NEW: Serena Williams given singles wildcard to play Wimbledon

Serena Williams will return to Grand Slam tennis for the first time in a year at Wimbledon later this month after being handed a singles wildcard entry by the All England Club on Tuesday.

NEW: China adds 6,5m master’s graduates in 10 years 

China saw more than 600 000 new graduates with doctoral degrees and 6,5 million new graduates with master’s degrees in the last 10 years, providing powerful talent support for the country’s development, the Ministry of Education said on Tuesday. 

NEW: Mixed fortunes for Gems in Malawi   

ZIMBABWE Under-19 netball team have maintained dominance of the Confederation of Southern African Netball Associations Games in Malawi.  

NEW: Rajput relieved of coaching duties 

Chevrons coach Lalchand Rajput has been relieved of his duties and will be replaced by Zimbabwe Cricket coaching manager Dave Houghton. 

NEW: Nearly 160 000 people arrested for border crimes  

Police has arrested 159 209 people in an ongoing operation that began in January last year to combat cross-border crimes.  

NEW: Sweden experiences highest inflation in three decades 

Swedish consumers are witnessing the highest inflation since 1991, with consumer prices, measured with a fixed interest rate, rising from 6,4 percent in April to 7,2 percent in May, Statistics Sweden said on Tuesday. 

NEW: Once-off grocery allowance for pensioners

THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) will this month pay all its beneficiaries a once-off grocery allowance of $10 000 to cushion them from the obtaining inflationary pressures. 

NEW: Child President to be elected on Wednesday  

Elections for Zimbabwe’s next Child President will be held on Wednesday ahead of the official opening of the 30th session of the Child Parliament on Saturday.  

NEW: Major-General (Rtd) Sydney Bhebe dies  

Major-General (Retired) Sydney Bhebe has died. 

He was 61. 

NEW: Athlete Mpofu wins Commissioner-General’s race

ASPIRING Olympian Isaac Mpofu won the 2022 edition of the Old Mutual-sponsored Commissioner-General of Police 21-kilometre road race held at Dangamvura Shopping Complex on Saturday.