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LEADERS of the G7 group of industrial nations have limited themselves to warning Russia of another round of sanctions as they urged President Vladimir Putin to stop destabilising Ukraine. On…
Scientists discover how to date fingerprints
BREAKTHROUGH by Dutch experts could one day help police determine which fingerprints are relevant to investigation. Dutch forensic experts say they have discovered how to accurately date fingerprints, a breakthrough…
French FM says US bank fine ‘not reasonable’
REPORTED $10bn to be levied on BNP Paribas could damage free-trade agreement between US and EU, Laurent Fabius warns. Laurent Fabius, France’s foreign minister, has dismissed as unreasonable a reported…
UN labour arm denounces austerity measures
THE United Nation’s labour agency has denounced “premature” austerity measures brought in by governments around the world during the financial crisis, saying they have hurt the world’s most vulnerable people.…
Bank of England holds UK interest rates at 0.5pc
UK interest rates have been held at the record low of 0.5 percent for another month by the Bank of England. The size of the Bank’s bond-buying economic stimulus programme…
Zimbabwe has all elements of healthy economy
Andrew Robinson Opinion ZIMBABWE is never far from the headlines of South African newspapers. This is understandable. We have close ties to our northern neighbour and South Africa has provided…
Telecoms wizard bilks networks
Leonard Ncube Senior Court Reporter— A COMMUNICATIONS wizard from Bulawayo set up a fully-equipped mobile phone “call centre” with 164 sim-cards in his house where he would make international calls…
GUILTY! Pilot pleads to 14 counts, faces jail
Tendai Rupapa Harare Bureau— A SOUTH African millionaire businessman who crashed his chopper at Doddieburn Ranch near West Nicholson and concealed the accident, yesterday pleaded guilty to entering Zimbabwe illegally…
Shamuyarira mourned: President consoles family
Patrick Chitumba Senior Reporter— PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday described Dr Nathan Shamuyarira — who died on Wednesday night — as an intellectual who gave Africans a sense of dignity and…
Mpilo: where the living die
Patrick Chitumba Senior Reporter— LACK of equipment and drugs is causing preventable deaths of infants and women giving birth at Mpilo Central Hospital, a paediatrician at the institution has said.…