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IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER VOWS SEVERE “REVENGE” on those responsible for the death of top military commander Qasem Soleimani. The US has sent 3000 extra troops to the Middle East in the wake of killing Soleimani considered the second most important person after Ayatollah. Soleimani was killed by an air strike at Baghdad airport early on Friday ordered by US President Donald Trump. The 62-year-old Soleimani spearheaded Iran’s Middle East operations as head of the elite…

PRESIDENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA SAYS ZIMBABWEANS SHOULD AVOID EATING MEAT AS it is unhealthy for them, but they should turn to vegetables and be vegetarians. He was responding to grievances in an interactive session with a rented crowd which was raising its concerns over the exorbitant prices of basic commodities, including meat, at a national clean-up campaign at Kuwadzana 2 shopping centre in Harare yesterday. Mnangagwa in his response said people should not worry about the escalating…

ACCIDENT: TWO PEOPLE DIED on the spot while several others were injured when a Harare-bound Trip Trans bus, overloaded and overspeeding with standing passengers, travelling from Nyanga burst a front tyre resulting in the bus driver losing control of the vehicle which subsequently rolled several times before landing on its side at about 1pm today near Macheke.Injured passengers were rushed to Marondera Hospital.Zimbabwe had 1 406 road accidents from 15 December 2019 until now, 74…

GOVERNMENT has increased hospital user fees and reintroduced maternity fees, ambulance – $15 per kilometre while mortuary services will be fixed at $150 Health and Child Care Permanent Secretary Dr Agnes Mahomva announced the new hospital fees in a circular to hospitals dated December 31, 2019.“The Ministry has approved new hospital fees with effect from the 1st of January 2020. Please note that the decision has been reached after taking into account the plight of…

HIGH COURT RESERVES JUDGEMENT ON BOTH APPLICATIONSFOR BAIL BY by the heavily bandaged in pain, estranged wife of vice president, Retired General Constantino Chiwenga, Marry Mubaiwa, completing a festive period including Christmas, Boxing and New year in prison. By the look of things she could very well still be locked up as far as Easter before we see this case resolved. The bail application was heard before Justice Pisirayi Kwenda. Marry Mubaiwa was denied bail…

ISRAELI PRIME MINSTER BENJAMIN NETANYAU ASKS lawmakers to grant him immunity from prosecution on bribery and corruption charges, ahead of an election in March that will decide his personal and political future. Benjamin Netanyau was indicted in November 2019 on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in connection with three corruption probes, which makes him the first Israeli , becoming the first Israeli prime minister to face criminal charges while in office, Sibusiso Ngwenya.Photo-BBC-Israeli…

A GANG of 12 MACHETE-WIELDING MEN suspected to be linked to 16 armed robberies and two murders in Bindura and Shamva has been arrested on charges of armed robbery. One of the suspects was on bail in a case linked to the murder of two soldiers in Bindura last year. Four of the suspects were apprehended on 29 December in Shamva while eight others were arrested on 30 December in Mt. Darwin following a tip-off…

GUTU, MASVINGO BOY, MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa says Mnangagwa’s government has failed to look after the needs of the people. Chamisa who spent his Christmas at his rural home in Gutu, Masvingo province said Mnangagwa’s Zanu-PF was using poverty as a tool to suppress the rural folk. “I was at my rural home in Gutu this Christmas and I’m deeply concerned by what I saw.We are called to ensure that no one is left…

FAUSTA, A FEMALE BLACK RHINO (57), believed to be the world’s oldest, has died in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area due to natural causes.According to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authorities, the female rhinoceros named Fausta died as a result of natural causes.“Fausta was first located in the Ngorongoro crater in 1965 by a scientist from the University of Dar Es Salaam, at the age of between three and four years.Her health began to deteriorate in 2016,…

ISRAEL PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s son calls for British diplomats to be expelled from Israel over a reference to the Occupied Palestinian Territories.Benjamin Netanyahu’s son has called for British diplomats to be “kicked out” of Israel over a reference to the Occupied Palestinian Territories.Benjamin Netanyahu’s son calls for British diplomats to be expelled from IsraelBenjamin Netanyahu’s son has called for British diplomats to be “kicked out” of Israel over a reference to the Occupied Palestinian Territories.The…