Luis Suarez scored and was sent off as nine-man Barcelona held on to reach the Copa del Rey final with a thrilling aggregate victory over 10-man Atletico Madrid at the Nou Camp. Suarez tapped in on 43 minutes, before Barcelona’s Sergi Roberto and Atletico’s Yannick Carrasco were sent off for receiving two yellow cards. Substitute Kevin Gameiro then missed a ...

Christie Brinkley has proved age is just a number by appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated’s annual Swimsuit Issue. This year’s cover sees the 63-year-old posing alongside her two daughters – Sailor Brinkley Cook, and Alexa Ray Joel. Writing on Instagram, Brinkley said: “Thank you Sports Illustrated for sending the powerful message that good things come in packages of ...

An appeals court has questioned whether President Donald Trump’s travel ban discriminates against Muslims. The executive order temporarily banned entry for all refugees and visitors from seven mainly Muslim countries, until it was halted last week. Judge Richard Clifton asked whether it could be discriminatory if it affected only 15% of the world’s Muslims. He is one of three judges ...

ZESCO Limited has been called upon to drastically reduce the hours of load shedding in view of the good rainfall the country is experiencing. UPND Chairman for Rural Reconstruction and Development Moono Mapani is urging Zesco to reduce the hours of load shedding considering the impact electricity has on national development. Mr. Mapani says this year the country has witnessed ...

The ruling Patriotic Front in Lusaka has welcomed the decision by the party’s Central Committee to schedule intraparty elections in 2018. PF Lusaka Province Chairperson Horace Longwe says this is what party members in the province wanted that the ruling party follows the guidelines of its constitution. Mr. Longwe states that party factionaries in the Province believe that having internal ...

Political Scientist Dr. Alex Ng’oma has encouraged political parties in the country to strengthen their internal conflict resolution mechanisms in order to remain stable. Dr. Ng’oma says the ruling PF has rightly demonstrated that it has a strong internal conflict resolution mechanism in the manner it has handled the case involving Luanshya Mayor Nathan Chanda and Roan Member of Parliament ...

The Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) has been called upon to implement to the latter resolutions made during road safety indabas the country has been holding. Former Transport and Communication Minister William Harrington is concerned that the country does not seem to be implementing resolutions of such important gatherings. Mr. Harrington is of the view that it will be ...

Government has been encouraged to withdraw Zambia’s membership from the International Criminal Court (ICC) without delay. The opposition Economic and Equity Party (EEP) is urging government withdraw from the owing to the biasness the ICC has allegedly exhibited since inception. Party President Chilufya Tayali says of the many cases the ICC has handled, most of them involve African leaders. Mr. ...

Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo has assured both visitors and Zambians of security as the country hosts the Under-20 African cup of nations later this month. Mr. Kampyongo says his ministry has been part of the preparatory programme in order to ensure security measures are put in place for the tournament. He says soccer fans should not fear anything, but ...

Minister of Finance Felix Mutati says government is committed to dismantling the stock of domestic arrears. The Minister said this in relation to the K2.1 billion which has been released by the Treasury between December, 2016 and January 2017 towards domestic arrears. And Government has today released K200 million for the 2016/2017 Farmer Input Support Programme [FISP], bringing the total ...