Villarreal’s Adrian Lopez produced a stinging sucker punch in stoppage time to leave Liverpool reeling and move the Spaniards closer to a maiden European final after their Europa League last four first leg clash finished 1-0 on Thursday. Liverpool, who got a taste of their own medicine having scored deep in added time to knock Borussia Dortmund out in the ...

North Korea has sentenced a US man to 10 years of hard labour for spying. Kim Dong-chul, a 62-year-old naturalised US citizen born in South Korea, was arrested last October. Kim had made an apparent confession in Pyongyang last month in front of reporters, saying he was paid by South Korean intelligence officers. The US has previously accused North Korea ...

MMD National Secretary Mwansa Mbulakulima has dismissed party president Nevers Mumba’s excuse that it is too late for the party to hold a convention before the August elections. Mr. Mbulakulima says contrary to Dr. Mumba’s suggestion, the MMD has enough time to hold a convention and resuscitate itself before the general election. In an interview with QTV, Mr. Mbulakulima notes ...

Politicians have been urged to be truthful to voters and avoid making election promises they know they would never fulfill. Every Home for Christ Regional Director Bishop Dr. Richard Kakuwa says politicians should not make promises simply to woo voters. Bishop Kakuwa says there is no reason for politicians to resort to desperate measures simply to gain power. And Bishop ...

UPND Chairman for Rural Reconstruction and Development Moono Mapani has charged that the ruling PF is panicking after realizing that the majority of the people in rural areas are against them ahead of the general election. Mr. Mapani says the PF government has let down the people in rural areas as their suffering has worsened to the extent that most ...

Chief Mukobela of the Ila speaking people in Namwala district has noted the need to promote good sanitation in chiefdoms to avoid outbreaks of diseases such as Cholera. The Traditional Leader says it is worrying that some places are still recording cases of Cholera even when the disease can be avoided by adhering to good hygiene standards. Chief Mukobela has ...

The Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) says its loan recovery has seen an improvement. CEEC Director General Likando Mukumbuta says as at the close of 2015, the loan repayment was running at 51 % compared to 21.2% in 2013. He says Commission is targeting a loan recovery rate of 65% by the end of 2016, adding that they are on ...

Agriculture Minister Given Lubinda has encouraged Zambian Voice Executive Director Chilufya Tayali to report him to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for alleged corruption. Mr. Lubinda says he is ready to provide Mr. Tayali transport to the ACC offices if indeed he has evidence that he has been corruptly facilitating the sale of FRA maize to private companies for export. In ...

A passenger plane thought to have been struck as it approached Heathrow airport was probably not hit by a drone after all, the government says. Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin told MPs it was now thought what happened “was not a drone incident”. Air accident investigators said they had not ruled out a drone but had no evidence to support the ...

Zesco United coach George Lwandamina is staying very modest despite his side sneaking up into second place on the Faz Super League table. The defending champions beat Napsa Stars 2-0 away in Lusaka on Wednesday to jump from sixth to second on the table on 12 points from four matches with four games in hand. Zesco’s win, that came courtesy ...