Articles by Kwame Mensah
Late Punk Pioneer Alan Vega’s Album Due Next Month
The first track from a posthumous album of punk pioneer and Suicide singer Alan Vega was released on Monday, featuring...
Montana Congressman Avoids Jail For Body Slamming A Reporter
A Montana judge Monday sentenced congressman-elect Greg Gianforte to community service, 20 hours of anger management...
Euro Advances After French Vote; US Tech Shares Tumble Again
French election results favoring President Emmanuel Macron's party boosted the euro but hit European equities Monday,...
Late Football Star Tiote’s Body Flown Back To Ivory Coast
Cheick Tiote's body will arrive back in the Ivory Coast on Thursday where tributes will be paid to the international by...
New Zealand Book America’s Cup Rematch With USA
Emirates Team New Zealand booked an America's Cup rematch with Oracle Team USA on Monday, beating Sweden's Artemis...
Tanzania Says 19 Years of Mining Fraud Cost 75 Billion Euros
Fraud in the mining sector since 1998 has cost Tanzania 75 billion euros ($84 billion), an investigating commission...
US Congressman-Elect Avoids Jail For Assaulting Reporter
A Montana judge Monday sentenced congressman-elect Greg Gianforte to community service, 20 hours of anger management...
Trump’s First Cabinet Meeting Becomes Festival of Praise
A first full meeting of Donald Trump's cabinet featured effusive praise of the embattled president Monday, a bid to...
US Orders GE To Offload Unit To Win Approval For Oil Deal
US antitrust regulators on Monday ordered General Electric to divest one of its units in order to win approval for the...
Iran Book Ticket To 2018 World Cup
Sardar Azmoun and Mehdi Taremi were on target as Iran confirmed their spot in the 2018 World Cup finals with a 2-0...
US Sanctions IS Members Accused of Making Chemical Arms
The United States on Monday slapped financial sanctions on two suspected Islamic State militants accused of...
Diddy Tops Forbes List of Celebrity High Earners
Rapper turned businessman Diddy was the world's top-paid celebrity in the past year, edging out closest competitor...
Tunisian Sentenced To Jail For Smoking During Ramadan
A Tunisian court Monday sentenced to one month in prison a man who smoked a cigarette in public during the Muslim...
HRW Warns Lebanon Against Bringing Back Death Penalty
Human Rights Watch has urged Lebanon to respect its moratorium on the death penalty after calls for its reinstatement...
Dozens of F-35 Fighters Grounded After Oxygen Problem
The US Air Force has temporarily grounded dozens of F-35 stealth fighters while it investigates an oxygen supply issue...
Indian Prime Minister Modi To Meet With Trump In Washington
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the United States later this month to meet President Donald Trump for the first...
Oscar-Winner Stone Brings Putin To US Television
Oliver Stone, the Hollywood director and triple Oscar winner, puts Russian President Vladimir Putin in US living rooms...
Egypt Blocks More Internet Sites
Egypt, under fire for muzzling freedom of expression, has blocked access to around 60 news websites and service...
US Appeals Court Upholds Block On Trump Travel Ban
A US appeals court on Monday left in place a block on President Donald Trump's travel ban targeting citizens from six...
Israeli Intelligence Discovered IS Plans For Laptop Ban
Israeli spies hacked Islamic States computers to uncover a plot to blow up commercial airliners using laptop bombs,...