The polls have opened in Sweden’s general election – where an anti-immigration party is vying to make large gains. The nationalist Sweden Democrats (SD), which polls suggest have 20% support, are tipped for second place. Neither the governing Social Democrats nor the main centre-right party is likely to win a majority. Prime Minister Stefan Löfven has accused the SD of ...

Naomi Osaka won the US Open after an angry Serena Williams accused the umpire of being a “thief” in some of the most dramatic scenes at a Grand Slam final. Williams was given a game penalty for her outburst, which followed racquet smashing and another code violation as Osaka won 6-2 6-4 in New York. Osaka, 20, kept her focus ...

Federation for Free Trade Unions of Zambia President Chingati Msiska has welcomed government’s resolve to increase the minimum wage for domestic workers from 5 hundred and 22 kwacha to 9 hundred and 93 kwacha. Mr. Msiska says workers have fought for a minimum wage for more than a century, and its introduction will see the earnings of 6.4 million workers ...

Boris Johnson has attacked Theresa’s May’s Brexit plan, saying she had “wrapped a suicide vest” around the British constitution and “handed the detonator” to Brussels. Writing in the Mail on Sunday, the former foreign secretary said the Chequers deal had opened the UK to “perpetual political blackmail”. Mr Johnson quit his post in July after the plan was agreed by ...

Opposition Green Party Leader Peter Sinkamba says the call by Vice President Inonge Wina on the need for the Zambia revenue authority to ensure that 2019 taxations does not stifle Zambians is disturbing. Mr. Sinkamba says this is because the call is coming from a member of cabinet which at the same time have introduced various taxes citing the 30 ngwee ...