Demi Lovato has never shied away from talking about addiction and eating disorders, both of which she battled as a teen pop star before entering rehab. Now, the “Confident” singer has opened up in-depth in a new interview in American Way magazine. The 23-year-old pop star and mental health advocate spoke about her path from beauty pageants to television stardom ...

President Edgar Lungu says government has nothing to do with the decision by the Zambia Revenue Authority to seize assets of the Post Newspapers in a move to recovered million of kwacha in tax arrears. Speaking today when he addressed Diplomats accredited to Zambia on the upcoming elections, President Lungu says it is important for cooperating partners and stakeholders to ...

The Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities (ZAPD) is warning political supporters against engaging in political violence as such acts have serious and lasting consequences that can result in someone becoming disabled. ZAPD Information Officer John Kinuna says such acts can include permanent impairment, death or a whole range of physical and mental health problems that negatively affect one’s self-respect ...

The National Association for Medium and Small Scale Contractors has commended Republican President Edgar Lungu on his decision to increase the participation of local contractors in the construction industry to more than 40 percent. Speaking during in an interview with QTV News in Lusaka today, Association president Mutale Mpepo says there is need for government to engage more local contractors. ...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has fined the Zambia Airports Corporation Limited 3% of its annual turnover for abusing its dominant position of market power. CCPC Executive Director Chilufya Sampa in a letter to the Zambia Airports Corporation Limited Managing Director dated 13th June,2016 says this follows a complaint lodged by the Zambia Export Growers Association (ZEGA) that ZACL ...

Chile coach Juan Antonio Pizzi took great pride in steering his country to victory in Sunday’s Copa America final against a team he believes to be the best side in the world with the best player in history. The 4-2 penalty shootout victory was the second in a row for Chile, who also triumphed over world number one Argentina and ...

UK financial markets remain volatile in the wake of the Brexit vote, with sterling plunging to a 31-year low against the dollar, and some share trading temporarily halted. Yields on 10-year government bonds sank below 1% for the first time. Shares in airlines, housebuilders and banks were worst hit, with sharp falls causing a momentary halt in trading as automatic ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has observed that most political party manifestos are shallow in speaking of poverty reduction. CSPR Executive Director Patrick Nshindano says while there is a lot of talk on poverty reduction, how political parties will do this is not coming out in their messages. Mr. Nshindano has told QFM that political parties should have ...

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts and Nevis – U.S. rapper 50 Cent and a member of his entourage were detained in St. Kitts and Nevis for using “indecent language” during a performance at a music festival, local police said Sunday. A police statement said 50 Cent, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, and a member of his entourage named Bajar Walter were ...

Jerome Boateng scored his first international goal to set Germany on their way to a 3-0 win against Slovakia at Euro 2016 in Lille on Sunday as the world champions cruised into the quarterfinals. Boateng opened his account eight minutes into his 63rd international appearance and Joachim Loew’s side never looked back against outclassed opponents. Mesut Ozil had a penalty ...