Recriminations have begun over the failure of the US Senate to pass a new budget and prevent the shutdown of many federal services. A bill to fund the federal government for the coming weeks did not receive the required 60 votes by the deadline of midnight on Friday. President Trump accused the Democrats of putting politics above the interests of ...

When Kim Cattrall ruled out appearing in Sex and the City 3, saying her relationship with her co-stars was “toxic”, it looked like there was no prospect of the film ever being made. But the actress, who played Samantha Jones, has now suggested two women who could play her part instead. She endorsed Tiffany Haddish from Girls Trip and Modern ...

The US government is approaching a federal shutdown after the Senate failed to agree on a new budget. It was unclear which way the vote would go as the midnight deadline approached, with Republicans and Democrats split on key issues. Despite last minute bipartisan meetings, the bill to fund the government until 16 February did not receive the required 60 ...

A Canadian jury has found three former rail workers not guilty of criminal negligence for their connection to the Lac-Megantic disaster five years ago. On 6 July 2013, a runaway train filled with petroleum crude oil derailed in the small eastern Quebec town. Forty-seven people were killed in the tragedy and much of Lac-Megantic’s downtown core was destroyed. The trial ...

National Albinism Networking Association of Zambia President Dickson Konkola has urged government and well-wishers to assist persons living with Albinism with protective clothing during this period that the country is experiencing extreme heat. Mr. Konkola told Q news that people living with albinism have been badly affected by the heat that is being experienced currently in the country. He says ...

The ruling PF in Muchinga Province has refuted claims by National Democratic Congress (NDC) that over 300 PF members ditched the ruling party to join the opposition NDC. PF Muchinga Province National Youth Executive Committee Member Francis Kapyanga tells QFM News via telephone that no member of PF in Muchinga Province or Isoka in particular has joined NDC or wishes ...

The Auditor General’s report on the accounts of Parastatal Bodies and other Statutory Institutions from 2013 to 2016 has reviewed that the National HIV/AIDS/STI/TB Council (NAC) owed a total amount of K23, 647, 797 in statutory obligations and penalties to the Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) and NAPSA. A review of correspondence revealed that the global funding disbursed K8, 221, 851 ...

Home Affairs Minister Steven Kampyongo has announced the resumption of operations at the national registration and citizenship offices after they were suspended amid fears of the cholera outbreak. The minister has disclosed that his ministry has been in close consultations with the ministry of health, who have deemed it fit to resume operations as the cholera outbreak has been contained. ...