Day: June 26, 2017
EU To Slap Google With Record Fine This Week
The EU's powerful anti-trust regulator will slap Google with a record fine as early as Tuesday in another European blow...
Netanyahu Under Fire After Reneging On Western Wall Deal
Israel's shelving of a deal to allow mixed-gender prayers at the Western Wall echoed far beyond religion Monday, with...
Clashes Hit Indian Kashmir On Eid Festival
Indian government forces fired tear gas and pellet guns at protesters brandishing Pakistani flags as the disputed...
Sri Lanka Blames Garbage Pile-Up For Record Dengue Toll
Sri Lanka has suffered a record 200 deaths from dengue fever this year, the health minister said Monday, blaming a...
Boko Haram Clashes Kill Eight Chad Soldiers
Eight Chadian soldiers were killed in fierce fighting with Boko Haram insurgents at the weekend on islands on Lake...
Hong Kong Activists Stage China Protests Ahead of Xi Visit
Hong Kong saw multiple protests Monday ahead of a visit by President Xi Jinping to mark 20 years since the city was...
In Mongolia, Democracy Unfolds In A Yurt
At 6:55 a.m. on Monday, a man in rural Mongolia stood outside a yurt and looked down at his watch. Five minutes...
10, Including Two Kids, Die In Gory Accident
A fatal road accident at Dikpa near Tinga in the Bole district of the Northern Region claimed 10 lives including two...
Continue To Pray For the ‘good of Ghana’ – Rawlingses Salute Muslims
Former President Jerry John Rawlings and his wife Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings have congratulated the Muslim community...
Ed Sheeran Closes Glastonbury 2017
Pop star Ed Sheeran has headlined Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage, just six years after his debut at one of the...
Anger Grows In Pakistan Town After Three Attacks In Six Months
Shiites in Pakistan's restive northwest protested Monday as the death toll from twin blasts three days earlier rose to...
Former Presidents Won’t Queue For Visas
Ghana’s three living former presidents would not have to queue up with fellow citizens seeking American Visas for...
Why Tanzanian President Magufuli Refuses To Lift Ban
Pregnant schoolgirl ban… President of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli has come under intense criticisms following...
Freed Chinese Intellectual Spoke Out For Change
Liu Xiaobo, who won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize from behind bars, was for decades a vocal champion of democracy and...
Aegon Classic: Petra Kvitova Wins First Title Since Stabbing By Beating Ashleigh Barty
Petra Kvitova capped her remarkable comeback from a career-threatening hand injury by winning the Aegon Classic. The...
China Powers ‘One District One Factory’ With $2bn
China is boosting Ghana’s government’s ‘One District One Factory’ initiative with a funding facility worth up...
Iraq Forces Combing West Mosul After Surprise IS Attack
Iraqi forces on Monday were searching neighbourhoods of west Mosul they retook weeks ago after a surprise jihadist...
Sampson Ahi Slams Gov’t For ‘neglecting’ Veep Residence Project
A former Deputy Minister for Works and Housing, Sampson Ahi has hit hard at government for failing to complete the...
Tanzania Vows To Arrest Those ‘protecting’ Gay Interests
Tanzania has threatened to arrest and deport those campaigning for gay rights and de-register organisations protecting...