Five people at a Florida nursing home that was left without power for days after Hurricane Irma have died. Police evacuated 115 residents on Wednesday from the facility, whose air conditioning was cut by the storm. Broward County Mayor Barbara Sharief said three were found dead at the nursing home in the city of Hollywood. Two others died upon reaching ...

The Zambia Institute for Policy Analysis and Research (ZIPAR) says Zambia is capable of raising at least US$1 billion in domestic revenue in 2017, with minimal adverse effects. And ZIPAR says figures show that by June 2017, Government borrowed K6.6 billion from the domestic market, an increase of 1,519 percent while on the other hand, foreign financing was 80% below ...

The Drug Enforcement Commission in Lusaka has arrested a Zambia Army Officer for being in possession of K400 thousand counterfeit notes. Commission Public Relations Officer Theresa Katongo says Newton Sondashi, 42, a Staff Sergeant of Plot No. 2077/2078 Pamodzi Township in Ndola District has been arrested for being in possession of K400, 000 counterfeit notes in K100 bills. She says ...

The Zambia National Farmers’ Union (ZNFU) has welcomed government’s decision to revisit the K60 maize price set by the Food Reserve Agency (FRA). In a statement, ZNFU President Jervis Zimba says the intervention by President Edgar Lungu is timely. He says farmers look forward to the intervention, which gives them fresh hope of making investments that will help them grow ...

Lionel Messi netted twice in Barcelona’s convincing 3-0 victory over Juventus that kicked off their Champions League campaign in style, while Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United and Chelsea also won big on Tuesday. After a troubled summer, a home meeting with last season’s runners-up may not have been what Barcelona wanted, but Messi was at his brilliant best to give the ...

Roy Hodgson has been appointed the new manager of Crystal Palace, the English Premier League club announced Tuesday. The 70-year-old former England manager has replaced Frank de Boer after the Dutchman was sacked following just four league games in charge of the south London club. “Former England manager Roy Hodgson has been appointed as the new manager of Crystal Palace ...

  Premier League giants Arsenal make their Europa League bow this week, slipping into the continent’s second-string competition after nearly two decades in the Champions League, with AC Milan also injecting star quality. Arsene Wenger’s men, fifth in the Premier League last season – their first finish outside the top four since 1995-96 – take on German side Cologne on ...

The Centre for Young Leaders in Africa (CYLA) says the civil society and other stakeholders should be part of the political dialogue the Commonwealth is facilitating between President Edgar Lungu and UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema. Executive Director Jones Malunga tells Q-news that the dialogue is likely to touch on many national issues hence the need to involve the civil society ...

Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi is to miss next week’s UN General Assembly as criticism of her handling of the Rohingya crisis grows. Some 370,000 Rohingya Muslims have crossed to Bangladesh since violence in Rakhine state escalated last month. Ms Suu Kyi is facing allegations from supporters in the West that she has failed to speak out ...

The National Union for Miners and Allied Workers has advised Labour Minister Joyce Simukoko to ensure close monitoring of expatriate staff in the country. NUMAW President James Chansa says it is important to ensure that expatriates in the country do not do work WHOSE skill is readily available IN THE country. Mr. Chansa notes that the jobs some expatriates are ...