Woody Allen’s latest work, Cafe Society, will open this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Starring Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg and Steve Carell, the movie centres on the buzzing cafe society of 1930s Hollywood. It makes Allen the first director to present three opening-night films at Cannes. Hollywood Ending opened the annual festival in 2002, and Midnight in Paris in 2011. According ...

The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has charged over 61 motorists in Lusaka for driving under the influence of alcohol during Easter Period contrary to section 157 of the Road Traffic Act number 11 of 2002. RTSA Acting Senior Public Relations Manager Fredrick Mubanga says the 61 motorists who were apprehended over the Ester holiday will appear in the ...

The Zambia Police Service says it recorded a total of 210 Road Traffic Accidents during the Easter period in which 21 people died. Police Deputy Spokesperson Rae Hamoonga says when compared 2015 when the police recorded 291, this indicates a 31% reduction in Road Traffic Accidents. In a statement made available to QFM News today, Mr. Hamoonga says 21 fatalities ...

Political analyst Neo Simutanyi says he does not see the necessity of holding an indaba of political party leaders aimed at curbing political violence in the Country such as the one held today. Dr. Simutanyi says it is in fact a waste of time to hold such a meeting and expect political violence to end. He says the country does ...

Police in Kitwe have arrested four people and impounded a truck loaded with more than 500x 25kilogramme bags of mealie-meal suspected to be destined for smuggling to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Kitwe District Commissioner Chanda Kabwe says the truck was impounded on Monday night around 21.00hours at a house in Kwacha Township on Kazembe road where it was being ...

Guinea came back from a goal down to win 2-1 in Malawi in a 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Tuesday. The victory lifts Guinea from bottom spot to second place in Group L, above Swaziland on goal difference. Chiukepo Msowoya put Malawi ahead on 32 minutes but Mohamed Yattara equalised just before half-time. And visitors Guinea pushed on ...

The hijack of a domestic Egyptian flight that caused it to be diverted to Cyprus has ended with all hostages released and the hijacker surrendering. EgyptAir Flight MS181 was taken over by a passenger claiming to be wearing a suicide explosive belt. Airline officials later said they had been told by Cypriot authorities that the belt was fake. The hijacker’s ...

Political party leaders including President Edgar Lungu have been meeting at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Lusaka in an attempt to come up with solutions to the political violence ahead of the August elections. The meeting which has been facilitated by the Catholic Bishops started at 14:40hours. Opposition leaders in attendance include UPND’s Hakainde Hichilema,FDD’s Edith Nawakwi,People party’s ...

The University Teaching Hospital (UTH) has dismissed reports suggesting that there is an oxygen crisis at the institution following the switching off of the oxygen plant. UTH Public relations Manager Mwenya Mulenga explains that the hospital is getting oxygen supplies from the local vendors which is being supplied to all the patients in need. Mr. Mulenga however, disclosed that the ...

The ruling Patriotic Front says it is not bothered by the endorsement of UPND President Hakainde Hichilema by former republican president Guy Scott. PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya says this because Dr. Scott’s endorsement of Mr. Hichilema carries no weight. Mr. Bwalya says far as the ruling party is concerned Dr. Scott was only a factor standing behind late President ...