Hong Kong shares joined the downward trend across Asia as trading resumed after the Lunar New Year break. The Hang Seng opened with a sharp 4% drop to 18,508.96 points. Markets in China remain closed due to a longer new year break. Those markets that were open in the region over the past days had all seen hefty losses. Japanese ...

An under-strength Barcelona set a new club record of 29 games unbeaten to progress to the Copa del Rey final with a 1-1 draw at Gary Neville’s Valencia on Wednesday for an 8-1 aggregate win. Barca’s place in a fifth final in six years was assured after a 7-0 first-leg rout last week and without their star attacking trio Lionel ...

Premier League side West Bromwich Albion won a penalty shootout 4-3 to beat third tier Peterborough United in a dramatic FA Cup fourth-round replay on Wednesday. The game finished 1-1 after extra time, Peterborough taking the lead having dominated the first half when winger Jon Taylor found space to slot home from 15 metres after 55 minutes. Midfielder Darren Fletcher ...

Kim Kardashian has her hands full. Not with her reality series, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, or countless other projects she has going on, but at home. The mother of two has a newborn, 2-month-old Saint, as well as North, 2, who seems to be living up to the definition of “terrible twos.” “I’m up at 4 a.m., pumping and ...

He’s heir to the throne of the United Kingdom, but at school he’s just one of the kids. Prince George, who is kicking off his sixth week of preschool at Westacre Montessori in Norfolk, near his family’s country home, leaves his title at the classroom door when he hangs up his coat each day. The 2-year-old royal is known simply ...

A surge in fighting in Syria’s Aleppo province has displaced about 50,000 people, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has warned. The humanitarian situation is deteriorating rapidly, the ICRC added, with water supplies to Aleppo city cut. The Syrian government is attempting to recapture rebel-held parts of the major city backed by Russian air power. Turkey is under ...

Parliamentarians have been urged to prioritize Bills that will enhance the Country’s democratic dispensation ahead of the general election. Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Governance Advisor, Isaac Mwanza has cautioned Members of Parliament that they have limited time to sit before Parliament is dissolved to have the luxury of pro-longed debates. Mr. Mwanza says his organization expects Parliamentarians to table ...

The United Party for National Development (UPND) has distanced itself from the confusion that has rocked the MMD over the holding of the convention. UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka says the accusations that the UPND is behind the confusion in the former ruling party in an effort to scatter plans of an MMD/PF alliance are unfounded. Mr. Katuka adds that ...

Patriotic Front Deputy Secretary General Mumbi Phiri says the economic challenges facing the country will not stop the ruling party from winning this year’s elections. Ms. Phiri says opposition political parties will be surprised when election results are announced. She says the Patriotic Front has delivered on most of the promises made to the Zambian people prior to 2011 elections, ...

Bishop John Mambo has cautioned political parties that forming alliances is not guarantee for winning the forthcoming elections. Bishop Mambo says the outcome of the elections will be determined by the people of Zambia and not alliances. He has since advised political parties to begin preparing themselves for whatever outcome of the elections. Bishop Mambo says political parties whether in ...