Portugal coach Fernando Santos was in typically gruff mood ahead of their Euro 2016 semifinal, saying he did not want to think about anything other than Wednesday’s game against Wales. Almost every question at his pre-match news conference was dismissed with a variation on the theme that “we’re concentrating on the game tomorrow”. Asked what he thought about forward Nani’s ...

The chairman of the UK’s inquiry into the Iraq war says he hopes future military action on such a scale will only be possible with more careful analysis and political judgement. His 12-volume report on the Iraq War is due to be released later – more than seven years after the inquiry began. Sir John Chilcot told the BBC it ...

The Civil Society Organization-Scaling Up Nutrition has urged politicians to resist falling in the temptation of drifting away from issue based campaigns. Acting National Coordinator Eneya Phiri says his organization is calling upon politicians to concentrate on bringing out ideas that will address the problems that the Country is faced with. Mr. Phiri has implored politicians to particularly bring out ...

The Confederation of Trade Unions in Zambia (COTUZ) has called on all the workers in the country to vote ‘Yes’ to the referendum  on the Bill of Rights. Union president Joe Kamutumwa says the Bill promotes workers’ rights. Mr. Kamutumwa says the labor provisions in the Bill will also help workers in Zambia to enjoy better conditions of service. He ...

The ruling PF has described as fallacy and faulty thinking the suggestion that the closure of the Post Newspaper amounts to political persecution. The ruling party thinks that as people debate the issue of the closure of the newspaper they are failing to distinguish between the Post as media house and the Post as a business entity. PF Deputy spokesperson ...