Cristiano Ronaldo deserves his place in Real Madrid history after becoming their record La Liga scorer, manager Rafael Benitez says. The Portugal forward’s five goals in a 6-0 win at Espanyol on Saturday took him to 230 Spanish top-flight goals, passing Raul’s record of 228. “The numbers speak for themselves,” Benitez said of Ronaldo, who has reached his total in ...

A Venezuelan film set among the chaos and violence of Caracas – Desde Alla, or From Afar – has won the top Golden Lion prize at the Venice film festival. In his debut feature film, director Lorenzo Vigas tells the story of a rich man who gets sexually involved with a young man from one of the city’s gangs. “I ...

Germany is to introduce temporary controls on its border with Austria to cope with the influx of migrants, the interior minister has said. Thomas de Maiziere said refugees could “not choose” their host countries and called on other EU states to do more. Trains between Germany and Austria have been suspended for 12 hours. Germany’s vice-chancellor has said the country ...

Zesco has expressed concern at the number of houses that have continued being gutted as a result of careless on the part of its customers. Zesco spokesperson Henry Kapata says his company has realized that from January to date there have been 27 houses that have been gutted as a result of poor wiring and earthling systems. Mr. Kapata says ...

Evangelical Youth Alliance International (EYAI) is disheartened that some opposition leaders have continued issuing strong statements against government in name of giving checks and balances. Executive Director Moses Lungu says his organization finds it discouraging that this is happening when some these leaders are failing to find time to recruit new members in their own parties. Reverend Lungu thinks that ...

The Zambia Youths Association in the Fight Against Corruption (ZYAFAC) has demanded seriousness from government in dealing with what lead to the fuel shortage in the country early this year. ZYFAC does not thinks it holds water for government to continue complain about who alleged caused the fuel shortage when it has sufficient machinery to get to the bottom of ...

The opposition United Liberal Party (ULP) has observed that it would have made economic sense if government excluded the use of imported power to the mines alone. The ULP is of the view that apart from utilizing more electricity, mines have a huge economic muscle than domestic power users. ULP president Sakwiba Sikota says this is what his party would ...

The opposition UPND has disputed suggestions that it has ferried thugs from Chawama in Lusaka to areas where Parliamentary by-elections is due. UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka says his party hopes that President Edgar Lungu may have been misquoted when has reported to have said that the UPND has hired thugs from Chawama, which is his former constituency, to go ...

Zesco has officially commissioned the US$200 Million worth 330KV transmission line from Pensulo in Serenje to Kasama in Northern Province. Zesco spokesperson Henry Kapata says the commissioning of the 330KV transmission line means that the low voltage being experienced in Luapula, Muchinga and Northern provinces will now come to an end. Mr. Kapata says it is now Zesco’s hope that ...

The President’s Special Aide for Press and Public Relations Amos Chanda has maintained former vice president Guy Scott was behind the fuel crisis Zambia faced early this year. Mr. Chanda says it is clear that at any given time, a country is supposed to have a minimum of 16 days of fuel stocks but that at the time that President ...