Daily Archives: August 16, 2017

Chola condemn brutal killing of a Ndola man

Advocacy against Child Abuse and Gender Based Violence has condemned the brutal killing of a Ndola man by a mob on suspicion of being a criminal. Commenting on a viral video showing the man being stoned and beaten to death by a mob last week, Advocacy Executive Director Bellion Chola says people should desist from taking the law into their ...

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MPs urged to reject Political Parties Bill

Opposition All People’s Congress (APC) president Nason Msoni has appealed to parliamentarians not to pass the Political Parties bill when it is tabled in the house during the next sitting. Mr. Msoni has told QTV News that there is no need for government to rush the enactment of the political parties bill because doing so will create more problems than ...

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TALC against compulsory HIV testing

Treatment Advocacy and Literacy Campaign (TALC) is against the policy on mandatory HIV Testing, Counselling and Treatment for all patients who visit public health institutions to seek medical attention, as announced by President Edgar Lungu. TALC Country Coordinator Felix Mwanza has told QTV News via telephone that while the government might mean well, mandatory HIV testing is against human rights. ...

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Third woman accuses Roman Polanski of sex attack

Another woman has come forward to say she was sexually molested in the 1970s by the film director Roman Polanski. The woman, named only as Robin, told a news conference that the alleged attack happened in 1973 when she was 16. She is the third woman to accuse Polanski of child abuse. He fled the US in 1978 after admitting ...

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Amber Heard pokes fun at Australian deputy PM over citizenship

It was a free shot that proved too irresistible to pass up. When Australian Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce was revealed to be a New Zealand dual citizen on Monday – possibly in violation of constitutional rules – social media users joked about what Amber Heard and Johnny Depp might think. The actors were famously targeted by Mr Joyce for breaking ...

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Cardiff, Wolves, Ipswich lead the way

Cardiff City, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Ipswich Town all won on Tuesday to maintain 100 percent starts to the season in England’s second-tier Championship. Cardiff, who are top on goal difference, beat Sheffield United 2-0 for their third straight victory with goals either side of the break by Sean Morrison and Nathaniel Mendez-Laing. Mendez-Laing, who joined on a free transfer in ...

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Tevez expected back in China

Shanghai Shenhua denied suggestions that Carlos Tevez’s career in China was over and said on Wednesday they expected him to return after the Argentine went home for treatment on a muscle injury. The 33-year-old forward, one of the best-paid players in the world on reported weekly wages of around €730 000, has scored just twice since joining the Chinese Super ...

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Sierra Leone mudslide: At least 600 still missing in Freetown

At least 600 people are still missing following a mudslide and flooding that devastated parts of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, a spokesman for the president has told the BBC. President Ernest Bai Koroma earlier pleaded for “urgent support”, saying entire communities had been wiped out. Nearly 400 people are confirmed dead after a mudslide in the Regent area and floods ...

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Both sides to blame in Virginia – Trump

US President Donald Trump has again blamed both sides for the violent unrest in Charlottesville, Virginia, which left one protester dead and others injured. In a statement on Monday, he had condemned white supremacists. But in New York on Tuesday he also blamed left-wing supporters for charging at the “alt-right”. He also defended the time it took to make his ...

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