2015-08-19 Zimbabwe Health

NewsDay   

Hospitals hit by cancer drug shortage   
NewsDay
MOST provincial and district hospitals throughout the country are reportedly facing an acute shortage of drugs for cancer, psychiatric and epileptic patients although mission hospitals were adequately stocked, Health minister David Parirenyatwa has ...
drug shortages hit zimbabwe hospitals   Bulawayo24 News (press release) (blog)

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Times LIVE   

Tutu back in hospital 'to see nurses'   
Times LIVE
The 83-year-old Nobel peace laureate was admitted to hospital on Monday night for the third time in as many months. File photo. Image by: Gallo Images/Oryx Media Archive. Archbishop Desmond Tutu is back in hospital less than a month after being ...

2015-08-19 Zimbabwe Science

National Post   

Five things about Canada's 'space elevator' (and what you might pass while ...   
National Post
Thoth Technology has filed a patent for a 20-kilometre-tall platform from which spacecraft could be launched. Here are five things to know about the Pembroke, Ont. company's tower, dubbed 'ThothX': 1: By building the elevator to only 20 kilometres, the ...
Proposed space elevator would tower 12 miles high   cleveland.com
Space Elevator Could Be Rocket Alternative for Astronauts   ABC News
The Unlikely Quest to Build a Tower Tall Enough to Take Astronauts to Space   Gizmodo
The Straits Times   
CBC.ca   
The Globe and Mail   
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CBS Local   

World's first flower revealed   
Daily Times
A plant that had no petals and lived underwater more than 125 million years ago could be the oldest known 'flower', according to scientists. The aquatic Montsechia vidalii was once abundant in freshwater lakes in what are now mountainous regions of ...
Discovery Of 130 Million-Year-Old Fossil Suggests Earth's First Flowering ...   CBS Local
Paleobotanists identify what could be the mythical 'first flower'   The Times
Fossil reveals world's first flowering plant   Science Recorder
Telegraph.co.uk   
Christian Science Monitor   
Times Gazette   
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Christian Science Monitor   

Islamic leaders join Pope in urging fossil fuel phase out   
The Australian
Islamic leaders from 20 countries today launched a Climate Change Declaration urging governments to deliver a strong, new international climate agreement in Paris this December. According to the declaration this needs to signal the “end of the road for ...

2015-08-19 Zimbabwe Sports

NewsDay   

Zifa struggles to snare Pasuwa   
NewsDay
WITH three weeks to go before Zimbabwe host their Group L opponents Guinea in a 2017 Afcon qualifier, Zifa appear to be losing the battle to retain Kalisto Pasuwa as Warriors coach. BY MICHAEL MADYIRA. Pasuwa quit the Warriors last month in protest ...

2015-08-19 Zimbabwe Entertainment

Caj News Africa   

Pashapa blasts 'prosperity prophets' in Zimbabwe   
Nehanda Radio
HARARE – Founder and Bishop of Life and Liberty Churches International, Dr. Noah Pashapa did not mince his words, in a straight talking interview, appearing as a guest on the TV show Tonight with Zororo. Walter Magaya, Uebert Angel and Emmanuel ...

2015-08-19 Zimbabwe Technology

Technology Zimbabwe   

Econet reduces the price of its Home Power Station to $99   
Technology Zimbabwe
This HPS is a self-contained power unit that contained an Econet mobile SIM card linking the device to the cellular network and making it possible for the customer to pre-pay for energy usage. While Econet Energy's other products like the solar lamp ...

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The Indian Express   

Hackers claim to have leaked Ashley Madison data trove online   
Washington Post
Cheating spouses beware: Hackers claim to have released data stolen last month during a breach at Ashley Madison, a dating site for people looking for affairs. A roughly 10-gigabyte file that purported to contain several points of personal data ...
Ashley Madison infidelity site's customer data 'leaked'   BBC News
Hackers release details of 37m Ashley Madison users online   The Times (subscription)
FBI investigating Ashley Madison website hack: owner   Reuters
New York Daily News   
Toronto Sun   
Belfast Telegraph   
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Livemint   

Google launches Wi-Fi router for home use   
Livemint
With the router, users will be able to prioritize a device so that they can get the fastest Internet speeds for data-heavy activities such as downloading content or streaming a movie. Photo: Reuters. Bengaluru: Google Inc. launched a Wi-Fi router on ...
Google wants to fix your dodgy WiFi   Sky News Australia
Google Introduces Router With Ease-of-Use Features   New York Times
Google lifts the lid on smart Wi-Fi router   The Australian
Sydney Morning Herald   
AsiaOne   
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Fortune   

Five crazy devices showcased at Intel's developer conference   
Fortune
The chipmaker and its friends showed off a number of sci-fi gadgets at its annual developer conference. Here are some of the most impressive, using Intel technology, of course. Intel's annual developer conference kicked off Tuesday like a circus ...
Intel and Google want your phone to see in 3D   Engadget
To inspire software and hardware developers, Intel gets bold and very weird   CNET
Intel, Aiming Beyond PCs, Launches Reality TV Show   Wall Street Journal
The Register   
Gizmodo Australia   
VentureBeat   
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The Register   

Been sleeping well lately? No nightmares? Here's a lumbering Google bigfoot bot   
The Register
Boston Dynamics, the Google-owned mobile robot developer, has posted a new demonstration of its Atlas robot walking around the forest. In the video, Boston Dynamics founder Marc Raibert shows how the Atlas anthropomorphic robot is being developed to ...

2015-08-19 Zimbabwe Business

NewsDay   

World Bank urges better management of public funds   
NewsDay
A SENIOR financial management specialist at the World Bank has called for better management of public sector funds after Zimbabwe scored 21 on a public sector corruption index. BY TATIRA ZWINOIRA. The index measures on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) ...

2015-08-19 Zimbabwe World

The Guardian Nigeria   

South Sudan: US Threatens Sanctions Over Rejection of Pact   
New York Times
The White House chastised President Salva Kiir of South Sudan on Tuesday for refusing to sign a peace agreement to halt that nation's civil war, and it threatened to pursue sanctions against “those who undermine the peace process.” Susan E. Rice, the ...

2015-08-19 Zimbabwe Africa

The Guardian Nigeria   

150 drowned, shot dead fleeing Boko Haram in Nigeria   
DAWN.com
KANO: At least 150 people drowned in a river or were shot dead fleeing Boko Haram gunmen who raided a remote village in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe State, local residents said on Tuesday. Dozens of militants arrived on motorcycles and in a car on ...

2015-08-19 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

NewsDay   

7 Hre land barons dragged to court   
New Zimbabwe.com
SEVEN land barons were Monday arraigned before the magistrate's courts for swindling desperate home seekers of thousands of dollars. They include Clifford Chimusoro, Stanely Mugari, Dominico Mark, Innocent Chakandinakira, Driver Kasamabarare, ...