adminHuge infestation of millipedes suspected of causing train crash
An enormous infestation of millipedes could have caused a crash between two trains in Western Australia. The crash happened when a train arriving into a station at Clarkson, 25 miles…
German firm apologises for anti-immigrant condoms
BERLIN — A German firm has apologised for producing condoms marked with offensive messages that were used in a far-right party’s campaign against immigrant births. The contraceptives, ordered by the…
Montana appeals 30-day rape sentence for former teacher
The Montana attorney general on Wednesday said the one-month jail term given an ex-teacher for raping a high school student who later killed herself fell far short of the mandatory…
Company sorry for making jobseekers dance at interview
LONDON — British electronics retailer Currys issued an apology on Thursday after admitting that interviewees trying to earn a job as a sales assistant at one of its stores had…
China says 400 million can’t speak national language
BEIJING – More than 400 million Chinese are unable to speak the national language Mandarin, and large numbers in the rest of the country speak it badly, state media said…
Shelter promised to rescue dogs, killed them instead: authorities
ATLANTA – A north Georgia animal shelter’s “Lucky Dog” adoption programme deceived pet owners by promising not to euthanise their dogs for a $100 fee, then killed them instead, authorities…
Cops save donkeys from dinner table
Mumbai — In the middle of the night, police cars were in hot pursuit of thieves on a dusty road in India, finally catching them and recovering the goods. But…
Commercial farmer, villagers in land dispute
Midlands Correspondent A LAND dispute has erupted in Gokwe South after a commercial farmer took over villagers’ communal fields and set up some pens for his cattle. The farmer, only…
Quartet in court for stealing car parts worth R18 000
Gwanda Correspondent FOUR Gwanda men have appeared in court facing charges of stealing car parts worth more than R18 000. Mthokozisi Phiri (24), Zibonele Ndlovu (35), Ben Ndlovu (23) and…
Mysterious fires destroy five homesteads
Sukulwenkosi Dube Plumtree Correspondent FIVE homes have been destroyed by mysterious fires tormenting a family in Madlambuzi area, Bulilima District in a suspected case of witchcraft. The fires, which are…