Arsenal recovered from their opening-day defeat by West Ham to record a hard-fought victory at Crystal Palace. Alexis Sanchez had three shots blocked as the Gunners began aggressively before Olivier Giroud got the opener. The Frenchman’s superb scissor kick put away a Mesut Ozil cross but the lead lasted 12 minutes until Joel Ward’s driven shot drew Palace level. Connor ...

Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow is to direct Star Wars: Episode IX, it has been announced. The ninth instalment will conclude the third trilogy of movies that begins with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which is out in cinemas in December. Episode IX is set for release in 2019, but initial work with production artists will begin later this year. ...

The wreckage of an Indonesian plane carrying 54 people has been found in the remote western Papua region, officials say. The Trigana Air flight lost contact with ground control at 14:55 local time (05:55 GMT) as it flew from the capital Jayapura to the town of Oksibil. Indonesia’s transport minister said the aircraft had been found in the Bintang highlands ...

Government has been called upon to ensure that the over 500, 000 jobs opportunities it intends to create by the end of 2016 are guarded from nepotism. The government is being urged to ensure that tribe and political affiliation does not play a role on which youths get to access these jobs opportunities. Aspiring Munali Member of Parliament Patrick Mungo ...

The opposition All People’s Congress (APC) has advised President Edgar Lungu against attending all international meetings he is called upon to be present at. The APC is advising President Lungu to do so on account of the limited resources the country currently has. APC president Nason Msoni says President Lungu should be mindful that there are still many areas of ...

Opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has raised reservations at the rate at which traditional leaders are visiting State House. PDP president George Mpombo says the frequent visits that chiefs are making at State House is now raising eyebrows and sending a wrong signal that maybe government is allegedly trying to entice them. Dr. Mpombo has told Qfm News by telephone ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has left for Gaborone, Botswana to attend the 35th SADC Heads of State and Government Summit scheduled for Monday and Tuesday this week. The two days summit is being held under the theme: ‘Accelerating Industrialization of the SADC economies through transformation of natural endowments and improved human capital.’ And speaking shortly before departure, President Lungu held ...

Ninety-five people, 85 of them firefighters, are still missing four days after multiple blasts in the north-eastern port of Tianjin, Chinese authorities have said. At least 112 people died in the blasts and hundreds have been hospitalised. The explosions, in a warehouse containing hazardous chemicals, were so powerful that few of the recovered bodies have been identified. Dozens of websites ...

Ruling Patriotic Front (PF) Vision Ambassadors has urged other youths in the country to realize the satisfaction and pride there is in joining the fight for a better Zambia. PF Vision Ambassadors is encouraging other youths with professional backgrounds to join it in its quest to better lives of the less privileged people in the country. PF Vision Ambassadors chairperson ...

Republican President Edgar Lungu has been called upon not to relent at defending Zambia’s independence. The opposition Zambia Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM) is encouraging President Lungu not to allow insults and lies coming from whom it has termed as now desperate and frustrated evil minded local agents of the evil force working to divide and rule Africa again, to distract ...