News

While Namibia largely benefits from uranium and other mining, these economic activities put a strain on the country’s supply of vital services such as water.

The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the Kavango Region has had a negative impact on villagers, who this time of the year depend on selling wild grass to generate income.

More than 10 African heads of state had by late Thursday confirmed that they would witness the burial of the late Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa scheduled for Wednesday.

The Karas Regional Council has come up with big plans for the region’s development following participatory poverty appraisals conducted countrywide.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp plans to launch another satellite television channel in Japan by 2011, according to a Nikkei report that cited no sources.

DETROIT - General Motors Corp. says it will offer optional radios with USB ports for personal music players on some of its 2009 models.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) will slash the price of its Xbox 360 game console in Japan by about 30 percent, below Nintendo Co's (7974.OS) Wii and Sony Corp's (6758.T) PlayStation 3 in a bid to boost market share, the Nikkei business daily said on Monday.

MEXICO CITY - Moving quickly to address mounting anger over crime, President Felipe Calderon promised Sunday to adopt several proposals from civic groups who led more than 100,000 Mexicans in marches against daily kidnappings and killings.

NEW YORK - The nation's largest Internet service providers all say they haven't partnered with Silicon Valley startup NebuAd Inc. to monitor Web surfing and deliver targeted advertising to their subscribers. Here is a look at six smaller service providers, however, that have conducted trials. The companies say all the tests have ended, often to review privacy and related issues. No provider is known to be currently using NebuAd.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been fleeing the southern US coast as Hurricane Gustav approaches land.