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Cargo ship hits Baltimore’s Key Bridge, bringing it down, rescuers looking for people in water
 BALTIMORE (AP) — A container ship rammed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing it to snap in a few places and plunge into the river below. Several vehicles fell into the chilly wate...
South Sudan on the brink after oil exports derailed by Sudan’s civil war
 Al Jazeera - Violence and insecurity could worsen in South Sudan after one of its key oil pipelines to international markets, which passes through neighbouring Sudan, was damaged last month, accordin...
China global growth creating opportunities worldwide
 People attend the China Development Forum 2024 in Beijing, capital of China, March 24, 2024. The China Development Forum 2024 is scheduled from March 24 to March 25. The theme of this year's forum is...
ZACC moves in as RDCs squander $2 billion on graft and mismanagement
Zim Now WriterMismanagement and corruption are the most common cases of rot blighting Rural District Councils with the Auditor-General’s reports identifying financial mismanagement and non-compliance...
UN Security Council demands ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN, casts her abstention during voting on the resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the month...
UN chief calls for slavery reparations to overcome ‘generations of discrimination’
 United Nations Sevretary-General, Antonio GuterresVOA - United Nations chief Antonio Guterres called on Monday for reparations over the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved people as a way to tackle...
Habitual housebreaker, thief caught
Michael MashiriA man from Eastview Phase 2, who was in the habit of breaking and entering people’s homes, stealing their property, has been nabbed.Tawanda Gutu, 25, appeared before magistrate Dennis M...
Tanzania becomes Africa’s second largest tobacco producer
Kilimo Kwanza - Tanzania is aiming to produce 200 000 tons of tobacco for the 2024/26 season after emerging as the second-largest producer of tobacco in Africa for the 2023/24 season, signalling a rem...
Guard in soup for stealing TelOne copper cables, accomplices on the run
Michael MashiriA man, who a guard stationed at TelOne Msasa, has been arraigned before the court, accused of stealing the company’s copper cables.Charles Shaya, 52, appeared before magistrate Dennis M...
Finally, Zimbabwe walking the talk on disability
UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator (Zimbabwe), Edward KallonPatrick MusiraCivil Society Organisations in the disability sector in Zimbabwe are engaging in nationwide consultations on a Disabilit...