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LONDON. – Britain has been operating a secret listening post from its Berlin embassy, a stone’s throw from German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office, the Independent newspaper claimed yesterday.
Bangladeshi court sentences soldiers to death in mass trial
DHAKA. – A Bangladeshi court sentenced more than 150 soldiers to death and jailed hundreds more yesterday, following a mass trial over a 2009 mutiny in which scores of top…
Russia must join in Syria peace talks
MOSCOW. – Russia insisted yesterday that Iran must be invited to peace negotiations on Syria that world powers hope to hold in Geneva later this month.
Vatican launches global probe on modern families
VATICAN CITY. – The Vatican yesterday launched a worldwide consultation on the new realities of family life including divorce and gay marriage as part of Pope Francis’ efforts to reform…
Window of opportunity closing
BERLIN. — The chances of limiting global temperature increase to two degrees Celsius this century are swiftly diminishing, a new United Nations climate report warned yesterday, ahead of the body’s…
Ex-rebels loot, burn down villages
BANGUI. — Armed members of the Central African Republic’s former rebel coalition looted and burned down about 100 houses last week, African military officials said on Monday, the latest unrest…
Time for patriotic think-tanks
Tichaona Zindoga There is something rather pitiful happening across a swathe of the civil society sector in Zimbabwe these days, almost like a pall hanging over the dead.
Editorial Comment: Don’t keep large sums of cash
The loss of US$58 000 to burglary by TM supermarket in Gweru over the weekend should raise a bright red flag for all retailers and any other entity or individual…
Learning from Mugabe’s Zimbabwe
Jehron Muhammad During a recent speech at the University of South Africa, Former President Thabo Mbeki took Western nations to task for mounting an “offensive against Zimbabwe” that he called…
Key to successful advertising campaigns
Advertising space in Zimbabwean newspapers today is dominated by one-off marketing compositions created to bring readers’ attention to a product or service.