Articles by Kwame Mensah
China’s Xi To Attend Hong Kong Handover Anniversary
President Xi Jinping will visit Hong Kong this week to celebrate 20 years since the former British colony's return to...
China Drone King Turns To Farming
China drone-maker DJI is betting on flying machines that shoot pesticide instead of photos to fend off growing...
Boxer Pacquiao Vows To Leave Australia As World Champion
Philippine boxing great Manny Pacquiao arrived in Australia ahead of his title fight with Jeff Horn and declared: "I...
Soweto’s Urban Entrepreneurs Take On the World
At the back of Mandisa Zwane's typical yellow plaster-clad Soweto house is a bustling hive of activity set to a...
‘Down and Dirty’ All Blacks Have Tip For Lions
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has fired up the verbal war with the British and Irish Lions again, suggesting they play...
India’s Modi Heads To Washington For ‘no Frills’ Trump Meet
India's leader heads to the US this weekend for his first meeting with President Donald Trump, seeking to build on...
Philippine Forces Declare Eid Truce In War-Torn City
The Philippine armed forces declared an eight-hour ceasefire Sunday in its ongoing offensive against Islamist militants...
Families Separated By US-Mexico Border Have Fleeting Reunion
After more than a decade apart, the Pastrana family on Saturday finally got to embrace during a special event allowing...
Hopes Dim In Search For 118 Buried By China Landslide
Rescuers dug through earth and rocks for a second day on Sunday in an increasingly bleak search for some 118 people...
Harrison Romps, Kendricks Soars At US Trials
Hurdles star Keni Harrison romped to victory at the US World Championships trials on Saturday as pole vaulter Sam...
Spieth Keeps PGA Travelers Lead With Late Birdie Binge
Jordan Spieth birdied three of the last four holes, including the last with a dramatic 20-foot putt, to grab a...
Trump Wishes Muslims ‘warm Greetings’ For Eid
US President Donald Trump on Saturday sent warm greetings" to Muslims celebrating the end of Ramadan, after his...
Jowly Martha Named World’s Ugliest Dog
A lumbering canine with deep-set wrinkles and a gas problem, Martha the Mastiff is no beauty queen -- but as the newly...
Eight Killed In Huge Explosion At Illegal Mine In Colombia
At least eight people were killed and five remain missing after an explosion at an illegal coal mine in Colombia. A...
Mourners Return To Mali Resort Hit By Jihadists
The debris of the jihadist attack is still scattered for all to see: broken tea cups, charred mobile phones and upended...
Gulf States To Mark End of Ramadan From Sunday
The Eid al-Fitr feast marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan is to start on Sunday in Saudi Arabia and...
Egypt’s Sisi Ratifies Handover of Islands To Saudi Arabia
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ratified a treaty that hands over two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia in a deal...
Mali Relaunches Beleaguered Peace Process
Mali's government and armed groups which signed a 2015 peace deal have relaunched talks aimed at speeding up its...
Kenya’s Kipruto Ready To Step Up Steeplechase Ladder
Kenya's Olympic 3,000 metres steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto feels victory at this year's world championships...
‘Dream Performance’ As Srikanth Sets Up Chen Badminton Final
India's Kidambi Srikanth blew away China's Shi Yuqi with a "dream" performance to set up an Australian Open final...