Crazy Rich Asians beat expectations to take the top spot at the US box office on its opening weekend. The Warner Brothers film starring Constance Wu and Henry Golding is the first romantic comedy in three years to take the top spot. Since it opened five days ago, the film – which cost $30m (£23.5m) – has made an estimated ...

Nick Jonas and Priyanka Chopra have confirmed they are engaged after just a few months together. The Texan singer, formerly part of the Jonas Brothers, and the Bollywood superstar held a private engagement ceremony in Mumbai on Saturday. Both wore traditional Indian clothes. The pair’s engagement has been rumoured for about three weeks but they had not confirmed it until ...

About 22,000 people were rescued from the flood-hit Indian state of Kerala on Sunday, officials say, after monsoon rains finally eased. Military teams as well as disaster response forces and local fishermen reached some of the worst hit areas. Helicopters also brought much-needed supplies to communities cut-off by two weeks of incessant rain. More than 350 people have been killed, ...

Greece has successfully completed a three-year eurozone bailout programme designed to help it cope with the fallout from its debt crisis. For the first time in eight years, Greece is now free to borrow money on the financial markets The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) provided the country with €61.9bn (£55bn; $70.8bn) over the three years. This supported the Greek government’s ...

The Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (CEEC) says it has mobilized a total of US$ 6 million for the commercialization of Cassava in Zambia. The money has been secured from the African Development Bank (AfDB). CEEC director general Likando Mukumbuta has told q news that the commercialization of cassava will be supported in North Western, Luapula and Northern provinces of Zambia. ...

President Edgar Lungu says late President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa is a true beacon of how a leader ought to be. President Lungu says Zambians have the onus to keep late President Mwanawasa’s legacy alive. He states that the late Head of State’s conviction that building a just society is possible should live on. President Lungu says this is regardless of ...

One person died on the spot on Saturday when a Siavonga bound mini bus was involved in an accident along the Chirundu- Siavonga road. The accident is said to have happened around 15:30hrs. Siavonga District Commissioner Lovemore Kanyama has confirmed that those injured were being treated at Mtendere Mission Hospital in Chirundu District. And Mr. Kanyama has disclosed that there ...

Former Finance Minister Katele Kalumba has agreed with the observation that Zambia is now headed for debt distress. Dr. Kalumba says it is true that there is need for concern on the issue of debt in Zambia. In an interview with QTV News by telephone Dr. Kalumba says he also knows that government has realized this fact that there is ...

The Agricultural and Commercial Society of Zambia (ACSZ) has finally dismissed media reports suggesting that the Lusaka showgrounds has been sold. ACSZ president Caroline Silwamba says it is false that the showgrounds has been sold to an investor. Mrs. Silwamba has told Q-News in a statement that the show society has no intentions of selling the showgrounds or relocating to ...

The BuyZed Campaign has described as regrettable the imposition of a ban on exports of Zambian honey in South Africa. Founder Evans Ngoma says his organization also finds the ban to be a big setback especially for Zambian exporters who may had orders already on the way to South Africa. Mr. Ngoma says the ban is however a wake-up call ...