Articles by Kwame Mensah
N.Korea ‘flatly Rejects’ UN Vow To Tighten Sanctions
North Korea on Tuesday "flatly rejected" a United Nations statement vowing to punish its latest banned missile test...
China Hails New US Ambassador’s ‘positive Role’
China welcomed on Tuesday the US Senate's confirmation of Iowa Governor Terry Branstad as US ambassador to Beijing,...
King Tut’s Bed, Chariot To Be Moved To New Cairo Museum
The chariot of king Tutankhamun will roll through the Egyptian capital's streets on Tuesday, only on the back of a...
Bahrain Police Open Fire On Shiite Sit-In
Bahrain police on Tuesday opened fire on a long-running sit-in in support of a leading Shiite cleric in the Sunni-ruled...
Trump Condemns ‘evil Losers’ Behind Manchester Attack
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday condemned the "evil losers" behind a bomb attack at a pop concert in the British...
US Approves Sanofi, Regeneron Arthritis Drug
US federal regulators have given the green light to French pharmaceutical company Sanofi and its US partner Regeneron...
Militant Attack On Afghan Army Base Kills 10 Soldiers
At least 10 Afghan soldiers were killed when militants attacked their army base in the southern province of Kandahar,...
Google AlphaGo AI Takes On A Master of the Ancient Chinese Board Game
It's man vs machine this week as Google's artificial intelligence programme AlphaGo faces the world's top-ranked Go...
China Gasps At Airy Speech By Grad Student In US
A young Chinese woman has drawn criticism on social media after unfavourably comparing her homeland's air and politics...
Jakarta Governor Dropping Appeal ‘for Sake of Nation’
The wife of Jakarta's Christian governor told a tearful press conference Tuesday her husband had withdrawn his appeal...
Google AI Programme Beats Top-Ranked Go Player
Google's computer programme AlphaGo beat the world's top-ranked player in the ancient Chinese board game Go on Tuesday,...
Crew Couldn’t Stomach ‘The Mummy’ Stunt, Says Star Cruise
Hollywood star Tom Cruise revealed on Tuesday that a nauseous film crew was "vomiting in between takes" while shooting...
Trump Meets Palestinian Leader In Bethlehem
Donald Trump made the short trip from Jerusalem to Bethlehem Tuesday to meet Mahmud Abbas, who was hoping to convince...
Trump Arrives For Talks With Palestinian Leader In Bethlehem
US President Donald Trump arrived for talks with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank...
Trump Visits Abbas In Bethlehem, Salutes Palestinian Military Officers
Donald Trump made the short trip from Jerusalem to Bethlehem Tuesday to meet Mahmud Abbas, who hopes to convince the...
Indonesian Men Caned For Gay Sex Before Jeering Crowd
Two Indonesian men were caned Tuesday in front of a jeering crowd as a punishment for gay sex, in a first for the...
Myanmar Army Clears Itself of Rohingya Atrocity Claims
Myanmar's army on Tuesday cleared itself of allegations that troops may have carried out ethnic cleansing of Rohingya...
Hong Kong Police Arrest 21 Uber Drivers In Sting
Hong Kong police on Tuesday arrested 21 Uber drivers for carrying passengers without a proper permit following an...
Political Princess To Courtroom Accused
The corridors of power were home to South Korea's Park Geun-Hye as a child, de facto first lady, and president. Now she...
North Korea-Linked Hackers ‘highly Likely’ Behind WannaCry
The Lazarus hacking group, widely believed to be connected to North Korea, is "highly likely" responsible for the...