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BEIRUT — Syria’s opposition national coalition welcomed a US plan to tackle the jihadist Islamic State group on Wednesday, but also urged action against President Bashar Assad’s regime. In a statement,…
Japan dengue fever infections pass 100
TOKYO — More than 100 people have contracted dengue fever in Japan, in the first domestic outbreak of the disease in 70 years, the government said yesterday. There were now 103…
Terrorists free 45 Fijian peacekeepers
THE UN has confirmed 45 Fijian peacekeepers being held captive in Syria have been released. The Fijians were serving in the UN Disengagement Observer Force, which is monitoring a 1974 ceasefire…
Dead women, children floating in Kashmir
NEW Delhi — Authorities in Indian Kashmir collected the bodies of women and children floating in the streets yesterday as anger mounted over what many survivors said is a bungled…
CHINAMASA CUTS MINING GROWTH PROJECTIONS
Harare Bureau— FINANCE and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa has cut the mining sector growth forecast to minus 1,9 percent from 10,7 percent citing weak international minerals prices among main…
Livestock boost for Insiza farmers
Nokusa Masuku Business Reporter TWENTY farmers in Gwatemba, Insiza district have received 11 heifers and a bull each while 20 others received 15 sheep each from a development partner in a…
Innscor turnover breaches $1bn
Prosper Ndlovu Business Editor INNSCOR Africa Limited has posted a 54 percent growth in revenue with turnover breaching the billion dollar mark in an economy saddled with liquidity challenges. According to…
5,000 croc sales to Asia
Walter Mswazie Business Correspondent— CHIREDZI Crocodile Farm exported 5,000 skins worth about $1,5 million to Asia in the first and second quarter of this year after the European Union snubbed…
TSHIKI SUSPENDED…Mapuranga stripped of captaincy, Ariel takes armband
Ricky Zililo Senior Sports Reporter– HIGHLANDERS FC have reigned in on indiscipline in their camp with striker Njabulo “Tshiki” Ncube hit with a two weeks’ suspension while the duo of Charles…
‘Down but not out’…Bantu ring technical changes in survival plan
Ricky Zililo Senior Sports Reporter MANDLA “Lulu” Mpofu has been elevated to the position of head coach at relegation staring Bantu Rovers FC in their bid to save the club from…