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British MPs have resoundingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit divorce deal for a second time, leaving the country’s planned March 29 departure from the bloc in chaos and doubt.…
All-female court panel finds woman ‘too ugly’ to be raped
Italy’s Justice Ministry has ordered a preliminary inquiry into an appeals court ruling that overturned a rape verdict in part by arguing that the woman who was attacked was too…
Australian Cardinal jailed 6 years for abusing boys
Disgraced Australian Cardinal George Pell was sentenced to six years in prison yesterday for the sexual abuse of two boys in 1996 in a Melbourne cathedral. Pell – once the…
At least four killed in Nigeria school building collapse
At least four people have been killed and as many as 100 children are feared trapped after a building, home to a primary school and kindergarten, collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial…
Malawi flooding death toll rises to 56, braces for Cyclone Idai
BLANTYRE – The number of people killed in floods in southern Malawi has risen to 56, an official said yesterday, with the country now also on alert for an approaching…
Boy (13) arrested after SA school pupil stabbed to death
A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a Mondeor High School pupil, south of Johannesburg, yesterday, Gauteng police confirmed. “The deceased, who was on…
US refuses to ground Boeing 737 MAX 8 after Ethiopia plane crash
The United States said there is “no basis” to ground Boeing 737 MAX aeroplanes, after a second crash involving the model in less than five months killed everyone on board.…
ED lays US$23,6m internet backbone
President Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned the US$23,6 million National Backbone Fibre Link in Beitbridge set to boost the country’ Information Communication Technology capacity and status as a regional communications hub.
Zim, SA embrace one-stop border
Zimbabwe and South Africa have agreed on the establishment of the Beitbridge One-Stop Border Post as a way of addressing challenges faced by travellers between the two countries at the border post.
Govt secures US$1m for medical supplies
GOVERNMENT has secured US$1 million for the procurement of essential medicines and equipment needed in public hospitals.