adminRosberg sets fastest time, Hamilton comes fourth at Malaysian GP
MERCEDES driver Nico Rosberg beat Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen to set the fastest time in second practice at the Malaysian Grand Prix. Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel was third as the fastest…
Biti: a thoughtful coward
Opinion Joram Nyathi SUSPENDED MDC-T deputy treasurer-general Elton Mangoma is in a fighting mood. I don’t care whether he is popular or not, so that is beside the point. On…
Prof Jonathan Moyo is futuristic
Martin Stobart CONSEQUENT to his reappointment as Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services, Professor Jonathan Moyo has set out to revolutionise the entire media and communications sector. This revolutionisation…
UN general assembly calls Crimea vote illegal
The UN General Assembly has approved a resolution affirming Ukraine’s territorial integrity and calling the referendum that led to Russia’s annexation of its Crimean peninsula illegal.
‘Credible lead’ shifts jet search area
Australian authorities say the search area for the missing Malaysian airliner has shifted because of a “new credible lead.” The revised search area comes as the weather cleared yesterday in…
Syria war spillover into Iraq feared
The United Nations has warned that armed groups are increasingly forging links across the border of Syria and Iraq, fuelling sectarian tensions in a region that has suffered from years…
Polygamy bill ‘threatens family values’ in Kenya
Nairobi — The adoption by Kenya’s parliament of a controversial bill that legalises polygamy has provoked a fierce national debate pitting modern secular values and Christianity against local traditions.
Ebola virus reaches Guinea’s capital
Four cases of infection by the deadly Ebola virus have been confirmed in Conakry, Guinea’s Health Minister Remy Lamah said, marking the first confirmed spread of the disease from rural…
251 drown in Lake Albert boat disaster
Kinshasa — At least 251 Congolese refugees drowned in the weekend sinking of a crowded boat on Lake Albert, the Congolese government confirmed on Thursday, declaring three days of national…
Fukushima nuke worker dies after accident
Tokyo — A worker at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan died in hospital yesterday after being buried in earth and rubble while digging a hole at the site,…