Raptors Seize Control With Win Over Bucks
The Toronto Raptors moved within one win of advancing in the NBA playoffs on Monday with a 118-93 home victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. Norman Powell, starting for the second time in the...
Day: April 24, 2017
Brussels Relieved, For Now, Ahead of Macron Vs. Le Pen Clash On Europe
Brussels relieved, for now, ahead of Macron vs. Le Pen clash on Europe Sunday’s hotly contested first-round vote sets up a clash between France’s presidential finalists over the future of the...
Le Pen Temporarily Steps Down As Head of National Front Party
French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has announced that she is temporarily stepping down as head of her National Front party. Monday's move appears to be a way for Le Pen to embrace a wide...
Sharapova Rags-To-Riches Journey Resumes In Stuttgart
From the shadow of Chernobyl's nuclear wasteland to international super-stardom and from penniless arrival in the United States, without a word of English, to a fortune of $200 million. It may sound...
Trump Asks French UN Envoy About Elections
US President Donald Trump on Monday asked France's envoy to the United Nations about the French presidential elections following a first round of voting at the weekend. Trump took Ambassador Francois...
RFI Journalist Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison By Cameroon Military Court
The Cameroon-based correspondent of Radio France Internationale (RFI), FRANCE 24's sister radio station, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a court for "failing to report acts of terrorism"...
Huge Robbery Sparks Gun Battles In Paraguay and Brazil
Brazilian police near the border with Paraguay have exchanged gunfire with members of a gang who carried out what Paraguayan officials are calling the robbery of the century. Three gang members were...
US Embassy ‘promotes Trump’s Florida Resort’
Democrats have criticised a blog post on the website of the US embassy in London about President Donald Trump's luxury Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. The blog, published on 5 April, details the...
Soca Album Featuring Ghana’s Stonebwoy Hits N.o 3 On Billboard Charts
Trinidadian Soca Musician, Fay-Ann Lyons, who is also wife to Soca top celebrity, BUNJI GARLIN, in a latest interview on OnStage with Winford Williams on April 22, 2017 says she’ll be on the same...
Is Nana Addo Tapping Incompetence From Rawlings, Mahama?
The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr, has described as ‘interesting’ the fact that President Akufo Addo invited former Presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John Mahama to...
Government Policy Will Make State-Owned Media Self-Sustaining
The Government is planning to transform state-owned media organisations to financially independent and self-sustaining institutions. The phenomenon of some of these state media outfits being puppets...
Ibrahim 44 Bounced Cheques; EOCO Probes Customs
The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) is dragging the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to its offices to assist in investigations into the suspected import duties...
BoG, FDA Others Summoned As PAC Hearing On 2015 Auditor General’s Report Begins
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament has summoned officials of the Bank of Ghana (BoG) to appear before it Tuesday, as it begins public hearings on the 2015 Auditor General’s report....
Little-Known Brazilian Bridges Cultural Gap In China
He does not have the fame -- or enormous wages -- of Shanghai-based Carlos Tevez or Oscar, and his nickname would be viewed as offensive by many. But Fernandinho, one of the growing number of...
Galamsey Vs Environmental Conflicts
Everywhere you look headlines scream #Stop Galamsey Now! But, if you have lived in a place in Ghana where ‘Galamsey’ (i.e. artisanal/small-scale gold mining) is immense, you have seen it all. •...
Elton John Suffered ‘deadly Bacterial Infection’ On Tour
The star has praised his fans and his medical team "for their excellence" in looking after him Sir Elton John suffered a "potentially deadly" bacterial infection during a tour, forcing him to spend...
White House Calls Senate To Briefing
In an unusual move, the entire US Senate is being called to the White House for a briefing on North Korea. Washington has become increasingly concerned at North Korean missile and nuclear tests and...
Fancy Gadam’s Historic VGMA Win
Fancy Gadam’s historic win at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards this year came as a surprise to many Ghanaians in the Southern part of the country. Many expressed disbelief at how such an unknown...
Afriyie Acquah Lacks Maturity For Marriage
Amanda Acquah wife of Black Stars player Afriyie Acquah has revealed her husband was not matured enough for marriage. Speaking GHOne Saturday the embattled Amanda said even though they are separated,...
AshGold Fans Express Worry Over Team’s Poor Performance In GPL
Supporters of Ghana Premier League side Ashanti Gold made their way to the team’s training grounds to express their anger at players of the Club for their recent poor outing in the Ghana Premier...