Manchester United’s players need to take responsibility for a “horrendous” and “awful” defeat by West Ham, says defender Luke Shaw. A 3-1 loss on Saturday ensured United’s worst league start in 29 years. Jose Mourinho’s side are in 10th place, nine points behind leaders Manchester City, after losing three of their opening seven Premier League games. “It was not good ...

Two people have been killed after a powerful typhoon struck Japan. Typhoon Trami made landfall on Sunday at 20:00 local time (11:00 GMT) near the western city of Osaka, with gusts of up to 216 km/h (134 mph). The storm caused widespread disruption, with many flights and trains cancelled. More than 750,000 homes lost power. At least 120 people were ...

Volunteers have begun burying victims of Indonesia’s deadly earthquake and tsunami in a mass grave. The disaster devastated swathes of Sulawesi island and has left at least 844 people dead. Four days after the natural disaster hit, some remote areas have yet to be contacted. A lack of heavy lifting equipment is hampering rescuers’ attempts to reach people who remain ...

Lafarge Zambia has contributed 100,000 kwacha towards the hosting of the 2018 Stanbic bank Music festival. Speaking during the handover ceremony of the K100, 000 cheque at the Lafarge offices in Chilanga, Lafarge Zambia PLC Chief Executive Officer Vincent Bouckaert says the contribution is aimed at assisting in the promotion of local talent in the country. Mr. Bouckaert states that ...

Livingstone’s Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula International Airport has been awarded the 2018 Best Airport in Africa in the category of 10,000 and 20,000 Air Traffic Management by the Airports Council International (ACI) Africa. Zambia Airports Corporation Limited Communications and Brand Manager Mweembe Sikaulu says the airport was chosen as winner following an extensive evaluation process from a number of entries received ...

Tax and Audit Advisory firm, Deloitte has likened the introduction of the Sales Tax by government to the idiomatic expression of throwing out the baby with the bathwater. Deloitte Associate Director for Tax, Malcolm Jhala says the introduction of Sales Tax by government has eliminated something good while trying to get rid of something bad. Mr. Jhala says even within ...

National Restoration Party (NAREP) President Elias Chipimo says the 2019 national budget spells out hard times ahead for citizens. Mr. Chipimo says Zambians should therefore brace themselves for more challenges. In an interview with Q-news, Mr. Chipimo says the 2019 national budget does not offer anything new from what has been presented in the previous budgets. Mr. Chipimo states that ...

Rapper Kanye West is changing his name – to Ye. Announcing the change on Twitter on Saturday, he wrote: “The being formally [sic] known as Kanye West. I am YE.” West, 41, has been nicknamed Ye for some time and used the moniker as the title for his eighth album, which was released in June. The change came ahead of ...

A picture of large-scale destruction is emerging in and around the Indonesian city of Palu after an earthquake and tsunami struck on Friday. At least 832 people are confirmed to have died but that figure is expected to rise sharply as more remote areas are reached. The authorities have said they will begin burying victims in mass graves, fearing disease ...

The President of the Malawi Football Association Walter Nyamilandu-Manda has been elected to the FIFA General Council ahead of SAFA’s Danny Jordaan. Nyamilandu beat out South African Football Association president Danny Jordaan, claming 35 votes to 18 for the South African. The vote took place on Sunday at a special sitting of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Executive Committee ...