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LONDON. — All Blacks fly-half Dan Carter was named World Player of the Year for the third time, just a day after inspiring his country to a 34-17 Rugby World…
Breaking reproductive health taboos
Monica Cheru-Mpambawashe Review Editor There is need to break sexuality taboos so as to inform and empower not just young people, but parents, guardians, teachers and other custodians if Zimbabwe is…
Asia, Africa driving urban growth: UN
UNITED NATIONS. — Rapidly growing cities in Asia and Africa are driving the global trend towards urbanisation, says an UN-Habitat official. In a recent interview, Ana Moreno, chief of advocacy of…
Gold extends sell-off
SINGAPORE. – Gold fell to its lowest level in four weeks yesterday, extending a sell-off into a fourth straight session as investors feared the Federal Reserve would raise US interest…
‘Russia Airbus crash conclusions too early’
MOSCOW/ST PETERSBURG. — Head of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency (Rosaviatsia) Alexander Neradko said claims that external factors may have been the reason behind the Airbus A321 crash in…
Innscor eyes more acquisitions
Tinashe Makichi Business Reporter Innscor Africa has lined up acquisitions in the light manufacturing industry, among other areas of importance as a strategy to achieve growth and expansion, group chief executive…
Allianz’s assets fall $200bn in 12 months
LONDON. — Allianz has fallen down the ranking of the world’s largest investment groups by assets for the second year running, after investors pulled $176 billion from Pimco, its bond…
No man’s land
Blessing Musariri Shelling the Nuts IN my day school was a safe and uncomplicated space. We were simple in our mischief and generally deferred to the ethos of our environment.…
Editor, reporters arrested
Innocent Ruwende Senior Reporter— Police have arrested The Sunday Mail editor Mabasa Sasa, investigations editor Brian Chitemba and reporter Tinashe Farawo following the publication of a story in the weekly’s latest…
Rwanda accused of manipulating poverty statistics
KIGALI. — Rwandan authorities manipulated the latest official statistics on poverty to make it look like it was going down, while much of the source data suggested it was actually…