Rock musician Keith Emerson, who was found dead last week, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Los Angeles coroner’s office has ruled. Ed Winter, a spokesman for the county Medical Examiner’s Office, confirmed the death was ruled a suicide. The keyboard player also had heart disease and depression brought about by alcohol, the coroner’s report said. Emerson, the co-founder ...

Veteran Politician Dr. Vernon Mwaanga says it is regrettable that political leaders in Zambia have developed so much hatred and distrust towards each other, to the extent where they have been unable to face each other behind closed doors to discuss the future of the country. Dr. Mwaanga has since welcomed President Edgar Lungu’s willingness to dialogue with opposition party ...

Rock musician Keith Emerson, who was found dead last week, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Los Angeles coroner’s office has ruled. Ed Winter, a spokesman for the county Medical Examiner’s Office, confirmed the death was ruled a suicide. The keyboard player also had heart disease and depression brought about by alcohol, the coroner’s report said. Emerson, the co-founder ...

Belgian security forces are hunting for at least two men after shots were fired at police during a counter-terrorism raid in the capital, Brussels. Three officers were reportedly hurt, one of them severely. Streets in the suburb of Forest have been sealed off . A prosecutor said the raid was linked to the Paris attacks which killed 130 people last ...

MMD Mafinga Member of Parliament Catherine Namugala says she will support the Patriotic Front (PF) in the August elections. Ms. Namugala who has also announced that she will not recontest her seat says the PF government has done a lot in developing her constituency since coming to power. Speaking during a rally at Tendere School Grounds in Mafinga district addressed ...

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) says candidates with Diploma and Degree qualifications who do not have Grade 12 certificates will be disqualified from contesting the August 11 elections. ECZ acting Chairperson Justice Christopher Mushabati has told a media luncheon in Lusaka today that all candidates in all categories must possess a minimum of Grade 12 or General certificate of ...

A  fuel shortage has persisted in Lusaka with long queues of motorists forming at filling stations with the commodity. A random check this morning by a QFM news crew found that fuel had run out at a number of filling stations, while those with the commodity had attracted long queues of motorists. Sources have told QFM that some of the ...

Celebrated British composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, a former Master of the Queen’s Music, has died at the age of 81. He was known for his modern and avant-garde works, but his most famous piece was a simple, haunting lament for solo piano – Farewell To Stromness. “He was, right to the end, a pioneer,” Stephen Lumsden, Managing Director of ...

Leicester extended their lead at the top of the Premier League to five points as Rafael Benitez’s first match in charge of Newcastle ended in defeat. Shinji Okazaki’s spectacular overhead kick earned the Foxes a win which, with just eight games left, moved them closer to their first league title. An improved Newcastle went close through Ayoze Perez and Moussa ...

Myanmar’s parliament has elected Htin Kyaw as the next president, the first civilian to lead the country after more than 50 years of military rule. Htin Kyaw is a close ally of Aung San Suu Kyi, whose National League for Democracy (NLD) party swept to victory in historic elections in November. He beat another NLD candidate and one put forward ...