Chelsea manager Antonio Conte believes the club need more signings to cope with the added demands of playing in the Champions League and warned his players they will have to work even harder than they did during last season’s title-winning campaign. Chelsea, who were not in Europe but won the domestic title by seven points in Conte’s first season in ...

Liverpool have rejected a second bid from Barcelona for influential Brazilian playmaker Philippe Coutinho worth €100 million, British media claimed on Wednesday. Barcelona are desperate to land the 25-year-old to replace fellow Brazilian Neymar who was sold for a world record €222 million to Paris Saint Germain last week. However, the BBC reported that Liverpool have again told Barcelona that ...

A former disc jockey accused of groping Taylor Swift has taken the stand again in Denver federal court as testimony resumes in his legal battle with the singer-songwriter. David Mueller has acknowledged that a photo of him with his hand behind Taylor Swift is “weird and awkward.” But he insists he was touching Swift in her ribs, not her rear, ...

Kenya’s electoral commission has denied opposition claims its IT system was hacked in order to manipulate Tuesday’s election results. Chief electoral officer Ezra Chiloba told reporters the systems were not compromised at any point. He spoke out after presidential candidate Raila Odinga rejected provisional results indicating a strong lead for President Uhuru Kenyatta. The opposition’s claim led to sporadic outbreaks ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) says the current economic stability should be linked to sustained human development. CSPR Executive director Patrick Nshindano has also called for a stable and sustained macroeconomic environment, which will be the basis of stimulating the country’s economic growth as a whole. He tells QTV news that a sustained macroeconomic environment will also facilitate ...

Rapper DMX, accused of cheating the IRS out of $1.7 million in taxes, could be headed back to prison for violating the conditions of his bail. Manhattan federal judge Jed Rakoff on Wednesday said he received a report indicating that the rapper/actor, who real name is Earl Simmons, “may have violated the terms of his pretrial release in numerous respects.” Judge Rakoff ordered ...

The opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) is against the Republican President being the appointing authority of members to sit on the Political Parties Board. FDD Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza says this is because the president is a politician who comes from a political party and therefore would appoint people inclined to his or her party. Mr. Mwanza, who is ...

North Korea says its plan to fire four missiles near the US territory of Guam will soon be ready, as a war of words with Washington intensifies. State media said Hwasong-12 rockets would pass over Japan and land in the sea about 30km (17 miles) from Guam, if the plan was approved by Kim Jong-un. It denounced Donald Trump’s warnings ...

President Edgar Lungu and UPND Leader Hakainde Hichilema have finally agreed to dialogue on the current political situation in the country arising from last year’s disputed general election. Visiting Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland who has brokered the truce has told a media briefing in Lusaka that the two leaders have willingly decided to forget about last year’s elections and ...

Civil rights activist Brebner Changala has questioned the credibility of the Director of Public Prosecutions to prosecute following the latest acquittal of former Lusaka province Obvious Mwaliteta and his co-accused on aggravated robbery charges. Mr. Mwaliteta and his co accused were arrested and charged with aggravated robbery in August last year after they intercepted records of election results. But Mr. ...