US tycoon opens Africa’s first start-to-finish Covid-19 jab plant
Cape Town – US biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong on Wednesday opened a plant in Cape Town that will be... Read more
20 Jan, 2022
US airlines warn of ‘calamity’ if 5G deployed near airports
Washington – The chief executives of America’s largest airlines warned of a “catastrophic disruption” to travel and shipping operations... Read more
18 Jan, 2022
ExxonMobil targets ‘net zero’ emissions at operations by 2050
New York – ExxonMobil pledged on Tuesday to reach “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions in its operations by 2050, but... Read more
18 Jan, 2022
Blinken seeks ‘diplomatic path’ on Ukraine with Russian FM
Washington – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for diplomacy to end the Ukraine crisis in a call with... Read more
18 Jan, 2022
US sanctions on Zimbabwe’s elite ricochet across economy
Harare – Callisto Jokonya stands in the cavernous factory of Imperial Refrigeration and recalls the halcyon days. In the... Read more
18 Jan, 2022
Texas hostage-taker named as British citizen as UK police arrest 2
COLLEYVILLE – The man who held four people hostage at a Texas synagogue was identified by US authorities as... Read more
17 Jan, 2022
Why thieves are snatching French bulldogs across the US
Washington – The two thieves who brutally robbed 27-year-old Marieke Bayens at gunpoint on a California street were not... Read more
17 Jan, 2022
Former students defend Texas mother who put son in car trunk for Covid test
Houston – A number of people turned out in Texas on Monday to show support for a mother who was... Read more
11 Jan, 2022
Wife of activist barred from leaving China dies after 15 years apart
Beijing – The wife of a repeatedly detained Chinese human rights lawyer died of cancer on Monday in the United... Read more
11 Jan, 2022
After fiery speech on democracy, can Biden deliver on promises?
Washington – It was a defining moment: Joe Biden vowed in a searing speech on the first anniversary of... Read more
8 Jan, 2022
