Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick says it is “disrespectful” to claim the club’s players are not trying their best for manager Louis van Gaal. United’s Boxing Day defeat at Stoke was their fourth in a row and extended their winless run to seven games. Van Gaal, who says he could quit, was at United’s training ground on Sunday. “It is ...

For the fourth year running, fantasy series Game of Thrones has topped a list of the most pirated TV shows. According to Torrentfreak, the season five finale was illegally downloaded 14.4m times. More than half of those came in the week after its US premiere. The Walking Dead and The Big Bang Theory rounded up the top three, with 6.6m ...

Japan and South Korea have agreed to settle the issue of “comfort women” forced to work in Japanese brothels during World War Two, in their first such deal since 1965. Japan has apologised and will pay 1bn yen ($8.3m, £5.6m) – the amount South Korea asked for – to fund victims. The issue has been the key cause for strained ...

President Edgar Lungu has been urged to ignore people holding him back from signing into law the recently passed constitution amendment bill. Zambian Voice Executive Director Chilufya Tayali says president Lungu should ignore the petition by Heritage Party President Brigadier General Godfrey Miyanda and assent to the constitution bill. He says Zambians have waited for the new constitution for too ...

Forum for Democracy and Democracy (FDD) President Edith Nawakwi has called on fellow politicians to help empower women in the country. Speaking when she handed over the first consignment of 1, 500 chicks worthy K32, 000 of the 3, 000 chicks worth K64, 000 to Muslim women in Lusaka today, Ms. Nawakwi noted that women are still lagging behind in ...

CHIEF Fwambo of the Mambwe speaking people in Mbala district has died. Senior Chief Nsokolo has confirmed the death of Chief Fwambo who was born Bernard Sichula. He says Chief Fwambo 80 died last evening at the University Teaching Hospital after an illness. The late Chief who is a former Police officer ascended to the throne on 23rd October,2003. Senior ...

Green Party president Peter Sinkamba says the PF Government should tabulate the cost of all the projects it has undertaken since coming to power. Mr. Sinkamba says this will enable Zambians understand how their resources have been utilized in these projects. He says there is need for government to give Zambians a breakdown of how public resources have been in ...

Patriotic Front (PF) Deputy Secretary General Mumbi Phiri says political violence should not be condemned one sided. Ms Phiri says it is sad to note that people are only labeling the PF as a violent party. She notes that the current situation where people are painting a bad picture of the governing party will not help curb the vice, thus ...

An exclusion zone is in place after a 26-carriage freight train carrying some 200,000 litres (44,000 gallons) of sulphuric acid derailed in Australia. The accident happened at 10:20 Sunday morning, 20km (12.4 miles) east of Julia Creek in north-west Queensland. Three train staff are in hospital with minor injuries. The site was quickly declared an emergency and the 2km exclusion ...

The opposition UPND has observed that PF Secretary General Davies Chama has contributed to the ruling party becoming unpopular with his careless statements. UPND Chairman for Rural Reconstruction and Development Moono Mapani says the PF SG is never careful with his statements saying since he ascended to his position he has injured several people with his unusual remarks. Mr. Mapani ...