AfDB projects 3.4 pc growth for Africa’s economy this year
THE African Development Bank (AfDB) says Africa’s economic growth prospects are positive with a 3,4 percent projection this year despite the Covid-19 challenges and debt burden facing most economies on the continent.
WHO urges calm over AstraZeneca vaccine
GENEVA/ZURICH – The World Health Organisation’s director general said on Monday that systems meant to protect public health were working, as several countries suspended use of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine to…
21 000 households face displacement
Munyaradzi Musiiwa, Sunday News Reporter MORE than 21 000 households in urban settlements countrywide are facing displacement by Government after they were affected by floods following the heavy and incessant…
Britain to expand nuclear warhead stockpile by 40%
LONDON -Britain will grow its nuclear warhead stockpile by more than 40% to ensure its security in a more risky global environment and as it faces new technological threats, Prime…
Invictus share spike shocks market
The Australia Stock Exchange (ASX) has demanded explanation from Zimbabwe focused gas and oil exploration junior, Invictus Energy, over a sudden spike in its share price and a sharp jump in volumes of stock traded in a single session last week.
‘Russia will block Twitter in one month’
MOSCOW-Russia will block Twitter in one month unless the US social media giant complies with a demand to remove banned content, Russian news agencies cited a senior regulatory official as…
Rebel priests defy Vatican, vow to bless same-sex couples
VIENNA -A dissident band of Roman Catholic priests leading a disobedience campaign against the Vatican said yesterday they would carry on blessing same-sex couples in defiance of Church orders. The…
World’s top vaccine maker India criticised at home for exports as infections rise
NEW DELHI – India’s main opposition Congress party yesterday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government for exporting nearly twice the number of coronavirus vaccine doses than immunisations conducted…
Giant step to herd immunity…Second batch of Chinese vaccines arrives
Harare Bureau ZIMBABWE became the first African nation to receive the second batch of Covid-19 vaccines from China with President Mnangagwa saying the country is making steady progress in the…
48 Zimbabwean refugees return from Botswana
Nqobile Tshili, Chronicle Reporter FORTY-EIGHT Zimbabweans who were refugees in Botswana returned home yesterday following a joint initiative by Government, Botswana as well as the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).…











