Luis Suarez scored a second-half equaliser for Uruguay in a 2-2 draw with Brazil, his first competitive international since he was banned for biting at the 2014 World Cup. The Barcelona striker had not played competitively for Uruguay for 640 days before Friday’s World Cup qualifier. Douglas Costa scored for Brazil after 39 seconds before Renato Augusto doubled their lead ...

JK Rowling has shared two rejection letters she received for her first novel writing as Robert Galbraith. The author was trying to find a publisher for The Cuckoo’s Calling, which was eventually released in 2013. Rowling posted the rejections on Twitter, saying she was doing so to encourage other aspiring writers. One of the letters, from publishing house Constable & ...

Chinese flags hoisted in the Czech Republic ahead of a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping have been defaced. Dozens of the flags hung in the capital Prague were “spattered with a black substance overnight”, a police spokesman said. The Chinese leader is due to arrive on Monday for a two-day visit before going to the US for talks on ...

Retired veteran politician Vernon Mwaanga has vowed to continue speaking against bad governance under whichever political party forms government this year. Dr. Mwaanga says this is in line with his statement he made soon after his resignation from active politics that he will always speak out on matters of national interest. He states that as an elder statesman and a ...

Opposition FDD leader Edith Nawakwi has continued receiving condemnation for allegedly insinuating that President Edgar Lungu is courting her to become his presidential running mate. The ruling PF youths in Lusaka province are disappointed that Ms. Nawakwi can make such an alleged insinuation when it is not possible for President Lungu to do such a thing. In a walk in ...

Six people died on the spot in Kasama after a Toyota Corolla Registration Number ABE 608 they were traveling in hit into a Tanzanian registered Volvo truck that was coming from the opposite direction. The accident happened along the Luwingu Kasama road yesterday the 25th of March around 20:30 hours after the driver of the Toyota corolla failed to keep ...

First Lady Esther Lungu has urged Zambian diplomats to unite, love one another and serve Zambia well. Mrs. Lungu left New York on Friday after the conclusion of the 60th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW60), where she addressed several High-Level panel discussions, with messages emphasizing empowerment and protection of the wellbeing of women and girls ...