The United States beat the International team 15½-14½ to win the Presidents Cup for the ninth time in 11 contests. USA held a one-point lead going into the final day’s 12 singles matches and edged home at the Jack Nicklaus Club in Incheon, South Korea. Bill Haas, the son of captain Jay, scored the winning point by beating South Korean ...

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Turkey is beginning three days of mourning after two blasts at a peace rally in the capital, Ankara, killed at least 95 people on Saturday, the deadliest ever such attack in Turkey. The attack left 245 people injured, with 48 of them in a serious condition. TV footage showed scenes of panic and people lying on the ground covered in ...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has observed that diversification can only be achievable by saving from the revenue that the Country generates. Mr. Hichilema believes the Country can further diversify by making Agriculture attractive by lowering the cost of production and making the business operating environment credible. He has also observed that mines in the country have seen jobs losses due ...

The opposition UPND has observed that Zambia will need a competent political leadership if its broken down economy is to be resuscitated. And UPND Lusaka Provincial Youth Chairman Jacob Mtonga is of the view that the high interest rate levied on Zambia’s external debt is indicative of the international financial market’s low level of confidence in the country’s economy. Mr. ...

The Opposition Green Party leader Peter Sinkamba says growing the private sector will be his government’s major thrust of improving Zambia’s economy if voted in office. Mr. Sinkamba notes that his party believes that a vibrant private sector is what is needed to sustain the economy on the path of real growth and make things better for ordinary Zambians. He ...

People’s Party Leader Mike Mulongoti has observed that the 2016 K53.14 billion national budget is conscious to the depth of the socio-economic woes Zambia is facing. Mr. Mulongoti is happy that the PF government has accepted that the country’s economy has deteriorated. He thinks that the PF government should also be commended for acknowledging that the country has no money ...