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Zimbabwe changes visas requirements for Southern African Development Communities (SADC) countries African News Agency The Zimbabwean government has, with immediate effect, scrapped visas for all Southern African Development Communities (SADC) countries. Immigration department principal director Clemence Masango said the move was meant to facilitate easy movement within the region. “This new position completes the circle […]

China: Shanghai’s population dips for 1st time this century CCTV Shanghai has seen its population shrink for the first time this century. The city’s statistics bureau said Shanghai’s permanent population, those who have lived there for six months or more, was about 24 million at the end of 2015– a decline of 0.4 percent year […]

Judge approves nearly $1 billion settlement between the U.S. Interior Department and Native American tribes The lawsuit accused the Interior Department of not paying tribes millions of dollars in federal contract costs to oversee federal Bureau of Indian Affairs programs and services dating back as far as the 1970s. Mary Hudetz Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. […]

Bermuda to build a new airport-redevelopment By Jonathan Bell Royal Gazette Bermuda’s “new airport” has been signed into being with a redevelopment agreement between Government and the Canadian Commercial Corporation, Finance Minister Bob Richards announced this morning. The Island will get a roughly new $200 million terminal building, with the expectation of “hundreds” of construction […]

Australia’s population hits 24 million Australian Bureau of Statistics Australia’s population reached 24 million, at about 12:50am (AEDT) 16 February 2016, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) population clock. “The population clock is an indication of the current population, based on a projection calculated using births and deaths data (from the ABS) and […]