Chelsea striker Alvaro Morata was left out of Spain’s World Cup squad, announced on Monday. Morata paid the price for a disappointing debut season in the Premier League as Spain coach Julen Lopetegui picked Iago Aspas and Rodrigo Moreno up front, along with Atletico Madrid’s Diego Costa. “The decision is always difficult because of the talent of the players we ...

Bill Gold, one of Hollywood’s best-known creators of film posters, has died aged 97. The veteran illustrator had a hand in more than 2,000 posters, including those for Casablanca, Dial M for Murder, and Dirty Harry. Mr Gold began work at the film production company Warner Brothers in the 1940s. His task was to create artwork that didn’t give away ...

American Idol judge Katy Perry has criticised Meghan Markle’s wedding dress. Perry told Entertainment Tonight that the Duchess of Sussex’s Givenchy gown needed “one more fitting”. The pop star suggested it fell short of the bridal look Alexander McQueen designed for the Duchess of Cambridge’s marriage to Prince William in 2011, adding “Kate won!” Despite her criticism, Perry said she ...

Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has condemned the US for vowing to impose what it said would be the “strongest sanctions in history” on his country. Measures outlined by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, he said, showed the US was a prisoner of its “failed policies” and it would suffer the consequences. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini also criticised ...

An Australian court has found a Catholic archbishop guilty of concealing child sexual abuse in the 1970s. Philip Wilson, the archbishop of Adelaide, becomes the most senior Catholic in the world to be charged and convicted of the offence. He was found to have covered up the abuse of altar boys by a paedophile priest colleague in New South Wales. ...

Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) Executive Director Mweenge Chimfwembe has asked government to avail the constitution amendment bill to the public in its draft to enable people have input in preparation for its refinement. Mr. Chimfwembe says availing the Constitution Amendment Bill in its draft form to the public will add legitimacy to the process of amending the constitution. He ...

The Zambia Center for InterParty Dialogue (ZCID) says it is in the process of constituting a committee to specifically deal with issues of political violence in the country. ZCID Chairperson Nathan Mulonga tells QTV News that the center is concerned that political violence in the country has persisted despite various stakeholders making efforts to curb the vice. Mr. Mulonga says ...

The Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) has condemned the spate of vandalism that has recently taken place in Mazyopa in Mandevu constituency along the Bombay drainage system. MCA Communications and Outreach DirectorDr. John Kunda has told QTV news that over K380,000 will be spent o replace construction materials in Mazyopa. Mr Kunda says the high level of vandalism along the Bombay drainage ...

Police say the remaining three bodies of the seven Congolese nationals who drowned in Lake Mweru have been retrieved. On 19th May, 2018, Police in Chiengi received a report of drowning from Village Headwoman Mushika Setty aged 42 of Village Kasote of Chief Puta that a boat carrying unknown number of people suspected to be Congolese Refugees had capsized on ...

United, Peaceful and Prosperous Zambia (UPPZ) President Charles Chanda has challenged the government to tell the nation whether any foreign Head of State has been given land in Zambia. Mr. Chanda says the defence given by Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya over the land given to President Lungu in Eswatini that any president on the continent can be given land, ...