The Daily Populous

Wednesday June 17th, 2026 evening edition

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Health Minister Douglas Mombeshora says the bike-borne “village health workers” (VHWs) have helped get 22,000 girls immunised in Mashonaland West since the programme kicked off two years ago.

Zimbabwe has an 55% overall coverage rate with the cancer-blocking human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, and disproportionate immunity gaps exist in rural areas.

In Kariba and Hurungwe, to the country’s northwest, village health workers (VHWs) like Sita have stepped up as “vaccine cyclists” to help remedy the shortfall.

“We know the wild elephants: we grew up around them, and we deftly don’t disturb them as we pursue the mission – HPV immunisation,” Sita says.

“We cycle for HPV because no angel from Japan or Europe will do it for our community,” says Aubrey Sachikonye, 45, a fellow VHW in Kariba.

In fact, even Zimbabwean medical professionals have proven difficult to attract to the kinds of rural communities Sachikonye serves.

It was a huge relief to their mother: she had believed they had missed their window to receive their jab. »

US releases official agreement with Iran. Read the 14-point text

Authored by cnn.com
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The United States of America and the Islamic Republic of Iran have jointly agreed in good faith on [ __ date] on the following:.

During this period, the traffic of vessels will be in proportion to the numbers of pre-war traffic being restored by the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The United States of America further undertakes to remove its forces from the proximity of the Islamic Republic of Iran within 30 days after the final deal. »

Melbourne woman Zeinab Ahmad, accused of owning a Yazidi slave, refused bail

Authored by abc.net.au
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A woman accused of slavery offences while supporting the Islamic State group (IS) in Syria has had her bail application refused.

While the AFP allege Ms Ahmad badly "mistreated" the girl, it is not alleged she physically assaulted her.

Chief Magistrate Lisa Hannan said "exceptional circumstances" were needed for bail given Ms Ahmad's past support of IS. »

Donald Trump agrees to settle lawsuit against Mary Trump

Authored by lawandcrime.com
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Attorneys for Donald Trump and his niece, Mary Trump, jointly told a judge on Tuesday, the day that depositions were supposed to be completed, that the adversaries have "reached a settlement.".

The development comes weeks after Law&Crime reported on a significant discovery win by Mary Trump.

In mid-May, the parties told Reed that a short extension could "allow the parties to reach a final resolution" through a settlement. »

Cancelled Xbox 360 version of GoldenEye 007 gets recompiled for PC — ‘No emulator, the game runs as a real native executable,’ insists dev

Authored by tomshardware.com

Gaming-focused social media channels are excited with this release, which provides “a native PC port of GoldenEye 007 (Xbox 360 / XBLA), built by statically recompiling the original game into C++ with the ReXGlue SDK,” states the dev.

GoldenEye was a seminal release for consoles, establishing that FPS games were a compelling proposition beyond the realms of PCs and keyboard/mouse control.

If and when you get the Xbox 360 version of the game recompiled for PC, though, you should expect the following thrilling benefits:. »