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Africa: Zimbabwe caps salaries for “fat cat” state executives

YoopyaMar 19, 2014September 16, 20230

(Reuters) – President Robert Mugabe’s government has slashed pay and perks for managers of Zimbabwe’s state-owned firms, in a bid to ease public anger over

Europe: Defiant Putin signs treaty making Crimea part of Russia

YoopyaMar 18, 2014September 16, 20230

(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin, defying Ukrainian protests and Western sanctions, on Tuesday signed a treaty making Crimea part Russia but said he did

World: Australia leads southern search for missing plane

YoopyaMar 17, 2014September 26, 20230

Australia will take control of the southern vector search for the missing Malaysian plane, its PM says, as a multinational effort continues. Malaysian officials say

Business: China may make the weather despite Fed and Ukraine

YoopyaMar 17, 2014September 26, 20230

(Reuters) – A U.S. Federal Reserve meeting and Western sanctions on Russia will give financial markets plenty of pause for thought in the week to

Africa: Seven killed in Nigeria stampede at recruitment drive

YoopyaMar 17, 2014June 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Seven people have been killed in a stampede at Nigeria’s national stadium during a recruitment drive for the immigration service, officials and witnesses

Asia: China baby hatch suspended after hundreds abandoned

YoopyaMar 17, 2014September 26, 20230

A baby hatch in southern China has been forced to suspend work after hundreds of infants were abandoned, overwhelming the centre, its director says. More

Latine America: Strong 6.2 magnitude aftershock hits off northern Chile

YoopyaMar 17, 2014September 26, 20230

WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuter) – A strong aftershock 6.2 in magnitude struck offshore northern Chile early on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, following a

South Africa: Oscar Pistorius ‘knew rules’ about gun use

YoopyaMar 17, 2014September 26, 20230

The Oscar Pistorius trial, now in its 11th day, has heard from a firearm specialist who testified the athlete had good knowledge of gun use

Europe: Crimeans vote over 90 percent to quit Ukraine for Russia

YoopyaMar 17, 2014September 26, 20230

(Reuters) – Russian state media said Crimeans voted overwhelmingly to break with Ukraine and join Russia on Sunday, as Kiev accused Moscow of pouring forces

French court sentences Rwandan ex-soldier for genocide role

YoopyaMar 15, 2014September 26, 20230

(Reuters) – A Paris court sentenced a former Rwandan soldier to 25 years in jail on Friday for his role in Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, in