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LONDON. – More executives are feeling better about the global economy, but a growing number don’t think their companies will survive the coming decade without a major overhaul because of pressure from climate change and technology like artificial intelligence, according to a new survey of CEOs by one of the world’s largest consulting firms, PwC. […]
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The ruling Zanu PF party has hailed the South African government for taking Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for genocide in Gaza, where over 20 000 Palestinians have been killed in the past four months. Presenting its case to the ICJ last week, South Africa argued that the Israeli government’s attack on […]
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LONDON. – In a harrowing report published on January 11, Oxfam disclosed that the daily death toll in Gaza, resulting from Israel’s military actions, has surpassed the rates witnessed in any other major conflict of the 21st century. According to Oxfam, the escalation of hostilities, surpassing its 100th day, has left an average of 250 […]
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ABUJA. – Almost US$9 million stored in tax havens on the English island of Jersey will be returned to Nigeria. The funds had been confiscated by the Royal Court before a court decided to return them to Abuja. According to the Jersey court, the money was earmarked for the purchase of weapons and aeronautical equipment […]
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DAR ES SALAAM. – Tanzania said yesterday it had reinstated approval for Kenyan national carrier Kenya Airways, opening a new tab to operate flights between the Kenyan capital Nairobi and Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam. In a tit-for-tat move, Tanzania announced on Monday it had banned Kenya Airways flights after Nairobi refused to grant […]
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DAVOS, Switzerland – Chinese Premier Li Qiang said yesterday the Chinese economy was open for business and highlighted its potential for foreign investment, saying the world needed to pull down barriers to competition and trade to tackle global challenges. As China grapples with a sluggish post-pandemic recovery and a real estate slump, overseas executives have […]
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LUSAKA. –LUSAKA, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — Zambia yester day commenced the administration of the oral cholera vaccine in the shanty compounds of Lusaka, the country’s capital, most affected by the current outbreak. The authorities started administering 1.4 million doses out of the 1.7 million vaccines received from the World Health Organization in Matero township, one […]
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Ivan Zhakata-Herald Correspondent CHURCHES in Zimbabwe yesterday prayed for peace in Palestine as the ongoing Israeli attacks and genocide in the Gaza Strip reached 100 days. The churches represented by World Day of Prayer (WDP) converged at the Embassy of Palestine in Harare where they took turns to pray for peace in Palestine. Addressing the […]
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CAIRO. – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday that the result of the leadership election in the Taiwan region cannot change the basic fact that there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is part of China. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China […]
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KINSHASA . – The UN peacekeeping mission in Congo, which helped in the fight against rebels for more than two decades before being asked by the Congolese government to leave, will complete its withdrawal from the Central African nation by the end of 2024, the mission has said. A three-phased withdrawal of the 15 000-force […]
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LUSAKA. – Zambia is dealing with one of its worst cholera outbreaks in recent years as 351 people have died and nearly 9,000 active cases have been registered. Health workers say they are scrambling to contain the crisis that has the potential to be the worst the country has seen since the first in 1977. […]
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China Media Group (CMG) held the first dress rehearsal for the 2024 Spring Festival Gala on Monday, honing the much-anticipated TV carnival amid prevailing festive mood for the traditional Chinese Lunar New Year. The wide cast of performers gathered at a CMG studio for their inaugural appearance in the 2024 Spring Festival Gala. This year’s […]
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DAVOS. – The combined fortunes of the world’s five richest men have more than doubled to US$869 billion since 2020 while five billion people have been made poorer, anti-poverty group Oxfam said. An Oxfam report, which comes as business elites gather this week for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, found that […]
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JOHANNESBURG. – The South African legal team that presented its case against Israel for the genocide in Gaza at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) returned to a hero’s welcome at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg. The stellar legal team consisting of John Dugard, Max Du Plessis, Adila Hassim and Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, among […]
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CAIRO, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday that the result of the leadership election in the Taiwan region cannot change the basic fact that there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is part of China. Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist […]