliance levels by clients. The revenue authority had intended to collect US$715,4 million during the
Pioneer out of the woods
Golden Sibanda Senior Business ReporterTRANSPORT and logistics firm Pioneer Corporation Africa has turned around its fortunes after recovering from a loss position in 2010 to post US$291 000 profit in the full year to December 31, 2011. The improved financial performance came on the back
Essar to get mining rights
Business ReporterGOVERNMENT will soon issue a Special Grant for the transfer of mining rights to Essar Africa for the Indian firm to revive NewZim Steel Limited. Mines and Mining Development Minister Obert Mpofu told The Herald Business in an interview his ministry was
The crux of ethical leadership
Bradwell Mhonderwa Business EthicsLEADERSHIP and decision-making are critical elements of any business and the fate of an organisation is squarely grounded on the quality of leadership and decisions its leaders make. Ethical leadership and decision-making is a phenomenon that