Articles by Kwame Mensah
McConnell, Republican Leader ‘boxed In’ On Health Care
Mitch McConnell may be Washington's master political tactician, but the Senate majority leader's failure to bring an...
Van Niekerk Sets New World Record For Little-Run 300m
Wayde van Niekerk had promised to get "ridiculous" and the South African tyro hailed as Usain Bolt's likely successor...
US Man Breaks the Ten Commandments — With His Car
A 32-year-old man has been arrested for ramming his car into a monument to the Ten Commandments outside the Arkansas...
Gunmen Attack UN Convoy Near Libya Capital
Gunmen attacked a UN convoy on Wednesday near Zawiyah, about 50 kilometres (30 miles) west of the Libyan capital, a...
FedEx Unit TNT ‘significantly Affected’ By Virus
Shipping giant FedEx said Wednesday that deliveries were slowed at its Dutch unit TNT Express after the firm was hit by...
Michael Moore Donates $10,000 To Trump-As-Caesar Theater
American filmmaker Michael Moore has donated $10,000 to a New York theater that staged a controversial production of...
Bird-Like, Feathered Dinosaurs Hatched Eggs Like Chickens
Feathered dinosaurs that walked on two legs and had parrot-like beaks shared another characteristic with modern...
Nearly 80 Police Hurt In Latest Morocco Unrest
Nearly 80 police officers were injured in two days of clashes with protesters in Morocco's restive Rif region, an...
Asians Stuck In Saudi After Qatari Bosses Ordered Out
Asian migrants working as domestic staff and farmers are stranded in Saudi Arabia -- potentially illegally -- after...
Time Asks Trump Org To Pull Mock Magazine Covers
Time Magazine said Wednesday it has asked the Trump Organization to take down a mock front cover celebrating Donald...
When Trump Raises Funds For Trump At the Trump Hotel
The next US election is still more than 1,200 days away, but Donald Trump is already drumming up cash to pay for it --...
S.African Held By Al-Qaeda In Mali Is ‘well’
A South African who has been held hostage by Al-Qaeda in Mali since 2011 is alive and well, his father said Wednesday,...
Qataris Hire Swiss Lawyers To Sue Gulf ‘siege’ States
A top Qatari human rights group said Wednesday it will employ Swiss lawyers to seek compensation for those impacted by...
Samsung To Invest $380 Mn In New Plant In US
Samsung plans to invest $380 million and hire nearly 1,000 workers for a new manufacturing plant for home appliances in...
Suspected Diarrhoea Kills 38 Sudanese In One Month
Suspected acute diarrhoea has killed 38 Sudanese in the past month and 317 since August 2016, the UN said Wednesday,...
India Approves Plan To Sell Stake In State-Owned Air India
India's cabinet approved Wednesday plans to sell a stake in state-run Air India as the debt-saddled carrier struggles...
Are Asteroids Humanity’s ‘greatest Challenge’?
Throughout its 4.5-billion-year history, Earth has been repeatedly pummeled by space rocks that have caused anything...
US Trial of Pharma Bad Boy Shkreli Delayed Over Jury Selection
The US securities fraud trial of Martin Shkreli, a former pharmaceutical executive who gained notoriety for jacking up...
Tanzania To Speed Up Hydropower Project On UNESCO Site
Tanzania's President John Magufuli plans to speed up the building of a hydroelectric dam in one of Africa's largest...
Up To 100,000 Civilians Trapped In Syria’s Raqa
As many as 100,000 civilians are trapped in Syria's Raqa, as US-backed fighters battle to retake the city from the...