adminClockwork precision on Tokyo subway
TOKYO. — The vast train network that criss-crosses subterranean Tokyo can be a confusing and intimidating place for the uninitiated. Dreary, utilitarian stations drone and chime with a stream of…
‘Scandal’ star named World’s Best Dressed Woman
Kerry Washington has been named the World’s Best Dressed Woman by People Magazine. The 36-year-old “Scandal” star headed a list of style icons that included Academy Award-winner Jennifer Lawrence, singer…
Tony Blair’s daughter Kathryn Blair held up at gunpoint by muggers
LONDON – Tony Blair’s daughter Kathryn Blair has been held up at gunpoint by two muggers near her home, it has emerged.
Cameroon security arrests C. African rebel leader
YAOUNDE – Police in Cameroon have arrested a rebel leader from neighbouring Central African Republic, Abdoulaye Miskine, suspecting that he might launch cross-border raids, a source in the security forces…
Mexico floods kill 80, thousands stranded
ACAPULCO – The death toll from days of flooding in southern and central Mexico rose to 80 on Wednesday, and new reports of landslides in a village near the resort…
GIZ donates office equipment to support NEPAD Co-ordination Unit of the AUC
ADDIS ABABA – The New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) Co-ordination Unit of the African Union received on September 18, some office equipment donated by the German Society for International…
AU election observer mission in Swaziland for parliamentary elections
MBABANE/ADDIS ABABA – In line with the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has deployed the African Union Elections…
Gates and Panetta Critical of Obama on Syria
WASHINGTON – President Obama’s first two defense secretaries criticised the administration’s handling of the Syrian crisis on Tuesday night and expressed skepticism about the chances that Russia will broker a…
Operation targets heavy vehicles
Municipal Reporter HARARE City Council has embarked on a blitz targeting heavy vehicles entering and parking in residential areas in breach of the city by-laws. The council is reportedly making thousands…
Blitz shuts butcheries, takeaways
Peter Matambanadzo Senior Reporter Police have closed 58 butcheries and 66 food outlets countrywide since Monday for operating without licences and arrested 485 people for stock theft-related cases under an operation…