adminSnowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Stavanger — Two Norwegian lawmakers say they have jointly nominated former NSA contractor Edward Snowden for the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.
Minister faces firing over Netanyahu attacks
JERUSALEM — The Israeli Prime Minister’s bureau launched a harsh message to Economy Minister Naftali Bennett saying that if he will not apologise over personal attacks against Netanyahu, he would…
Pakistan PM pushes for talks with Taliban
Islamabad — Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s prime minister, has reiterated his government’s commitment to an abortive dialogue process with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), while stressing that “dialogue and terrorism cannot go…
Unesco warns of global learning crisis
A crisis in global education is costing governments $129bn a year, while 10 percent of spending on primary learning is lost on poor quality education that is failing children, a…
Libya’s interior minister escapes assassination
Tripoli — Libya’s state news agency says that the country’s Interior Minister escaped an assassination attempt in Tripoli. LANA said that Al-Sadik Abdel-Karim was heading to a meeting of the…
South Sudan accuses rebel leader of treason
South Sudan’s Minister of Justice says former Vice-President Riek Machar should be tried for treason along with six of the 11 detainees, a move that could make already troubled peace…
Man nabbed for stealing 450 pairs of high heels
Tokyo — A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of stealing high-heeled shoes from bar hostesses at an exclusive nightclub in Tokyo, local media reported yesterday.
Optimism curative prescription for Zim
Bernard Bwoni NEGATIVITY is infectious and it does not only affect the individual but can swiftly spread with pessimistic precision to anyone and everything it interacts with. When the pessimistic…
Editorial Comment: Expedite clearing of criminal cases
JUSTICE delayed is justice denied, so goes the old adage coined by one politician, William Gladstone. This is a legal maxim meaning that if a legal redress is not carried…
Injured workers’ rehabilitation should be comprehensive
Yoliswa Dube Fanuel Longone, a former employee at Apono Mine in Mhangura, is a paraplegic after a mine shaft collapsed and squashed the bottom half of his body.