Ten people including a baby have died in a fire at an eight-storey building in south-western Paris, fire service officials say. More than 30 people – including six firefighters – were injured. One person is in a serious condition. Fifty people were evacuated by ladders from the blaze in the upmarket 16th disfranchisement. The Paris prosecutor says it may have ...

The UPND says President Edgar Lungu is being malicious to suggest that it is in receipt of cv’s from military officers who want to be considered for promotion in the event of regime change. UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka says it is not true that military personnel from all security wings have been submitting their Curriculum Vitaes to his party. ...

Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya says the national health insurance scheme will be operational within the first quarter of 2019. Speaking at the Ministry of Health annual consultative meeting in Lusaka attended by Heads of Missions and Ambassadors accredited to Zambia, Dr Chilufya says a board which will help implement programs of the national health insurance will be constituted in two ...

The opposition People’s Alliance for Change has urged the electoral commission of Zambia to consider experimenting printing ballot papers locally in the forthcoming Bahati parliamentary by-election. The Bahati parliamentary seat fell vacant after area Member of Parliament Harry Kalaba resigned following his expulsion from the pf. PAC President Andyford Banda has told QTV news that if government is serious about ...

Premier League leaders Liverpool handed a boost to their title rivals as an uncharacteristic defensive error cost them victory at West Ham. Jurgen Klopp’s side are now three points clear of second-placed Manchester City, but the nine-point advantage they held on 29 December has now been cut to only three following two successive draws and a return to form for ...

A group of Latin American countries and Canada has urged the Venezuelan military to support opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim president. In a statement, 11 of the 14 members of the Lima Group called for a change of power without the use of force and the urgent delivery of humanitarian aid. Mr Guaidó has declared himself interim president and ...

The Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) says rebasing the Zambian economy may not be enough to ascertain its actual size. EAZ president Lubinda Haabazoka says his association is on firm ground to assume that the country’s economy is far much bigger than what the current figures indicate. Dr. Haabazoka says the EAZ’S assumption is based on the large black market ...

The three church mother bodies leading the national dialogue have distanced themselves from the alleged maneuvers to use the dialogue process as a vehicle for regime change. Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) Secretary General Cleophas Lungu says the three church mother bodies do not consider the national dialogue as a means to effect regime change. In an apparent response ...

One body has been seen in the underwater wreckage of the plane that was carrying footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson. A search on Sunday found the Piper Malibu plane on the seabed off Guernsey, almost two weeks after it went missing. The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) confirmed the sighting on Monday morning. It added it was now ...

The UK, France, Germany, Spain and other European countries have officially recognised opposition leader Juan Guaidó as interim president of Venezuela. It comes after President Nicolás Maduro defiantly rejected the EU’s Sunday deadline to call snap elections. Mr Guaidó declared himself interim leader last month and won US backing. Russia – a backer of Mr Maduro – accused EU countries ...