Daily Archives: October 21, 2018

Mourinho plays down touchline melee

Jose Mourinho played down an ugly touchline melee after watching his Manchester United side concede a heartbreaking late equaliser as Chelsea preserved their unbeaten Premier League record on Saturday. Ross Barkley scored in the sixth minute of injury time to level the match at 2-2 after Anthony Martial had scored twice in the second half to cancel out Antonio Rudiger’s ...

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Selma Blair: Cruel Intentions star reveals MS diagnosis

US actress Selma Blair has revealed she has multiple sclerosis (MS) in an Instagram post. The 46-year-old Cruel Intentions star said she was diagnosed in August but has had symptoms for years. “I am disabled. I fall sometimes. I drop things,” she wrote, calling the news “overwhelming in the beginning”. Multiple sclerosis is an incurable condition affecting the brain or ...

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Jamal Khashoggi death: Trump ‘not satisfied’ with Saudi account

US President Donald Trump says he is “not satisfied” with Saudi Arabia’s account of the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. On Friday, Saudi Arabia for the first time admitted that Mr Khashoggi was dead, saying he was killed in a “fist fight” in its Istanbul consulate. But that explanation has met with scepticism. Turkish officials believe Mr Khashoggi – a ...

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President Trump to pull US from Russia missile treaty

The US will withdraw from a landmark nuclear weapons treaty with Russia, President Donald Trump has confirmed. Speaking to reporters, Mr Trump said Russia had “violated” the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty. The deal banned ground-launched medium-range missiles, with a range of between 500 and 5,500km (310-3,400 miles). The US would not let Russia “go out and do weapons ...

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Stakeholders condemn arrest of CTPD officers, Pastor

Council of NGOs in Zambia Chairperson Mcdonald Chipenzi has condemned the detention of center for trade policy and development (CTPD) staff and a pastor in Ndola. On Friday Police in Ndola disrupted a centre for trade policy and development (CTPD) organized meeting for church leaders which was focusing on the proposed 2019 national budget. But Mr. Chipenzi has expressed concern ...

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Zambia will record increased growth in aquaculture production- Govt

Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Acting Director for Fisheries Patrick Lungu has predicted that Zambia is at the verge of recording increased growth in aquaculture production. Mr. Lungu says this follows various measures government has put in place aimed at addressing challenges facing the sector. He has told QTV news in an interview that his ministry is also addressing financing, ...

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CCZ processes over 1, 600 birth registration certificates

Council Churches of Zambia (CCZ) Social and Economic Justice Programme Officer Andisen Zulu has bemoaned the low percentage of Zambians who have birth certificate documents. Mr. Zulu says the low percentage of Zambians who have birth certificates is due to the fact that the system is not decentralized. He has urged Zambians to realize that acquiring a birth certificate is ...

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