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RUSSIA yesterday unblocked long-planned supplies of S-300 missile systems to Iran, a move likely to irk other world powers involved in talks aimed at limiting Tehran’s nuclear programme. President Vladimir Putin…
65-year-old mother of 13 pregnant with quadruplets
BERLIN — A 65-year-old Berlin woman who already has 13 children is pregnant again with quadruplets, German media reported yesterday. The Russian and English teacher’s pregnancy follows several attempts abroad at…
Taliban kill, behead 18 Afghan soldiers
KUNDUZ —Taliban fighters killed 18 Afghan soldiers — including some who were beheaded — after storming an army outpost in the remote mountainous northeast in a major attack before the…
Iraq exhumes remains of 164
BAGHDAD — Iraq has exhumed the remains of 164 people believed to have been massacred by jihadists from mass graves in Tikrit, the human rights ministry said yesterday. “Search teams have…
Innovation Africa Digital summit kicks off
Oliver Kazunga Senior Business Reporter— THE 13th Innovation Africa Digital (IAD) summit kicks off in Victoria Falls today with more than 500 participants expected to attend. Intense deliberations are lined up for…
Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam to benefit 25k families
Walter Mswazie Masvingo Correspondent ABOUT 25,000 households are set to benefit from the Tokwe-Mukorsi Dam through irrigation farming, a senior official has said. Masvingo Provincial Minister of State Shuvai Mahofa told Vice…
Zim mobile handsets firm opens shop in Zambia Targets to recruit 1,000 workers
Molline Gagare Business Reporter ASTROMOBILE, a Zimbabwean firm that manufactures mobile phone handsets and flat screen television sets, has opened shop in Zambia. Riding on increased sales at home, the firm is…
Zim exports up 12 percent
ZIMBABWE has recorded a 12 percent growth in exports to $868.7 million in the first three months of the year compared to the same period last year driven by mineral…
Mimosa, Zvishavane partner in major roads rehab
Lovemore Zigara Midlands Correspondent THE Zvishavane Town Council has partnered Mimosa Mining Company to rehabilitate some of the local authority’s major roads. Under the agreement, the platinum mining firm will avail funding…
RBZ in bid to improve doing business environment
Harare Bureau The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has started re-orienting its exchange control department to become a body that facilitates a favourable doing business environment which can attract foreign direct…