Articles by Kwame Mensah
Falling Aircraft Sales Prompt Dip In May US Durable Goods Orders
New orders for big-ticket US manufactured goods fell for the second month in a row in May, recording their biggest drop...
EU To Slap Google With Record Fine This Week, Sources Say
The EU's powerful anti-trust regulator will slap Google with a record two billion euro fine as early as Tuesday in...
Modi, In Washington, Hails ‘growing Convergence’ of US-India Interests
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the increasing "convergence" of US-Indian interests and values, as he...
Bahrain Accuses Qatar of ‘military Escalation’
Bahrain's foreign minister on Monday accused Qatar of a "military escalation" in the Gulf diplomatic crisis, an...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
US-Backed Force Has Seized A Quarter of Raqa From IS
US-backed fighters have seized a quarter of Syria's Raqa from the Islamic State group, a monitor said Monday, less than...
Government Websites In Ohio, Maryland Hacked With Pro-IS Messages
Several government websites in the US states of Ohio and Maryland had to be shut down Sunday after being hacked to...
China Releases Nobel Laureate Liu With Terminal Cancer
China's jailed Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has been granted medical parole after being diagnosed with...
China Releases Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo With Terminal Cancer
China's jailed Nobel peace prize laureate Liu Xiaobo has been granted medical parole after being diagnosed with...
Morocco King Slams Development Delays In Restive North
Morocco's king has rebuked ministers over delays to a development programme meant to pump investment into a region...