Marathon world record holder suspended after doping test
Marathon world record holder Ruth Chepngetich has been provisionally suspended on suspicion of doping, World Athletics’ independent Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Thursday. The...
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US designates Lashkar’s proxy TRF as ‘Foreign Terrorist Organisation
US Department of State on Thursday (local time) designated The Resistance Front (TRF), group behind the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, as a terrorist organisation....
First indigenous diving support vessel ‘Nistar’ to be commissioned into Indian Navy
The Indian Navy is set to commission Nistar, the country’s first indigenously designed and built Diving Support Vessel, at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam on...
Catholic officials confirm deaths in strike on Gaza church
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has said that two people were killed and several injured in an apparent Israeli strike on Gaza’s sole Catholic church....
Manoka Prison in Cameroon and the Shades of Colonialism
Manoka Prison, situated on the isolated Manoka Island off the coast of Douala in Cameroon, embodies more than just the physical containment of human bodies;...
Unbowed spirit professor wole Soyinka
On this 91st birthday of Professor Wole Soyinka, the world does not merely mark the passage of years but pauses to honor the journey of...
ZPCS Agricultural Expo bridges farming knowledge gap
THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service (ZPCS) has once again demonstrated its commitment to national development, going beyond its core mandate of rehabilitating inmates by...
ZBC to launch Luzibo FM, a heritage-based educational radio station
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC)’s new radio station, Luzibo FM is set to deliver educational programming in line with the heritage-based education curriculum. The station,...
Africa sets unified green agenda at AMCEN-20 as Zimbabwe readies for COP15
NAIROBI, KENYA – THE 20th Ordinary Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN-20) is currently underway in Nairobi, Kenya, with Zimbabwe reaffirming...
President Mnangagwa tours Zim pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has toured the Zimbabwean pavilion at the ongoing Expo 2025 Osaka. Since the expo began in April, the pavilion receives an average...
Govt moves to tighten ZIMSEC exam security through legislative reform
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (ZIMSEC) Act is set to be amended to strengthen security measures around examinations and address widespread malpractices within the education...
President Mnangagwa engages the Zimbabwean diaspora in Osaka
JAPAN PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is in Japan on a working visit, held several meetings this Thursday, including an engagement with representatives of the diaspora...
Beyond Discipline: Rebuilding Nigeria’s Foundation for True Progress
In this era of democratic aspirations and heightened social consciousness, the nostalgic invocation of programs like the War Against Indiscipline (WAI) rings hollow, even dangerous....
Earthquake of magnitude 7.3 rattles Alaska, tsunami warning issued
An earthquake of magnitude 7.3 on the Richter Scale rattled Alaska in the early hours of Thursday (local time), a statement by the National Center...
The Double Burden: 401(k)s, Early Withdrawal Penalties, and the Urgent Case for Tax Reform
The American retirement landscape, dominated by the 401(k), stands as both a beacon of long-term financial security and a paradox of financial punishment. Marketed as...
The Sacred Throne at the Crossroads: The Burial of the Awujale of Ijebuland and the Struggle Between Tradition, Religion, and Modernity in Contemporary Nigeria
In the cosmological order of Yorùbáland, the death of a king is never a private event. It is a rupture in the spiritual fabric, a...
ZPCS scales up evidence-based drug rehabilitation model
AS the country battles the drug and substance abuse menace, Harare Central Prison is scaling up an evidence-based crime-specific treatment rehabilitation programme introduced in 2023,...