A novel about an Israeli stand-up comic having a meltdown on stage is one of six titles shortlisted for this year’s Man Booker International Prize. David Grossman’s A Horse Walks Into a Bar is one of two books by Israeli authors in line for the £50,000 award. The other Israeli author, Amoz Oz, was previously up for the prize in ...

The gunman who shot dead a policeman in Paris on Thursday has been identified from papers left in his car, but French officials are yet to release his name. Local media say the 39-year-old lived in the city’s suburbs, and had been seen as a potential Islamist radical. The gunman also wounded two police officers before he was killed by ...

The Road Development Agency (RDA) says with the rainy season now coming to an end, the construction of roads across the country will accelerate. RDA Communication and Corporate Affairs Director Loyce Saili tells QTV News that the timely release of funds by the government will also help in accelerating the road construction works. Ms Saili says the challenge of delayed ...

Chief Chimbuka of the Bemba speaking people of Chinsali District has advised fellow traditional leaders in the country against taking political sides. Chief Chimbuka says traditional leaders should avoid being drawn into matters which are political in nature. He says the recent threats by some Southern Province Chiefs to the government on a matter of a political nature is embarrassing ...

The Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) has expressed disappointment at the low price farmers in some parts of the Country have begun selling their maize produce. ZNFU president Jervis Zimba says his union has established that in some provinces such Eastern province a 50 kg bag of maize is being sold at K50. Mr. Zimba notes that this is an ...

Minister of General Education Dr Dennis Wanchinga says his ministry has not issued any policy statement to allow the distribution of condoms in schools. Dr Wanchinga says he has continued to hear reports by some sections of the media who claim that the ministry has begun the distribution of condoms in some schools which he says are not true. He ...