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Shankar’s lonely journey ends: Tragic tale of Delhi Zoo elephant who spent 13 yrs in shackles & solitary

While zoo authorities said probe is underway to find out reasons behind his death, experts say it's damning indictment on India's zoo system. Shankar arrived in India in 1998.

For the first time in 4 decades, Zimbabwe to cull 200 elephants to mitigate food shortages

Communities in southern Africa are facing acute hunger due to an El Nino-induced drought. Neighbouring Namibia, too, last month distributed elephant meat among those affected.

India, Zimbabwe explore ways to boost bilateral trade in Delhi

Two countries plan to sign deals in digital transformation, telemedicine, rough diamonds, and more.

Hungary’s reaction to Bolsonaro video leak, Zimbabwe drought & other global news you may have missed

ThePrint’s round-up of world news and topical issues over the last week.

Heath Streak, first Zimbabwe cricketer to claim 100 ODI wickets, succumbs to cancer at 49

Streak was also only Zimbabwean cricketer to achieve double feat of 100 Test wickets and 1,000 Test runs. He had dismissed false rumours of his death less than 2 weeks ago.

Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa garners 53% vote in presidential polls, opposition rejects outcome

According to Zimbabwe's election body, incumbent president Mnangagwa secured 53% of vote share while his main challenger, Nelson Chamisa, secured 44%.

Ex-Zimbabwe cricketer Heath Streak ‘hurt & upset’ by death rumour, wants source to say sorry

The bizarre rumour spread like wildfire early Wednesday, more so after Streak’s teammate Henry Olonga ‘confirmed’ it on X.

Zimbabwe-Pakistan match isn’t over. President Mnangagwa, PM Shehbaz spar over fake Mr Bean

From Virender Sehwag to Wasim Jaffer, ex-Indian cricketers were especially active in using Mr Bean references to draw parallels with Pakistan’s T20 defeat.

Between British colonisers and Indian immigrants, how Zimbabwe’s cricket culture grew

Cricket was played as a colonial inheritance, and then as a legacy of Indian identity, before it became a way to find place in nationalist Zimbabwean sporting culture.

Zimbabwe’s wonder herb, China calls out vaccine stockpiling & other global Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of abating, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

On Camera

Beneath the ice — what a lost US base from the Cold War reveals about Greenland

A failed US plan to hide missiles under the ice now provides vital clues for understanding Greenland’s future and climate risks.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.