EgyptAir’s in-flight magazine has apologised over an interview with actress Drew Barrymore that was slated on social media after being published. The article went viral after being posted online, with many questioning whether the interview was real. Barrymore’s representatives said she “did not participate” in the interview, which was notable for a number of grammatical and spelling errors. The publisher ...

Bafana Bafana’s preparations for the upcoming 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier against Seychelles were rocked by two early withdraws on Tuesday. Coach Stuart Baxter had to call up Cape Town City defender Thamsanqa Mkhize and Orlando Pirates’ Thembinkosi Lorch to replace the injured duo of Thapelo Morena (Mamelodi Sundowns) and Vincent Pule (Orlando Pirates) who were released yesterday. ...

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has announced she is resigning – after nearly two years in the post. President Donald Trump appeared in the Oval Office alongside Mrs Haley to say she had done “an incredible job”. The 46-year-old former South Carolina governor – one of the few women in the Trump cabinet – gave no reason for ...

Powerful Hurricane Michael is set to make landfall in Florida later on Wednesday, forcing mass evacuations in the southern US state. A category three storm with winds near 125mph (201km/h), Michael is expected to strengthen further when it hits the Florida Panhandle or Florida Big Bend in the north-west, meteorologists warn. More than 370,000 people have been ordered to evacuate ...

Ministry of Housing and Infrastructure Development Permanent Secretary, Charles Mushota has disclosed that the Romanian government has given Zambia a grant to conduct a feasibility study on upgrading slams in the country. Mr Mushota says the feasibility study which will be conducted by a Romanian NGO,Rio-Aid is expected to commence in the next few weeks. He has told Q-News that ...

Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) has observed that the Food Reserve Agency (FRA) may not meet its target of buying 500,000 metric tonnes of maize during the 2018 marketing season. ZNFU Media and Public Relations Manager, Calvin Kaleyi has told QTV news that ZNFU has been monitoring the buying of maize by the agency which has revealed that the FRA ...

Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) has welcomed the decision by government to introduce sales tax to replace value added tax. Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe announced during the 2019 budget presentation that government will abolish Value Added Tax (VAT) and replace it with a non-refundable sales tax in April 2019, a move likely to help the government boost revenue collection ...