Articles by Kwame Mensah
British American Tobacco Wins Brexit Sales Boost
British American Tobacco, fresh from its takeover of US peer Reynolds, reported on Thursday sliding first-half net...
Abbas Rival Joins Meeting of Hamas-Led Parliament
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's exiled rival took part in a public meeting with Hamas members of parliament...
Aircraft Jump Causes US Durable Goods To Soar In June
Orders for major US-manufactured goods spiked in June to a three-year high as civilian aircraft orders more than...
Baby Sold By Drug-Addict Father In Bangladesh Returns To Mother
A Bangladeshi woman whose daughter was sold off by her drug-addicted husband described her joy Thursday at being...
Japan’s Defence Minister To Resign Over Scandal
Japan's defence minister Tomomi Inada will resign over an alleged coverup involving military documents, local media...
US Gives Surveillance Planes To Philippines
The United States donated surveillance aircraft and began delivering weapons to the Philippines on Thursday to help its...
White House Aide Backpedals After Appearing To Call For Colleague’s…
Feuding within Donald Trump´s inner circle appeared to burst out on Twitter late Wednesday, when one White House aide...
P&G Sees Higher Sales In Fiscal 2018; Earnings Up
Procter & Gamble reported increased quarterly profits Thursday and forecast higher sales in its next fiscal year as it...
Morocco Arrests British Bitcoin Dealer Wanted In US
Moroccan police have arrested a British dealer in virtual currency Bitcoin wanted on fraud charges in the United...
In the Ruins of Mosul, A Hunt For the Missing
In Mosul, the missing are everywhere, their families hunting through the ruined Iraqi city for traces of lost husbands...
Twitter User Growth Stalls, Revenue Dips
Twitter failed to boost its user base and saw a drop in revenues in the past quarter, the social network said Thursday,...
France Announces Plan To Vet Asylum-Seekers In Libya
France will set up processing centres in Libya for asylum seekers trying to reach Europe across the Mediterranean,...
US-Trained Iraqi Unit Carried Out Mosul Executions
An Iraqi army division trained by American forces summarily executed prisoners in west Mosul, Human Rights Watch said...
How Do You Solve A Problem Like The Gambia?
Six months ago, businessman and political novice Adama Barrow took power in Africa's smallest mainland country after...
Myanmar Seeks WHO Help With Deadly Swine Flu Outbreak
Myanmar health authorities have asked the UN's health agency for help to combat a deadly outbreak of swine flu that has...
Another Four Arrested In Pakistan Revenge Rape
Pakistan police on Thursday arrested four more men involved in the rape of a teenage girl as punishment for a rape...
Etihad Airways Says It Lost $1.87 Bn In 2016
Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways said Thursday it posted a $1.87 billion loss last year, hit by "one-off" impairments on...
Germany’s Ambivalence Over Refugees Hit Big Screens
The biggest grossing German movie last year was a fizzy feel-good summer comedy about the country's refugee influx,...
France To Conduct Asylum Seeker Checks In Libya
France will set up processing centres this summer in Libya for asylum seekers trying to reach Europe across the...
Japan’s Main Opposition Party Chief Steps Down
The head of Japan's reeling main opposition party announced her resignation on Thursday, less than a year after...