adminS Sudan declares emergency in two states
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir has declared a state of emergency in two states, according to the government’s official Twitter account. The decree issued yesterday covers Unity and Jonglei, where…
Puppet ad draws terror accusations in Egypt
Prosecutors have questioned officials in one of Egypt’s largest telecommunications companies over an online advertisement featuring a puppet, which a controversial blogger has accused of delivering a coded message linked…
Pope Francis calls for peace in New Year’s speech
POPE Francis made an impassioned plea for peace and called for people to accept each other as brothers during his New Year address. The 266th pontiff told tens of thousands…
America’s first marijuana stores open in Colorado
Denver — America’s first retail stores selling marijuana opened for business in Colorado on Wednesday, putting the western state in the vanguard of the country’s evolving attitudes on legalising the…
Palestinian ambassador died ‘opening safe’
Czech police have said the death of the Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic at his Prague home on New Year’s Day was likely caused by the explosion of an…
Malaysia authorities seize Bibles in ‘Allah’ row
Kuala Lumpur — Malaysian Islamic authorities yesterday seized hundreds of Bibles from a Christian group and detained two of their officers, one of them said, amid tensions over the use…
Health of ex-Israel PM Sharon worsens
The medical condition of the comatose Ariel Sharon, the former prime minister of Israel, has sharply deteriorated, the hospital treating him said. The 85-year-old Sharon, who is at the Tel…
Make safety your resolve
Rumbidzai Tawanda AS the curtain came down on 2013 on Tuesday, many took the time to reflect on the year that we were bidding farewell to. 2013 was quite eventful,…
UNWTO general assembly sees upsurge in tourist arrivals
Patrick Chitumba Victoria Falls Reporter THE successful co-hosting of the 20th session of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly by Zimbabwe and Zambia in August last year…
New business application software to be launched
Sithandazile Moyo Business Reporter PROMINENT banker Nigel Chanakira will this month launch an application software that will help entrepreneurs without sound accounting and financial knowledge to manage and run their…