Articles by Kwame Mensah
Barrett Back As Hurricanes Weigh Up Brumbies In Super Rugby
All Blacks star fly-half Beauden Barrett's return boosts defending champions Wellington Hurricanes against the ACT...
Syrian Actors Bring Cost of War Home To NY Audience
Six Syrian actors battled a fraught US visa process to tread the boards in New York this week, seeking to impress on...
Riots, Strikes As India Rape Accused Killed In Custody
A man accused of the gang rape and murder of a girl in northern India has been killed in police custody, an official...
Trump and His Campaign Promises
Donald Trump took office trailing a string of promises made during a bruising election campaign. Six months into his...
S. Korean Rapper T.O.P Gets Suspended Sentence For Drug Use
South Korean pop star T. O.P received Thursday a 10-month suspended jail sentence for smoking marijuana multiple times...
No Response From North Korea As Proposed Talks Loom
North Korea has not responded to South Korea's offer to hold military talks Friday, Seoul said, dimming prospects of...
Thai Court To Charge Disgraced Ex-Monk With Rape
A Thai court was set Thursday to charge a disgraced ex-monk with raping an under-age girl, fraud and money laundering...
Boko Haram Suspects Killed, Tortured In Cameroon Custody
Dozens of Boko Haram suspects have died in Cameroon custody, rights group Amnesty International said Thursday, with...
MH370 Search Reveals Hidden Undersea World
The painstaking search for missing flight MH370 has uncovered a previously unknown undersea world of volcanoes, deep...
Fewer ‘good Air’ Days In China Despite Official Efforts
Chinese cities had fewer "good air" days in the first half of 2017 compared to the same period last year despite...
Strong Export Demand To Lift Asian Economies
Surging global demand for Asian exports and low oil prices will help China and the region's developing economies grow...
O.J. Simpson Fate In Hands of Parole Board
Nine years after being sent to prison for armed robbery, fallen American idol O. J. Simpson is to find out whether he...
Trump Says Former FBI Director James Comey of Trying Leverage Dossier
President Donald Trump accused former FBI Director James Comey of trying to leverage a potentially compromising...
Kenyan Cattle Herders Defend ‘necessary’ Land Invasions
Close by a narrow, rickety bridge in Kenya's central Laikipia highlands two herders sit on blistering hot rock next to...
Elon Musk Says Successful Maiden Flight For Falcon Heavy Unlikely
SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk has downplayed the chances of a successful inaugural flight for his Falcon Heavy space...
‘Freedom’ Steak On Menu At ‘Le Dictateur’ In Tunis
A steak dubbed the "Grilled Freedom" is just one stand-out dish on the menu of the Tunisian capital's "Le Dictateur"...
Horton, Sun Clash Gets World Swimming Champs Off To A Bang
Australia's Mack Horton and China's Sun Yang will resume their bad-tempered rivalry in the pool when the swimming...
Dustin Johnson Aiming To Emerge From British Open Pack
Dustin Johnson is aiming to show why he is ranked number one in the world and emerge from a field full of potential...
All Black Sonny Bill Williams Available For Championship Opener
Sonny Bill Williams will have served his red-card ban by next month and be eligible for New Zealand's Rugby...
Chinese City Leadership Shake-Up Signals Xi Power Play
A sudden leadership change in one of China's biggest cities has highlighted President Xi Jinping's ambition to...