Articles by Kwame Mensah
Bill Gates Urges UK To Protect Foreign Aid
Reducing the UK government's commitment to foreign aid spending would cost lives, American billionaire philanthropist...
Premier League Revenues Soar But Clubs Still Make A Loss
Premier League clubs posted record revenues of £3.6bn in 2015-16, but still struggled to make a profit. The 20...
GM Says Venezuelan Car Plant Is Seized By Government
General Motors has said its Venezuelan car plant has been seized by the government as political tension rises in the...
Alibaba Backs Decision To Add Video Games To ‘Asia Olympics’
Online retail giant Alibaba Thursday batted down criticism over a decision to add e-sports to the lineup of the 2022...
Kenya Leader Warns Against Violence As Poll Fever Hits
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta warned Thursday against violence as election season gets into full swing, with chaotic...
Iran FM Slams ‘worn-Out’ US Nuclear Accusations
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Thursday criticised "worn-out" US accusations that it was seeking a...
Satellite Dishes Reconnect Post-IS Mosul To World
Satellite dishes have been sprouting on the rooftops of east Mosul since it was retaken from the Islamic State group,...
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif Awaits Ruling
Pakistan's Supreme Court is to issue its ruling on corruption claims which could determine the political fate of Prime...
GM Says Venezuela Has Seized Its Car Plant
General Motors says it will immediately halt operations in Venezuela after its plant in the country was unexpectedly...
Jeremy Corbyn Vows To Change Course of Election
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn will say a Conservative victory on 8 June is not a "foregone conclusion", in his first big...
Thieves Grab $3.5 Million In Cash In Brazen Japan Mugging
Three masked robbers snatched a suitcase stuffed with millions of dollars in cash from a businessman who had just...
French Conductor Leads Tehran Orchestra In Sign of Growing Ties
Growing cultural ties between Iran and Europe were on display on Wednesday night as a French-Iranian conductor became...
Japan To Test Mass Telecommute For 2020 Olympics
Japanese commuters will be encouraged to work from home for one day in a nationwide exercise for the 2020 Olympics that...
South Sudan War Strains Uganda’s Generous Refugee Policy
Ugandan motorbike taxi driver Sadiq Agotre grumbles as he waits for a rare client among thousands of South Sudanese...
Israel Lobbies FIFA As Settlement Showdown Looms
Israel is launching a diplomatic offensive against Palestinian calls for FIFA to impose sanctions over football clubs...
Retiring Duo Misbah, Khan Lead Pakistan Against West Indies
West Indies and Pakistan get a three-Test series underway on Friday at Sabina Park in Jamaica with both teams...
Chemical Arms Watchdog To Vote On Moscow Bid For New Syria Probe
The governing body of the global chemical arms watchdog will Thursday vote on a controversial Russian-Iranian move to...
US Defence Secretary Arrives In Cairo For Sisi Meeting
US Secretary of Defence Jim Mattis arrived in Cairo Thursday on the latest leg of a regional tour, as ties with Egypt...
Monaco Won’t Abandon Attacking Style In Champions League Semis
Leonardo Jardim insisted Monaco will stay true to their attacking philosophy after advancing to the semi-finals of the...
Buffon Surprised By Clean Sheet Against Barcelona
Juventus' performance against Barcelona took Gianluigi Buffon by surprise as the iconic goalkeeper did not expect to...