Two museums in Paris have been closed to protect exhibits after the River Seine was predicted to hit a peak of up to 6m (19ft). The Louvre and Orsay museums have moved works to higher floors as a precaution. The Louvre’s most famous painting, The Mona Lisa, has not been moved as it is housed on the museum’s top floor. ...

Tributes have poured in from across the world for boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who has died at the age of 74. “Muhammad Ali shook up the world. And the world is better for it,” said US President Barack Obama. The three-time world heavyweight champion – one of the world’s greatest sporting figures – died on Friday at a hospital in ...

President Edgar Lungu has today commissioned the newly-completed Mufuchani Bridge on the Kafue River in Kitwe on the Copperbelt. The construction of Mufuchani Bridge which was funded by the World Bank cost K63 million. Speaking during the commissioning of the Bridge President Lungu said the new bridge will lessen the problems which the people used to face going to and ...

UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says it is wrong thinking for anyone to suggest that he should be replaced as UPND president should he lose the August general elections. Mr. Hichilema says he is not in the UPND to get a benefit. He says being in the UPND is not about being its President but to serve the people. Mr. Hichilema ...

President Edgar Lungu has ordered the Zambia Police Command not to tolerate any breakdown of law and order in the Country. President Lungu has particularly directed the Police on the Copperbelt to ensure that law and order in the Province is maintained. President Lungu who is also ruling PF presidential candidate made the directive at  Ndola’s Levy Mwanawasa Stadium this ...

The opposition UPND has charged that the continued delay in paying civil servants their monthly salaries is clear indication that the PF government is not ready to work with people. The UPND is concerned that the PF government has even gone to the extent of failing to issue pay slips for the civil servants whenever it manages to pay them. ...

Women for Change (WfC) has called on all political parties participating in the 11 August 2016 general elections to state their plan to save the environment. The WfC is fearful that most of the political parties have so far not elaborated on how they will address the environmental problems and environmental-related challenges in the Country. Executive Director Lumba Siyanga says ...

Sub- Chief Natende of Chiengi District Katele Kalumba has urged political parties taking part in the August general election to continue with peaceful campaigns. Sub- Natende says political parties should keep in mind that elections are not about fighting but service to the people. In an interview by telephone Sub-Chief Natende has also urged political parties to allow the Zambian ...

UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka says his party is beyond doubt that the candidates it has fielded to contest the August elections are formidable enough to deliver a landslide victory. Mr. Katuka says his party is aiming at winning the general elections in the first round. In an interview with QTV Mr. Katuka has since urged party members to remain ...

The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) is concerned that the cost of living has kept increasing in a Country where majority citizens’ incomes have remained very low. The JCTR is worried that the increasing cost of living in the Country is denying Zambians the benefit from the positive measures that the PF government is implementing. JCTR has observed  that ...