Muhammad Ali’s doctor says the iconic boxer had been “having a tough time in the last year” before his death. The three-time world heavyweight champion, who had Parkinson’s disease for 32 years, died aged 74 from “septic shock due to unspecified natural causes” according to his family. “The last week has been particularly tough,” said Abraham Lieberman, who was with ...

Projections from a referendum in Switzerland suggest voters have rejected a plan to introduce a guaranteed basic income for all. Some 78% of voters opposed the plan, a GFS projection for Swiss TV suggested. The proposal had called for adults to be paid an unconditional monthly income, whether they worked or not. Supporters said since work was increasingly automated, fewer ...

Online speculation that US actor Jack Black had died was the work of a hacker who posted messages on his rock band’s official Twitter account. Fans expressed dismay after a message on Tenacious D’s Twitter page claimed Black had died at the age of 46. Subsequent messages, however, appeared to suggest the group’s account had been hacked. This was later ...

Former Kabwe Central Member of Parliament Austin Chewe says President Edgar Lungu will in no uncertain terms emerge victorious after the August 11 general elections. Captain Chewe in a telephone interview with ZANIS today said President Lungu was receiving overwhelming support from the majority in the country such then they would give him a full five year term after August ...

President Edgar Lungu has been accused of falsely accusing UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema of having privatized the mines. UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka says it is not true that Mr. Hichilema privatized the mines. Mr. Katuka thinks that instead of calling names Mr. Hichilema President Lungu should have told the crowd of people he addressed on the Copperbelt on Saturday ...

Opposition UPND president Hakainde Hichilema has justified his decision to settle for his vice president for administration Geoffrey Mwamba as his running mate. Mr. Hakainde says party constitution gives him the power to choose whomever he wants to be his running mate adding that he cannot explain further why he has picked Mr. Mwamba. He says for the fact that ...

Zambians have been called upon to vote yes in the referendum on the Bill of Rights that is to run alongside the August general elections. The Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) is urging Zambians to do so in spite of the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) refusing to simplify the referendum question. Governance advisor Isaac Mwanza says his organization believes ...

The third and final day of the sell-out Rock am Ring music festival in Germany has been cancelled after lightning hurt at least 80 fans, organisers say. They say the decision was taken after more bad weather was forecast. Performances were suspended on Saturday during continued thunderstorms, forcing many of the 92,000 fans at the open-air event to shelter in ...

Switzerland is voting on whether to introduce a guaranteed basic income for every citizen, becoming the first country to hold such a vote. The proposal calls for adults to be paid an unconditional monthly income, whether they work or not. Supporters of the idea say 21st Century work is increasingly automated, with fewer jobs available for workers. But polls suggest ...

Opposition UPND president Hakainde Hichilema says he believes the poaching wild animals in the Country’s national parks is being driven by criminals. Mr. Hichilema says suspects that this is besides fueling corruption and threatening the rule of law. In his World Environment Day message Mr. Hichilema notes that ivory trade for example is not only depleting elephant populations but harming ...