Aussies thrash Kiwis
WELLINGTON. — Australia secured an easy victory in the first Test cricket against New Zealand yesterday, thrashing the hosts by an innings and 52 runs after lunch on the fourth…
Anti-doping chief dies
MOSCOW. — Former head of Russia’s anti-doping agency RUSADA, Nikita Kamayev, who resigned last year over scandalous allegations of state-sanctioned doping, has died suddenly, the agency said yesterday.
Dan Retief blasted
CAPE TOWN. — Cricket South Africa (CSA) has taken strong exception to a tweet that has appeared on the account of veteran sports journalist, Dan Retief. “SA carried to victory…
AU reviews preparedness of forces in Somalia
MOGADISHU — An Africa Union team is in Somalia to assess its troops’ preparedness to ward off terror threats from Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab. Major General Francis Okello, who led…
CAR awaits results of presidential runoff
BANGUI – At vote counting centres across the Central African Republic Monday, election workers are opening up ballot boxes and reading out the names on ballot slips a day after…
Olmert becomes first Israeli PM to be jailed
TEL AVIV – Israel’s former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert started serving a 19-month prison sentence for bribery and obstruction of justice on Monday, becoming the first Israeli premier to be…
More than a dozen wounded in grenade blast in Burundi
BUJUMBURA – At least a dozen people were wounded Monday when attackers hurled grenades in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura, the latest in a string of attacks in the central African nation,…
Drones becoming ‘real’ threat to commercial aviation
SINGAPORE – Civilian drones are increasingly becoming a “real and growing threat” to the safety of commercial aviation, industry group IATA warned Monday, calling for regulations to be put in…
Dokora lays into fake prophets
Ray Bande Senior Reporter MUSHROOMING religious leaders masquerading as prophets all over the country do not deserve the attention of sane thinking persons in society, Primary and Secondary Education Minister,…
LATEST: Three up for stealing from Chatunga
Prosper Dembedza Court Correspondent Three men today appeared in court for allegedly stealing an iPhone 6 valued at $1 500 from Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe. Victor Josam(26),Tendai Makambaire (30) and Kelvin…







