Original drawings from Disney cartoons like Alice in Wonderland and Snow White could soon be lost to fading and decay. The individual hand-painted sheets that were used to make the films have become distorted and cracked over time. The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) is working with Disney to try to save the beloved pictures that led to some of the ...

Michelle Obama has sent congratulations to the makers of Black Panther after a weekend that saw the superhero film rack up blockbuster box-office takings. “I loved this movie,” wrote the former First Lady on Monday. “Because of you, young people will finally see superheroes that look like them on the big screen,” she said. And it seems she’s not alone ...

Search teams in Iran have found the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed on Sunday. The Aseman Airlines flight came down in the Zagros mountains in the west of the country and all 66 people on board are feared to have died. Rescuers travelled to the wreckage on foot after a helicopter was unable to land on the snowy ...

Europe has seen a big surge in measles cases in 2017, which the World Health Organization says is a tragedy after a record low of 5,273 cases in 2016. Cases increased four-fold, with more than 20,000 people affected and 35 deaths. Fifteen European region countries, including the UK, had large outbreaks. Measles cases were highest in Romania, Italy and Ukraine. ...

Syrian pro-government forces have entered the Kurdish-held border enclave of Afrin, reports say, raising the risk of clashes with Turkey. It comes a day after Syria’s state news agency said “Popular Forces” would be sent there to counter “the Turkish regime’s attack”. Turkish troops and pro-Turkish Syrian rebels have been fighting Kurdish militia in Afrin for the past month. Turkey ...

Chiengi Member of Parliament Given Katuta has lamented that no single health post out of the thirteen earmarked to be constructed in Chiengi under the 650 health posts to be constructed countrywide has been done. Ms Katuta tells QTV News that the only progress made is the construction of the slabs. She says the people of Chiengi lack access to ...

The Civil Society for Poverty Reduction (CSPR) has observed that despite Zambia recording some positives in economic fundamentals, the country is still under fiscal stress. CSRP Executive Director Patrick Nshindano tells QTV News that this could be the reason why the International Monetary Fund has rejected Zambia’s latest borrowing plans. Mr. Nshindano says it is very clear that the fund ...

The Southern African Center for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has called on the government to review all pieces of legislation that are a source of political conflict in the country. SACCORD Executive Director Boniface Cheembe tells QTV News that these pieces of legislation include the colonial Public Order Act that has brought about antagonism amongst political players in ...

Transport and Communications Minister Brian Mushimba says government is considering moving the deadline for public service buses to have seat belts from January 2019 to January 2022. Mr. Mushimba says this is because discussions on having all buses fitted with seat belts have been very slow and are being met with challenges. He explains that one of the challenges is ...

Liverpool’s top scorer Mohamed Salah has credited manager Jurgen Klopp’s tactics for his prolific form, saying a change in his playing position has helped him score more goals. Salah has netted 30 goals in 36 matches across all competitions in his debut season at Liverpool, and is the league’s second highest goalscorer with 22 goals to his name, one fewer ...