Pop star Katy Perry ended her debut performance at Glastonbury by diving head first into the audience. It was less crowd-surfing than crowd-swimming, as the singer pulled herself slowly over the heads of her fans. “Well, Beyonce never did that,” joked one audience member as Perry emerged from the fray. The stage dive came as the star performed Roar at ...

Yemen is now facing the worst cholera outbreak anywhere in the world, the United Nations has warned. A statement by Unicef and the World Health Organization says the number of suspected cholera cases in the war-torn country has exceeded 200,000. So far more than 1,300 people have died – one quarter of them children – with the death toll expected ...

Cristiano Ronaldo expressed his delight at firing Portugal into the Confederations Cup semifinals after netting his 75th international goal in Saturday’s 4-0 thrashing of New Zealand. “I’m very happy to be in the semifinals. We’re confident and want to win,” said Ronaldo, who picked up his third straight man-of-the-match award in Russia. The 32-year-old has a court date in Madrid ...

Joachim Loew remains wary of the threat posed by Cameroon as the Germany coach bids to maintain his decade-long record of reaching the semifinals at major tournaments in the Confederations Cup on Sunday. The world champions take on Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions at Sochi’s Fisht Stadium while Chile play Australia in Moscow in the final round of Group B games. Germany ...

At least 123 people were killed when a lorry transporting oil burst into flames near the Pakistani city of Ahmedpur East, local officials say. A crowd had gathered reportedly to collect fuel leaking from the overturned vehicle when it caught fire. Dozens are being treated in hospital. Unconfirmed reports suggest the tanker had been speeding when it overturned. People smoking ...

Western Province Minister Nathaniel Mubukwanu says it is fallacious and an exaggeration for anyone to say Zambia has become a dictatorship nation. Mr. Mubukwanu has told QFM News in an interview that Zambia is a fully flagged democratic country, which is envy of the region and beyond Africa. He has explained that by design the Zambian constitution demands that every ...

Electoral expert MacDonald Chipenzi has advised government to start funding the electoral commission of Zambia now so that they can take up and start implementing some of the recommendations given by the international observer missions during the august 11 elections on how the country can better the process of conducting elections. Speaking to Q news in an interview, Mr. Chipenzi ...

Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) President Enock Tembo has called on political parties to avoid holding political party rallies in the name of press briefings. Mr. Tembo says press briefings should not be conducted like political rallies saying this is what is causing the police to arrest people attending such gatherings. Mr. Tembo says this new model of holding press ...

Industrial Development Cooperation (IDC) Acting Executive Director Mateyo Kaluba has described the first half of 2017 as positive and progressive in terms of investment and development. Mr. Kaluba told Q news in an interview that the year 2017 will be a good and productive year noting form the achievements that have been made in the first half of the year ...