Prophet of doom Psychic who predicted Brexit, Trump and Nice attack gives his 2017 forecast
Craig Hamilton-Parker gives his predictions for the next 12 months on his website A PSYCHIC who predicted Donald Trump’s election win, Brexit and the Nice attack has unveiled his predictions for 2017. Craig Hamilton-Parker has forecast a deadly flu epidemic, a fire in the House of Commons and a volcanic eruption in Iceland. He also […]
Plane carrying Brazil Supreme Court judge Teori Zavascki crashes into sea
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki, who was overseeing a graft investigation into scores of powerful politicians, was killed in a plane crash on Thursday, raising questions about who will take over the country’s biggest ever corruption case. Rescuers found three bodies in the wreckage of the small, twin-prop plane that crashed off the coast […]
Far From Davos, Women Fight Inequality
Men in sharp, dark suits are sashaying through the restaurants and meeting rooms of a five-star Swiss ski resort this week as the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos gets under way. The zip in the step of the business and political elite there is enabled by the world’s current inequality crisis, […]
Sage CEO laments absence of small business issues at Davos to debate the global economic picture
ghGlobal research by Sage highlights that only 33% of small businesses feel represented by politicians in their country’s decision making. The data has been published in the run up to the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) where politicians and big business will gather in Davos to debate the global economic picture. Sage CEO Stephen Kelly […]
President Robert Mugabe is holidaying abroad while major hospitals left with two weeks’ supply of essential drugs
THE Zimbabwe Medical association (ZIMA) says information from pharmaceutical wholesalers indicates an impending serious shortage of essential drugs due to delayed remittance of international payments by the central bank. According to the association, drugs affected include those for chronic diseases such as diabetes (insulin), cancer drugs (chemotherapy), psychiatric drugs (anti-psychotic) and theatre drugs (anaesthetics). With […]
Typhoid Outbreak in Zimbabwe Spreads to Budiriro, Glen View
The typhoid outbreak has spread to Budiriro and Glen View suburbs amid reports that the MDC-T led Harare City Council bungled on its 48-hour ultimatum of removing illegal food vendors from the streets. The ultimatum expired on Thursday. Two cases had been confirmed in each of the two suburbs as of yesterday.Health Services director Dr […]
When Your Healers Become Your Killers
There is a major though silent global threat to human and animal health, with implications for both food safety and food security and the economic well-being of millions of farming households. It is so-called anti-microbial resistance. The problems arises from the indiscriminate, excessive use of synthetic products, such as anti-microbial medicines, to kill diseases in […]
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon eligible to run for South Korean presidency: state election watchdog
South Korea’s electoral body said Friday former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is eligible to run for president regardless of his lengthy residence outside the country. The National Election Commission said under the current law, South Koreans who are 40 years and older and who have lived at least five years in the country before the […]
Chinese restaurant is accused of serving human FEET to diners in Italy after gruesome image of rotting flesh is posted online by a waiter
A Chinese restaurant has been accused of serving human feet after a waiter posted a gruesome picture – allegedly taken in its kitchen – on social media. The grim photo shows what looks like two severed and partially decomposed human feet in a blue bowl. It surfaced after a diner from Slovenia went with friends to […]
UN Agencies in Algeria Appeal for Continued Food Assistance to Western Saharan Refugees
For more than 40 years, the Sahrawi refugees have been living under extremely harsh conditions in the Sahara desert in south-western Algeria. Hosted in five camps close to the town of Tindouf, they remain heavily dependent on external humanitarian assistance. WFP represents the most important source of food in the camps; any reduction or halt […]
