The Premier League is in danger of losing a fourth Champions League spot in the 2017-18 season if poor European performances continue this season. English teams have not reached the Champions League quarter-finals in two of the past three seasons. New co-efficient rankings,  calculated over a five-year period, show England are third, behind Spain and Germany. Italy are fourth, four ...

Sunday night’s Emmy Awards ceremony was watched by a record low of 11.9 million viewers on US television, down nearly 4 million compared to last year. The 2014 awards were seen by 15.6 million, but aired on a Monday and did not have to compete with an NFL game. Previous lows include 12.3 million in both 1990 and in 2008, ...

European interior ministers have agreed a deal to relocate 120,000 migrants across the continent in a vote passed by a significant majority. Under the plan, migrants will be moved from Italy, Greece and Hungary to other countries in the EU. Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary voted against accepting mandatory quotas. But a large majority of EU member states ...

Government says it is committed to linking up communities with technological innovations by empowering them with knowledge imparted by institutions such as the National Technology Business Centre- NTBC to improve their innovations. Department of Science and Technology Acting Director Lackson Tonga observed that there is need to improve community development standards by elevating them with a different approach. Addressing inventors ...

The National Restoration Party (NAREP) says while the call for prayer and fasting is good, President Edgar Lungu should have first called for the indaba to discuss all iniquities, and iron them out as political parties. NAREP Vice President Charles Maboshe wonders what is there to repent for if politicians have not taken responsibility for their deeds. Mr Maboshe says ...

Cabinet has approved the National Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism strategy for 2015-2017. The approved strategy provides a roadmap of how the Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism system will develop and deliver effective outcomes. Acting Chief Government Spokesperson Vincent Mwale has told journalists at State House this afternoon that the strategy, which is a resolution decision of the ...

State House says the number of earmarked job cuts at Mopani Copper Mines is likely to be lower than the 4,000 earlier announced. Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations, Amos Chanda could however, not state the exact number of jobs that will be lost at Mopani mines for fear of prejudicing ongoing negotiations between the mining ...

The Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) says President Edgar Lungu lost an opportunity to offer practical steps for the immediate problems facing the nation namely, the weakening economy and kwacha, when he delivered the state of the nation address last Friday. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe in a statement says the economy and the kwacha ...

Burkina Faso’s army has reached the capital, Ouagadougou, to seek the surrender of the elite presidential guard who staged a coup last Thursday. Negotiations between army chiefs and the presidential guard are under way, security sources said. Both the president and the prime minister have been released. Coup leader Gen Gilbert Diendere says he will step aside once regional leaders ...

The Muslim Community in Zambia is pleased with President Edgar Lungu’s commitment to reconciling Zambians and drawing them closer to God. Islamic Supreme Council of Zambia President, Suzyo Zimba says the Head of State deserves everyone’s support in his quest to unite Zambians, regardless of one’s religious or political affiliation. Mr. Zimba says the President’s declaration of 18th October as ...