Young Sables fall to Japan

From Paul Munyuki in UTAH, United States
ZIMBABWE suffered a very painful 36-39 defeat at the hands of Japan in the opening game of the Junior World Rugby Trophy tournament here on Monday afternoon after putting up a strong

Chinese space explorers unleash national pride

BEIJING — Two groups of Chinese explorers have drawn a huge amount of public attention and unleashed national pride in the country’s online community with scientific feats stretching from the faraway heavens to the depths of the sea.

S Korea to conduct power shortage drill

SEOUL — Sirens will ring out across South Korea tomorrow as the nation carries out an unprecedented drill aimed at preparing its people for possible power shortages this summer, the government said.

BRICS pour cash into IMF for a bigger say

LOS CABOS — The BRICS countries have pledged to provide about US$70 billion to the International Monetary Fund’s global firewall against Europe’s debt crisis, adding to the IMF’s lending fund of US$380 billion.

Worth more than a thousand words

Knowledge Mushohwe
AN image is famously said to be worth a thousand words. But in reality, it may be worth a lot more because when studying non-verbal communication, such investigation could include an analysis of a

Developing, industrialised countries on collision course

Morris Mkwate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Industrialised and developing countries represented at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) here are divided after the former gave the clear­est indication that they intend to renege on commitments to fund pro­grammes that help third world nations address the effects of climate change.

Freda Rebecca gets ISO 14001, OHAS 18001 certification

Tawanda Musarurwa Business Reporter
GOLD producer Freda Rebecca has received ISO 14001 and OHAS 18001 certification, which are internationally recognised standards for sustainable environmental management and occupational

WMMI needs US$7m fresh capital

Golden Sibanda Senior Business Reporter
VEHICLE assembler Willowvale Mazda Motor Industries says it requires up to US$7 million to finance working capital and capital expenditure programmes. WMMI said fresh capital injection was needed to

ASL to shore up Dawn stake

Bright Madera Senior Business Reporter
HOTEL group African Sun Limited is seeking substantial parcels of Dawn Properties shares to shore up its stake in the property company, sources have said. This comes after ASL yesterday said it had acquired

39 firms bid to supply equipment to Hwange

Martin Kadzere Senior Business Reporter
THIRTY-NINE firms have submitted bids for the supply of equipment to Hwange Colliery Company valued at approximately US$50 million, the company said. Most of the tenders were for open-cast

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