Nicki Minaj says she was left “mortified” after being involved in a scuffle with Cardi B. The pair came to blows at a New York Fashion Week party on Friday, which Cardi later suggested was because Nicki made comments about her parenting. Nicki said on her Beats One radio show: “It’s so sad for someone to pin that on me, ...

La Liga’s plans to play Girona’s fixture with champions Barcelona in Miami moved a step closer after the league’s organising body said on Tuesday they have asked for permission from the Spanish football federation to take the game abroad. “Barcelona, Girona and La Liga have requested the authorisation of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to play Girona v Barcelona on ...

Period dramas are not thought “serious” because they tend to focus on women characters, claims Keira Knightley. “There’s a negativity around them because predominantly they’re female,” she said at the Toronto Film Festival. The British star of Atonement, Pride and Prejudice and The Imitation Game is back in period garb in Colette, a biopic of the French novelist. She said ...

An Australian cartoonist has defended his depiction of Serena Williams at the US Open, after the image went viral and was criticised as racist and sexist. Mark Knight’s newspaper cartoon showed Williams jumping above a broken racquet next to a baby’s dummy. Critics said it used racist stereotypes. The cartoonist denied it was racist, saying he had intended to depict ...

More than 100 migrants died in a shipwreck off the Libyan coastline earlier this month, an aid agency says. Two rubber boats set off on 1 September but one of the vessels deflated and sank, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says. The 276 survivors were eventually taken to the Libyan port city of Khoms, around 100 km (62 miles) to the ...

The Lusaka Magistrate Court has let off opposition MMD faction leader Nevers Mumba in a matter he was facing two counts of Abuse of Authority of Office. In this matter Dr. Mumba is alleged to have abused his office when he was  Zambia’s High Commissioner to Canada in awarding contracts to lay carpets and to repair the lighting system at ...

Robert Redford has received a standing ovation at the Toronto premiere of the swansong film that’s being tipped to win him his first acting Oscar. The Old Man and the Gun tells the fact-based story of a serial bank robber and jail escapee who spurns going straight. Last month the Hollywood veteran said the film, out in the UK on ...

The US has threatened sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) if it goes ahead with prosecutions against Americans. The court is currently considering prosecuting US servicemen over alleged detainee abuse in Afghanistan. National Security Adviser John Bolton called the court “illegitimate” and vowed the US would do everything “to protect our citizens”. The US is among dozens of nations ...

The Bankers Association of Zambia (BAZ) says its members will comply fully with the recent Bank of Zambia (BAZ) directive to stop imposing unwarranted bank charges. BAZ chairperson Kola Ndeleke says commercial banks are regulated entities and as such attach significance to matters of regulatory nature. Mr. Ndeleke  notes that commercial banks are currently working towards ensuring total compliance with ...

Government has been called upon not to delay any further in bringing into force the Public Audit Act and the State Audit Act. Zambia Institute of Chartered Accountants (ZICA) is reiterating its call on government to issue statutory instruments that will operationalise the two Acts. ZICA president Jason Kazilimani says it is his institute’s view that in the absence of ...