Emmy award-winning US actress Mary Tyler Moore has died aged 80, her publicist says. She was best known for her television roles in the 1960s sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show and the eponymous The Mary Tyler Moore Show in the 1970s. She was also nominated for a best actress Oscar in 1980 for the film Ordinary People. Mara Buxbaum ...

The governing Patriotic Front has dismissed as lies accusations that it has been offering bribes to some of the UPND members to testify against their leader Hakainde Hichilema in his court cases. PF Deputy Spokesperson Frank Bwalya the ruling party is in fact learning about such accusations in the media. Mr. Bwalya states that the PF has no interest or ...

Egypt reached the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals as Group D winners with a 1-0 win over already qualified Ghana, who finish as runners-up. Mohamed Salah provided the decisive moment, lashing in a free-kick through a gap in Ghana’s defensive wall. A mistake by Ghana keeper Brimah Razak presented Marwan Mohsen with a chance to double the lead but he ...

The Center for Reproductive Health Education (CRHE) has backed proposals to make sexual abuse related offences non bailable. Center Executive Director Amos Mwale says this is considering the trauma victims of sexual abuse have to experience. Mr. Mwale says if the nation is to curb cases of sexual abuse, there is need to stiffen the punishment for offenders. He says ...

Operation Young Vote (OYV) has advised the ruling Patriotic Front against being rhetorical in running government affairs. OYV Executive Director Guess Nyirenda says it is regrettable that the PF government has taken an approach of making mere pronouncements without actual implementation. Mr Nyirenda notes that the government has made a number of promises which have not been implemented. He points ...

Mexico will not pay for Donald Trump’s border wall, the country’s president has said in a message to the nation. Enrique Pena Nieto said he “lamented” the plans for the barrier, adding that “Mexico doesn’t believe in walls”. But he made no mention of cancelling or postponing a trip to Washington on 31 January to meet the new US president. ...

A trade mission of various South African companies in the energy sector will arrive in Zambia on Sunday to hold meetings with Government and various other relevant departments and agencies with the view of embarking on collaborative projects. About 13 companies have so far confirmed participation in the trade mission which is being organised by the Zambian High Commission in ...

The Ministry of Health says excessive fasting is a contributing factor to stomach ulcers, a chronicle disease that affects the intestines. Ministry of Health Director of Health Promotion, Environment and Social Determinants Dr. Kennedy Malama says this condition can also lead to other complications which may eventually kill the person with ulcers. Dr. Malama has since advised the public to ...

President Edgar Lungu has met PF Secretary General Davies Mwila and told him that the running of markets and bus stations should be left to local authorities. Special Assistant to the president for press and public relations Amos Chanda has told Journalists in Lusaka today that the president made it clear during the meeting that the operations of the markets ...

President Edgar Lungu has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to promoting fish farming in the country in order to help youths venture into fish farming business. The Head of State said this at State Lodge this afternoon when he restocked a fish dam with over 2, 500 fingerings. President Lungu says as the country looks for other means and ways of ...