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BRUSSELS – A growing row over US spying is set to dominate an EU summit in Brussels which started yesterday, after revelations German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s calls may have been…
Yahoo closing Cairo office
SAN FRANCISCO – Yahoo on Wednesday said that it is closing its Egypt office as part of an effort to restore the faded Internet star to former glory. “Today, Yahoo…
Brazil oil-auction protests turn violent
Protesters have marched to the headquarters of Brazil’s state-run petroleum company Petrobras after it won the right to develop an offshore field that could contain 12 billion barrels of oil.…
Kenya Airways launches new Boeing aircraft
NAIROBI – Kenya Airways, the country’s leading airliner, unveiled plans to launch a new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft in an event scheduled for today. The aircraft, beginning next month, will subsequently…
Jobless rate dips as Spain fights
MADRID – Spain announced yesterday a dip in its towering unemployment rate in the latest sign that the eurozone’s fourth-largest economy is battling its way out of recession. The jobless…
Barring pupils from writing examinations illegal
Nqobile Tshili Chronicle Reporter— Government said yesterday that it is illegal for schools to bar pupils from writing examinations because the issue of writing examinations is a contract between the…
MDC-T councillor accused of being a ‘home wrecker’
Leonard Ncube Court Reporter THE MDC-T councillor for Ward 29 in Bulawayo, Monica Lubimbi, has been accused by a resident of allegedly destroying a married man’s family as she is…
NRZ revival to take 1 year, says Mpofu
Prosper Ndlovu Senior Reporter— THE Minister of Transport and Infrastructural Development, Dr Obert Mpofu, yesterday set himself a target of 12 months to turn around operations at the ailing National…
Warner hits record one-day score
AUSTRALIA Test batsman David Warner fell three runs short of scoring the first double century in Australian domestic one-day cricket. The New South Wales opener hit 20 fours and 10…
No hike in gate charges
Ricky Zililo Sports Reporter HIGHLANDERS have decided to maintain their gate charges for the big match against Dynamos on Sunday at Barbourfields Stadium despite the fact that the “big game”…