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The World: Two earthquakes jolt in Japan

Two earthquakes of magnitudes 6.1 and 5 struck Saturday off Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture, the country’s meteorological organization reported. The corporation stated the quakes passed off round 11.44 a.m. and 11.50 a.m. neighborhood time at two extraordinary areas northeast of the country’s island of Honshu at a depth of forty kilometers (24 miles). The quakes have […]

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Mauritius arrests captain of ship that spilled oil

The captain of the ship that spilled tons of oil onto the coast of Mauritius was arrested on Tuesday, according to local media. Sunil Kumar Nandeshwar and his second mate Tilak ratna Suboda were charged with endangering safe navigation. They are being held in prison until August 25, when they will reappear in court. The […]

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IOC to consider postponing Tokyo Olympics

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is to consider postponing the Tokyo Olympics, the body announced on Sunday, although it made clear that an outright cancellation of the event was “not on the agenda”. The development follows mounting criticism from athletes and sports officials over the IOC’s stance on the coronavirus pandemic. Consultation with Japanese public […]

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SA pulls Olympic team out of Japan friendly over coronavirus fears

South Africa will not send its Olympic football team to Japan to play a friendly in March because of concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. The two teams were due to play in Sanga on 27 March, four months before the start of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. There have been 85 confirmed cases of coronavirus in […]

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Mnangagwa Criticised For Praising Japan’s TICAD At China’s Expense

MDC supporter and constitutional law expert, Alex Magaisa, has criticised Mnangagwa for not understanding geopolitical and economic dynamics when he described the just ended Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD7) as the “first common platform to discuss African development”. According to Magaisa, this would fly in the face of China whose Forum on […]