Rap mogul Jay Z is returning to the stage in his native New York City to headline 2017’s The Meadows Music and Arts Festival. The Empire State of Mind hitmaker will top the bill alongside rockers Red Hot Chili Peppers and the Gorillaz for the second annual event, which will take place at Citi Field in Queens from September 15 ...
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Bill Clinton pens first thriller novel with James Patterson
Former-president Bill Clinton is writing a novel about the White House, publishers announced on Monday. The President Is Missing is being written in collaboration with James Patterson, believed to be the world’s best-selling living author. The publishers say the book will be “informed by details that only a President can know”. The book, which is Mr Clinton’s first novel, will ...
Read More »Four feared dead in British Columbia and Quebec floods
Four people are missing after some of the worst flooding in decades in parts of Canada. In the eastern province of Quebec, police are searching for a man and a toddler who were swept away after their car swerved into a river. In British Columbia (BC), on the other side of the country, rescue crews are searching for two men, ...
Read More »South Korea election: Polls open to choose new president
South Koreans are voting in a presidential election, called early after a huge corruption scandal brought down their former leader. Liberal Moon Jae-in is the clear front-runner with centrist Ahn Cheol-soo his nearest challenger. The election is being closely watched at a time of economic uncertainty and heightened tensions with North Korea. Mr Moon wants to increase contact with the ...
Read More »Kaputa MP tips local farmers
Patriotic Front Kaputa Member of Parliament Maxas Ng’onga has advised farmers in the area not to sell all their produce this year to avoid starvation. Mr. Ng’onga says farmers should ensure that their homes are food secure before thinking of making money. He says it is always important that farmers remember that food security starts with their households. Mr. Ng’onga ...
Read More »Govt to renovate old infrastructure
Works and Supply Minister Matthew Nkhuwa says his ministry is in the process of compiling a list of government infrastructure with a view of renovating old infrastructure in 2018. Mr. nkhuwa has told Q-news that the cost of upgrading the infrastructure will then be presented to the ministry of finance to be included in the 2018 national budget. He says ...
Read More »Proposed hike in electricity tariffs to affect rural communities – UPND
The opposition UPND has called on the Energy Regulation Board (ERB) to consider the rural populace in deciding on whether or not to hike electricity tariffs. UPND Chairman for Rural Development, Moono Mapani says most people in Zambia live in rural areas and that any increase in electricity tariffs will affect them the most. Mr. Mapani says government should feel ...
Read More »Govt redrafting Mental Health Bill
Government has disclosed that it has decided to redraft the Mental Health Bill which was drafted in 2012 in order to suit the prevailing conditions of mental patients in the country. Health Minister Dr. Chitalu Chilufya explains that this is why it has taken this long for the bill to table in parliament. Dr. Chilufya has told QTV news that ...
Read More »Bishop Mambo calls for Constitutional Indaba
Civil Society Constitution Agenda Chairperson Bishop John Mambo has advised government to engage the Zambian people on which clauses in the constitution should be amended through a constituent Assembly. Bishop Mambo says as government begins identifying clauses in the review process of the current constitution, it is important that it calls for an Indaba in order for various stakeholders to ...
Read More »Review of Public Order Act a waste of time – Kabimba
The opposition Rainbow Party has charged that it preposterous for government to ask political parties to submit recommendations on the review of the Public Order Act. Party Secretary General Wynter Kabimba says his party is not interested in making such recommendations as it is a waste of time. Mr. Kabimba says what needs to be amended in the Public Order ...
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