Daily Archives: September 20, 2017

City, United seize title spotlight

A year later than expected, Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho and Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola appear set for a season-long fight for the Premier League title. Having overseen successful close-season spending sprees after lacklustre first seasons in charge at Old Trafford and Eastlands, Mourinho and Guardiola have put United and City in pole position among the early pace-setters. After ...

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Trump’s first UN speech met with criticism from some leaders

Donald Trump’s first major speech at the United Nations has been denounced by some of the member nations he singled out for criticism. The US president included Iran among “a small group of rogue regimes”, and said the US would “totally destroy” North Korea if forced to do so. Iran’s foreign minister said: “Trump’s ignorant hate speech belongs in medieval ...

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Mexico: Powerful earthquake topples buildings, killing scores

A strong earthquake has struck central Mexico, killing more than 140 people and toppling dozens of buildings in the capital, Mexico City. President Enrique Peña Nieto said more than 20 children died and 30 were missing after a school collapsed. The 7.1 magnitude quake also caused major damage in neighbouring states. The tremor struck while many people took part in ...

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Police disapoints Changala

Civil rights activist Brebner Changala has expressed disappointment at the failure by the police to give a comprehensive report on the cause of the fire that gutted city market. Mr. Changala has told Q-news that it is disappointing how police and other law enforcement agencies fail to conclude investigations in good time. He says the burning of the city market ...

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Procurement of fire tenders was corruptly awarded – PeP

Patriots for Economic Progress (PEP) president Sean Tembo says his party’s preliminary investigations have into the procurement of 42 fire tenders by government at a total cost of $42 million dollars have revealed that the tender was corruptly awarded. Mr Tembo alleges that the tender was corruptly awarded through collusion and a coordinated conspiracy to defraud the Zambian people. He ...

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Govt refutes corruption claims on Lusaka – Ndola dual carriageway

Government has dismissed assertions that there was corruption in the awarding of the contract for the construction of the 1.2 billion United States Dollars Ndola-Lusaka dual carriage way. Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure Development Permanent Secretary Charles Mushota says there was no corruption in awarding of the contract to China Jiangxi International Corporation. He has told Q-news that China Jiangxi ...

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