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Tokyo — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will offer humanitarian aid to Africa when he visits this week, the government said yesterday, as his Ethiopian opposite number expressed a wish…
Tainted frozen food sickens hundreds in Japan
Hundreds of people have fallen sick across Japan after eating frozen food that may have been tainted with a pesticide. Food maker Maruha Nichiro Holdings used full-page ads in major…
Removal of Syria’s chemical weapons begins
Syria has started moving chemical weapons materials out of the country in a crucial phase of an internationally backed disarmament programme that has been delayed by war and technical problems.
Venezuelan beauty queen shot dead by robbers
A former Venezuelan beauty queen and her ex-husband were shot dead and their five-year-old daughter wounded after they resisted robbers who attacked their car, police have said.
Several passengers killed in India train fire
At least nine passengers were killed when a fire broke out inside three sleeper coaches on the Bandra-Dehradun Express train in Thane district in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.
Woman found in suitcase at US-Mexico border
Nogales — Authorities say a smuggling attempt at the US-Mexico border was thwarted when inspectors found a woman from Thailand inside a suitcase.
Oil edges higher ahead of US report
Singapore – Oil prices edged higher in Asia yesterday as dealers sat on the sidelines ahead of an upcoming US stockpiles report, while a record-breaking North American cold snap provided…
Rand slightly firmer
Johannesburg – The rand was slightly firmer against the dollar yesterday, after better than expected foreign exchange reserves data. The rand was at R10,6250 to the dollar at 07:03 GMT,…
Funding crisis stalls Hwange power project expansion
Harare Bureau PLANS to expand Hwange (Thermal) Power Station have stalled after the Chinese contractor who won the right to undertake the project, China Machinery Engineering Company, failed to secure…
Consultancy firm to hold post-budget meetings
Acting Business Editor A LOCAL business consulting firm, Integrated Advisory Group, will this month host two post-budget meetings in Bulawayo and Gweru to discuss the implications of the 2014 fiscal…