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Death toll from Israeli bombing on Gaza school rises to 35
 GAZA, Xinhua - At least 35 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others injured in an Israeli air strike targeting a school housing displaced people in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, t...
President Mnangagwa promotes police top brass
Commissioner Paul NyathiZim Now WriterPresident Emmerson Mnangagwa, in his capacity as Head of State and Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, has promoted top police offic...
SA sports minister charged with graft, quits
South Africa’s Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture, Zizi KodwaJOHANNESBURG, AlJazeera – South Africa’s Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Zizi Kodwa was arrested on corruption charges yesterday and...
Teen jailed 5 years for drunken brawling
Zim Now WriterA Beitbridge teen has been sentenced to five years in prison on his guilty plea to attempted murder after taking part in a brutal attack on his host after a drinking spree. His co-accuse...
Putin Threatens to Strike the Western Countries Supplying Ukraine with Weapons
 novinite.com- Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a warning to countries allowing Ukraine to utilize their weapons against targets within Russia.Speaking to foreign journalists at Gazprom's n...
Zim set to break 2023 wheat harvest record this year
Oscar J JekeZim Now ReporterWheat farmers across the country’s provinces have broken the record with over 91 000 hectares had been planted as of May 31.The figure is higher than last season’s 60 000,...
Mahere presses on with Gappah lawsuit, reduces $1m damages claim to $50 000
Fadzai Mahere and Petina GappahZim Now WriterFormer Mt Pleasant Member of Parliament, Fadzayi Mahere, has reduced her defamation damages claim against author and lawyer, Petina Gappah from US$1 millio...
Another woman falls for prophet sex to cleanse evil spirits scam
Michael MashiriZim Now CorrespondentA prophet who took advantage of a woman’s vulnerability, claiming he could remove evil spirits through sex with her, has been taken to court.Joseph Mweya, 35, of Ol...
Gvt slams two road contractors for shoddy work
Zim Now WriterThe government has taken a tough stance on contractors who carry out substandard work on roads, with Transport and Infrastructural Development Minister Felix Mhona announcing that Fossil...
Squatter takes over flat for two months
Michael MashiriA man, who allegedly lived at the complainant’s flat without his knowledge and destroyed property there, has been taken to court.Godfrey Chininga, 40, appeared at the Harare Magistrates...