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Geneva. – The World Health Organisation yesterday advised countries against accepting blood donations from people who have travelled to regions affected by the Zika virus, as Spain announced Europe’s first…
‘Assange victim of detention’
LONDON — Sweden’s foreign ministry said yesterday that a UN advisory panel has concluded that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s has been a victim of “arbitrary” detention at the Ecuadorean Embassy…
Whale stranded on British beach
London. – A sperm whale washed up in shallow water off a beach in Britain yesterday, the 29th such stranding in Europe in the last two weeks.
Timbuktu celebrates mausoleum recovery
Timbuktu (Mali). – Mali’s fabled city of Timbuktu yesterday celebrated the recovery of its historic mausoleums, destroyed during an Islamist takeover of northern Mali in 2012 and rebuilt thanks to…
143 kombis impounded
Crime Reporter Police this week impounded 143 commuter omnibuses and pirate taxis in Harare and Bulawayo as the blitz against kombis intensifies countrywide.
Kereke rape duplicate docket ‘tampered with’
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter The Prosecutor-General’s Office has been ordered to release the original docket of the rape case involving Zanu-PF Bikita West legislator Munyaradzi Kereke after the private…
Police sued over gold
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri and former Home Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi have been dragged to court over failure to release 2,136 kg of gold nuggets…
Top cop in love triangle
Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter A POLICE assistant commissioner is at the centre of the “love triangle” that sparked the topical adultery constitutional challenge that recently spilled into the Constitutional…
Civil servants happy with bonus payment dates
Felex Share Senior Reporter Civil servants yesterday applauded Government’s decision to furnish them with exact dates when their 2015 bonuses will be paid, saying the move enabled them to plan…
Community share trust yields results
Walter Nyamukondiwa Chinhoyi Bureau The Zimplats Mhondoro-Ngezi-Chegutu-Zvimba Community Share Ownership Trust has realised more than $1 million return on investment over the past two years.