A US judge who was widely criticised for his leniency towards a campus rapist has been removed from office by voters. Judge Aaron Persky handed Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner a six-month sentence in June 2016. But county judges in California are elected, and if a petition to remove them from office garners enough signatures a vote will be held. ...

Lusaka Businessman Chrispine Chiinda says there is need to move the responsibility of garbage collection from the Councils to a private entity created by an Act of Parliament. Mr. Chiinda has told QTV News that as the country’s population is growing, there is need to start thinking of whether City Councils will have the capacity to collect garbage. He is ...

The Southern African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes (SACCORD) has commended government for agreeing to the proposed bill on torture spearheaded by various human rights groups in the country. SACCORD Executive Director, Boniface Cheembe is of the firm belief that once enacted into law, the bill will minimize incidences of torture in the country. Mr. Cheembe tells Q-news ...

The ruling Patriotic Front (PF) says its victory in the just ended Chilanga Parliamentary by-election is a clear signal of what is expected in the 2021 general election. Addressing Journalists in Lusaka, PF Media Director, Sunday Chanda says the victory in Chilanga shows that the people of Zambia still have confidence in the leadership of President Edgar Lungu and the ...

Finance Minister Margret Mwanakatwe has issued a Statutory Instrument number 42 of 2018 which brings into effect the Public Finance Management Act number 1 of 2018 which has been strengthened. In a statement made available to Q-news, Mrs Mwanakatwe says the Statutory Instrument number 42 of 2018, the Public Financial Management Act (commencement ) order 2018, was gezetted and published ...

“Plastic” has been declared children’s word of the year after analysis of the stories submitted by five to 13-year-olds in a writing competition. Oxford University Press examined the words used in stories sent to BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show’s 500 Words contest. ‘Plastic’ appeared 3,359 times in the 134,790 stories submitted – up 100% from last year. Unicorns, slime and ...

It’s been exactly 20 years since Sex and the City, with its infuriatingly catchy theme tune and THAT tutu in the opening credits, burst onto TV screens. At the time, it was seen as revolutionary – four women talking openly about their love (and sex) lives with a lot of NSFW scenes shown on screen. Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha ...

A vast statue of Mother Russia towers over the football stadium in Volgograd where England kick off their World Cup campaign on 18 June. Sword raised in a pose of power and defiance, the figure is a monument to the brutal Battle of Stalingrad, as the city was then called. It is also a reminder of a time when Russia ...

Liverpool’s Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid was defined by many factors, but none more so than the two errors by goalkeeper Loris Karius. Throwing the ball directly at Karim Benzema was bad enough, but he then let Gareth Bale’s shot slip through his fingers as well. But now, perhaps, an explanation has emerged, after the 24-year-old German was ...

Argentina has cancelled a World Cup warm-up match with Israel, apparently under political pressure over Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in Gaza. Argentina striker Gonzalo Higuain told the ESPN sports channel on Tuesday the game had been cancelled. “They’ve finally done the right thing,” Higuain said in an interview. The Israeli Embassy in Argentina tweeted to confirm that the football friendly ...