adminGovt urged to work on gender equality
There is need to address gender equality in Government and all areas in society expeditiously to achieve gender parity by 2023 as provided for in the Constitution.
Nyahora encourages female athletes
WORLD Championships-bound Rutendo Nyahora has encouraged other female athletes to believe in themselves if they want to scale great heights.
Sable Chemicals to invest in coal bed methane
Fertiliser manufacturer Sable Chemicals has started feasibility studies to mine coal bed methane gas in Lupane as it seeks to cut on its import bill, an official has said.
Artificial intelligence has a gender bias problem – just ask Siri
Suggest to Samsung’s virtual personal assistant Bixby “Let’s talk dirty”, and the female voice will respond with a honeyed accent: “I don’t want to end up on Santa’s naughty list.”
Why Infrastructure development is crucial for Africa
The story of Africa’s development is changing. Six of the world’s fastest growing economies are in Africa!
Facebook currency
Facebook was quick to promise that its Libra cryptocurrency would have the stability of real-world money behind it, but whose money will dominate?
EU ministers in Malta to thrash out new migrant system
Interior ministers from four EU countries met yesterday in Malta to try to work out an automatic system to determine which countries will welcome migrants rescued in the central Mediterranean.…
50 000 join anti-abortion protest in Slovakia
Tens of thousands of anti-abortion protesters rallied in the Slovak capital Bratislava on Sunday against a law allowing terminations until the 12th week of pregnancy, which has been in force…
Trump says ‘not at all’ worried about impeachment
President Donald Trump yesterday dismissed the threat of impeachment over allegations that he tried to pressure Ukraine’s leader into investigating his 2020 election rival Joe Biden. Asked if he was…
7 children killed in Nairobi classroom collapse
At least seven students have been killed and scores wounded after a classroom collapsed in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, according to emergency services. The incident at the two-storey Precious Talent…