BBC-Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell sank to a net loss of $21.7bn (£16bn) last year after the coronavirus pandemic caused demand to slump. The announcement comes after two of its rivals, BP and Exxon, posted similar big losses. Looking ahead, Shell said “significant uncertainty” would continue to have a negative impact on demand for oil…
BBC-Taylor Swift is being sued by a US theme park called Evermore, which says the star’s latest album has infringed its trademark by using the same name. The theme park’s owners said Swift’s Evermore release had caused confusion about whether the two were linked. The Utah venue said there was a “dramatic departure from typical…
BBC-Myanmar’s military rulers have blocked access to Facebook, days after they overthrew the democratic government. Officials said the social media platform – for many in Myanmar the main source of online information – would be blocked for the sake of “stability”. Facebook has become a key rallying point for opposition to Monday’s coup. In further…
(BBC) The head of the Tokyo Olympics organising committee has apologised for making “inappropriate” remarks about women, after calls for his resignation. Yoshiro Mori, 83, retracted the comments but said he was not planning to stand down. The Games chief was earlier quoted as saying women talk too much and that meetings with many female…
By Christopher Miti- Eastern Province Minister, Makebi Zulu has appealed to women in the region to take advantage of the empowerment interventions by the Esther Lungu Foundation Trust. Mr Zulu says he is happy that the First Lady, Esther Lungu, through the foundation, has empowered several women with startup capital, for their various income generating…
By Mary Kachepa-The Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit -DMMU- National Coordinator Chanda Kabwe has assured the Public Accounts Committee that the unit will in the next three days intensify its activities aimed at curbing the spread of the Covid 19 Pandemic. Mr Kabwe says the DMMU has been working hard in the background except that…
Lusaka has continued to record more COVID-19 cases, ahead of other provinces, as the country’s cumulative number of cases near the 60,000 mark. In the last 24 hours, Lusaka has recorded 391 cases. This is part of the 1,514 new COVID-19 recorded countrywide. This has taken the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases to 59,003, since…
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