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NEW YORK. — Edward Snowden was forced to stay in Russia after the US threatened Cuba with “adverse consequences” should the NSA whistle-blower get on board Aeroflot’s Moscow-Havana flight, Kommersant…
Indian firm wins Hwange tender
Business Reporter INDIAN firm Indure (Private) Limited has won a tender to rehabilitate and upgrade the ash plant at the Hwange Thermal Power Station at cost of about US$11 million.…
Campus Night lights up Mutare
Problem Masau Arts Correspondent RAPPER Stunner has admitted to being a playboy and that he ill-treated his ex-girlfriend and former Big Brother housemate Pokello Nare with whom he recorded an…
Can Zim bounce back in ODIs?
Jeffrey Murimbechi Sports Correspondent THE odds are heavily stacked against the hosts and Zimbabwe will need to punch right above their weight for them to pluck something, or even be…
Sonia Gandhi seeks law to banish hunger
NEW DELHI. — India’s ruling party chief Sonia Gandhi urged lawmakers yesterday to support a new US$18 billion scheme to provide cheap food to the poor, saying it would help…
Good times roll for Ecobank
Business Reporter ECOBANK Zimbabwe’s profit before tax leapt 2 300 percent to US$1,2 million in the half year to June largely driven by growth in interest income. Interest (US$4,6 million)…
UN inspectors probe Syria chemical attack
DAMASCUS. – UN inspectors braved sniper fire yesterday to reach the site of a suspected deadly chemical weapons attack near Damascus, as the West weighed possible military action against Syria’s…
Court to rule on Zuma
JOHANNESBURG. – The Constitutional Court will hand down judgment today on an application for a motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma to be debated in Parliament. DA Parliamentary…
Mutinhiri new face for Nokia Lumia 520
Brenda Phiri Arts Correspondent ZIMBABWE’S Vimbai Mutinhiri, a former Big Brother housemate, continues to scale the heights of success with yet another endorsement deal, two years after leaving the house.…
Gunners out to finish job
LONDON. — Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has promised to pick a strong team as his side look to rubber-stamp qualification for the Champions League soccer group phase against Fenerbahce tonight.…