World number two Andy Murray is through to the final of the Erste Bank Open in Vienna after Spain’s David Ferrer pulled out with a leg injury. The Briton, 29, will face France’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who beat Croatian Ivo Karlovic 5-7 7-5 7-6 (8-6), on Sunday. Murray will usurp Novak Djokovic as number one with titles in Vienna and at ...

US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan says he accepts his Nobel Prize in literature, ending a silence since being awarded the prize earlier this month. He said the honour had left him “speechless”, the Nobel Foundation said in a statement. The foundation said it had not yet been decided if the singer would attend the awards ceremony in December. However, Dylan reportedly ...

France’s president has urged Britain to take its share of responsibility for migrant children who remain in Calais after the “Jungle” camp was cleared. Francois Hollande said 1,500 unaccompanied minors who were still in the port city would be taken to accommodation centres very shortly. Migrants fleeing war and poverty had used the sprawling Jungle site as a staging post ...

A motor vehicle being operated as a Taxi was yesterday Friday between 22:00 hours and 23:00 hours stolen near ZIPAS in Lusaka. Police spokesperson Esther Katongo says the criminals who were three in number had booked the motor vehicle from Lazy men’s pub in Chilenje to CC night club situated along Kafue road but that upon reaching ZIPAS area, the ...

The opposition United National Independence Party (UNIP) says it agrees with those suggesting that Zambia is yet to see more difficult times. UNIP Secretary General Rev Alfred Banda says what the country therefore needs to do is to quickly come up with interventions that will help it overcome the difficulties. He has advised this should start by government listening to ...

The opposition UPND has challenged the PF government to assess itself whether or not it is still walking by late President Michael Sata’s vision. The UPND is concerned that under the leadership of President Edgar Lungu the PF government seems to have departed from the legacy of late President Sata. UPND Lusaka District Youth Wing vice Secretary Otis Bwalya says ...

Hillary Clinton has urged the FBI to explain without delay why it is carrying out a new investigation into her use of emails. Americans “deserve to get the full and complete facts immediately,” she said. The FBI says it has new emails linked to her use of a private server when she was secretary of state. Republican presidential rival Donald ...

Former Finance Minister Alexander Musokotwane has bemoaned the poor reading culture in the Country. Mr. Chikwanda says he has observed that most Zambians do not read. He was speaking last night during the official launch of Fast Dreams a book by entrepreneur and businessman Jacob Sikazwe last night. And Mr. Chikwanda says the Fast Dreams book is convenient because it ...

Opposition MMD faction leader Nevers Mumba says 23rd March 2017 still remains the scheduled date for his party’s national convention. Dr. Mumba says to this effect preparation to hold the convention will commence in November this year. In an interview with QTV News Dr. Mumba says his party leadership will thus ensure that all party members across the Country begin ...

President Edgar Lungu says forgiving and being humble at heart are the attributes he remembers late President Michael Sata for. President Lungu says the other attributes he recalls described what sort a man late President Sata was include discipline in thought and in action and commitment to nationalism. In his statement on the day of late President Sata second memorial ...