A simmering feud between Cardi B and Nicki Minaj came to blows at a New York Fashion Week party on Friday evening. The scuffle began after rapper Cardi approached Minaj over “lies Nicki was spreading”, celebrity website TMZ said. She was allegedly elbowed in the face by a security guard, before throwing a red-heeled shoe at Minaj, who appeared unscathed ...

Egypt has delivered verdicts for more than 700 people over a pro-Muslim Brotherhood sit-in after President Mohammed Morsi was ousted in 2013. The court confirmed 75 people’s death sentences and life imprisonment for 47 others, including Islamic leaders. Rights group Amnesty International has called the trial “grossly unfair” and a violation of Egypt’s constitution. Violence erupted at the 2013 protest ...

Women of colour are being “written off” as film critics, a study into film reviewers’ demographic profiles says. Not only are they under-represented, but they are also denied the chance to review major film releases, the report released on Friday has found. White male critics outnumber female critics of under-represented racial and ethnic identities by 31 to 1, it adds. ...

Zambia National Educational Coalition (ZANEC) has called on government to invest more in the education and skills sector. ZANEC Acting Executive Director Ivy Mutwale says the huge investment in the education sector will not only guarantee the future of the country, but will also place the youths of the nation on a vantage position to compete favorably with their peers ...

United party for national development (UPND) Chairperson for Lands Adrian Bauleni has disclosed that his party will seek legal action on illegal land allocation to foreigners by government. Mr. Bauleni is shocked on the continued illegal sale of huge pieces of land to foreigners in rural area. He has told journalist at a media briefing that there is need for ...

Brazil’s presidential front-runner, Jair Bolsonaro, lost 40% of his blood after he was stabbed on Thursday, hospital officials say. The far-right politician was attacked at a campaign rally in Minas Gerais. Doctors say he suffered a deep and life-threatening wound in his intestines, but is now recovering well. His son, Flavio Bolsonaro, said it was unlikely that his father would ...

Russian war planes have launched fresh strikes on the Syrian province of Idlib, a monitor says, as talks in Tehran failed to stop an impending military offensive there. The raids targeted rebel-held positions in Idlib’s south-west, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Syrian forces, backed by Russia and Iran, are poised to attack the last major rebel stronghold in ...

A man has pleaded not guilty to murdering a UK-born toddler who disappeared in Australia in 1970. Three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer went missing from a shower block at a New South Wales beach not long after her family moved to Australia from Bristol. The girl’s disappearance is one of Australia’s longest-running mysteries. Her accused murderer, 64, is expected to face a ...

Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Mwila has expressed gratitude to the people of Kasenengwa, Zambezi and Kasempa for electing its candidates to represent them. Mr. Mwila has also congratulated its candidates for emerging victorious at the polls and appreciated members of the party and its teeming supporters for the maturity they displayed during and after the elections. He says this ...

Governance, Elections, Advocacy, and Research Services (GEARS) Initiative Executive Director Mcdonald Chipenzi has called on Zambians to thoroughly scrutinize submissions on the public order act before they are taken to parliament. Government is planning to take the draft public order act to all provincial headquarters only for review by the general public before it is taken to parliament for enactment ...