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SEOUL. — Senior diplomats from South Korea, China and Japan held the first trilateral talks in 18 months yesterday to mend frosty ties caused by Japan’s territorial disputes with neighbouring…
Bomb blast kills four
ADDIS ABABA. — Four Ethiopians were killed in a bomb blast on a bus near the Sudanese border, the information minister said yesterday, as security forces remain on high alert…
Poll results today
ANTANANARIVO. — Results of the first round of the presidential election held in Madagascar on October 25 will be announced today, according to the electoral commission of the Indian Ocean…
Garbage clogs Madrid
MADRID. — Rubbish piled up in the gutters of Madrid yesterday as a strike by street-sweepers facing sackings and salary cuts began to leave its mark on the major tourist…
2-month Pakistan blitz: 9 000 nabbed
ISLAMABAD. — The Pakistani Senate was informed yesterday that the security forces have arrested nearly 9 000 criminals in Karachi, the country’s commercial hub, since a targeted operation had been…
Putin to visit Pope Francis at Vatican
VATICAN CITY. — Pope Francis will receive Russian President Vladimir Putin on November 25, the Vatican said yesterday, as the Roman Catholic Church seeks to improve ties with the Russian…
Boy (13) hangs self over bathing row
Herald Reporter A 13-year-old boy from Goromonzi on Tuesday hanged himself from a tree after being angered when his uncle instructed him to take a bath. Acting Mashonaland East Provincial…
Cabman turns tables on attacker
Crime Reporter A SUSPECTED armed robber was stabbed and seriously injured by a taxi driver he had attempted to rob in Rusape on Wednesday night. Benny Befa Munemo (21) of…
Call for monitoring and planning commission for Zim Asset
Business Reporters AN independent national monitoring and implementation commission and mobilisation of adequate funding should be established to support Government’s new economic blueprint, the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable
To be a male or a man?
Ruth Butaumocho Gender Forum A FEW weeks ago, I accompanied a friend to her child’s school to negotiate with the headmaster for an extension of the school fees payment period…