Monthly Archives: November 2017

North Korea: Russia accuses US of goading Kim Jong-un

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the US of seeking to provoke North Korea into stepping up its nuclear missile programme. He rejected a call by the American envoy to the UN Security Council to sever ties with the North after its latest ballistic missile test. Russia argues sanctions do not work and advocates negotiations instead. The US has ...

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Rooney dedicates Everton win to Unsworth

Wayne Rooney dedicated Everton’s 4-0 victory over West Ham United to interim manager David Unsworth after scoring a superb hat-trick in front of incoming manager Sam Allardyce. Allardyce was in the stands at Goodison Park on Wednesday after Everton announced he was finalising talks to succeed Ronald Koeman as permanent manager. Unsworth, Everton’s under-23s coach, has been filling in since ...

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How the Pirelli calendar went from pin-up to political

Last Christmas, the best-selling calendars for 2017 included Little Mix, Justin Bieber, Kelly Brook and, umm… Cliff Richard. But it’s fair to say that most of the celebrity calendars you see every year on the supermarket shelves don’t have quite the same status and history as the Pirelli calendar. The prestigious publication, which has been released annually since 1963 (with ...

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Govt committed to advancing social protection interventions

Community Development and Social Services Minister Emerine Kabanshi says government remains committed to advancing social protection interventions aimed at reducing poverty and vulnerability levels in the country. Speaking during the 2017 National Social Protection Week, Ms. Kabanshi has reaffirmed government’s commitment to uplifting the welfare of the vulnerable in society as evidenced through the identification of social protection interventions in ...

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Govt performs better in poverty reduction in 2017- CSPR

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has observed that government has in 2017 performed better in poverty reduction interventions compared to the year 2016. CSPR executive director Patrick Nshindano tells Q-News that this is based on perimeters such as income and expenditure. He says expenditure patterns in the country led to the reduction of the cost of living as ...

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North Korea: US urges all nations to cut ties with Pyongyang

The US has urged “all nations” to cut diplomatic and trade ties with North Korea after the country’s latest ballistic missile test. Speaking at the UN Security Council, US envoy Nikki Haley said President Trump had asked his Chinese counterpart to cut off oil supplies to Pyongyang. She said the US did not seek conflict but that North Korea’s regime ...

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Govt in talks with DRC on fish ban

Livestock and fisheries minister Michael Katambo says government is currently holding talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo on how the two countries can harmonize the implementation of the fishing ban. Mr. Katambo has told parliament YESTERDAY that currently the two countries enforce the fishing ban at different times, with Zambia enforcing the ban beginning in December while the DRC ...

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Trump hits out at UK PM Theresa May after far-right video tweets

Donald Trump has told UK Prime Minister Theresa May to focus on “terrorism” in the UK after she criticised his sharing of far-right videos. “Don’t focus on me, focus on the destructive Radical Islamic Terrorism that is taking place within the United Kingdom,” Mr Trump tweeted. The US president had earlier retweeted three inflammatory videos posted online by a British ...

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President Lungu not serious about austerity measures-PAC

People’s Alliance for Change President Andyford Banda has expressed concern that despite President Edgar Lungu announcing austerity measures to deal with the country’s economic challenges, he has proceeded to make more than 53 foreign trips. Mr. Banda says the Head of State has let Zambians down by failing to stick to the austerity measures he announced as a way of ...

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