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By LUCY PHIRI

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema yesterday joined his counterpart Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the inauguration of the Kasomeno – Kasenga – Chalwe – Kabila- Mwenda Road, along with the One Stop Border Post Project, which include the construction of the Luapula River Bridge.

By LUCY PHIRI

THE Lusaka Magistrate Court has convicted and sentenced a Lusaka business executive, Muneef Musa to 12 months imprisonment with hard labour for forging documents which he used to withdraw caveats on two properties that belong to his father.

Around 30 young adults conceived via sperm or egg donation in the UK will soon be able to discover the identity of their biological parent.

By LUCY PHIRI

PATRIOTIC Front (PF) information and publicity chairperson Emmanuel Mwamba has denied assaulting a police officer at a named car wash in Lusaka’s Woodlands area.

By Nation Reporter

THE UPND in Eastern Province has lambasted its member, Ronald Alick Mbuzi for claiming that the governing party in the region is dying because of the high cost of living which has condemned many Zambians to wretched economic miseries.

A study of more than 130 hospitalized adults with transient new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) found that 1 in 3 patients experienced a recurrent episode of AF within a year of hospitalization—a rate approximately 7 times higher than in matched control participants. These findings suggest that oral anticoagulation therapy may be warranted in these patients. The study is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

By GRACE CHAILE

THE State has agreed to compensate Mutembo Nchito SC for what it has called unconstitutional and unjust removal from a constitutionally protected office of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

Researchers have taken a significant step forward in the management of gestational diabetes mellitus after a clinical trial involving pregnant women provided new hope for expectant mothers suffering the condition.

…says money is limited for government to undertake such a social and economic expenditure, fears subsidies would affect spending on social sectors such as education, health

By BUUMBA CHIMBULU

GOVERNMENT has maintained that is has no intentions of reintroducing subsidies on fuel because there is no money to undertake such a social economic programme and provisionally ease the lives of Zambians. 

Emergency department (ED) visits and hospital admissions for eating disorders increased during the COVID-19 pandemic in adolescents aged 10–17 years, as did ED visits among young adults and older adults, according to new research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.