Articles by Kwame Mensah
Streaming Now Makes Up Most US Music Industry Revenue
Streaming for the first time accounted for most recorded music revenue in the United States last year, bringing the...
US Stocks Shake Gloom As Oil Tops $50/barrel
Wall Street stocks rallied Thursday, shrugging off uncertainty over President Donald Trump's agenda and advancing as US...
Manatees Are No Longer Endangered
Manatees are no longer an endangered species, US officials said Thursday, declaring success after decades of efforts to...
Fifa Propose Nine African World Cup Spots
An African nation has never lifted the World Cup trophy in its 87 year history Fifa is proposing that Africa gets nine...
Syrian Opposition Rejects ‘any Role’ For Assad
The Syrian opposition to the Damascus regime said Thursday it rejected "any role" now or in the future for current...
US Warns China It Is Losing Patience Over North Korea
The US ambassador to the United Nations on Thursday said China can and must do more to force North Korea to halt its...
Chinese Win World Figure Skating Pairs Gold
China's Sui Wenjing and Han Cong survived a fall to claim a first pairs gold at the world figure skating championships...
Fifa Announces Proposed Split For 48-Team World Cup
Uefa has achieved its stated aim of 16 slots. Its president, Aleksander Ceferin, made it clear that would be his demand...
Konta Set For Venus Williams Semi-Final
British number one Johanna Konta produced a superb battling display to reach the Miami Open semi-finals with victory...
‘Time Is Right’ For Cricket At the Olympics
West Indies beat England in the final of last year's World T20 The "time is right" for cricket to apply for a place at...
ISIS Is Smuggling Women and Children Into Fighting Positions, US Says
The ISIS fighters battling Iraqi forces in Mosul have come up with yet another dastardly way to exploit the civilian...
IS Fighters In Mosul Provoking Coalition Strikes On Civilians
Islamic State group fighters battling Iraqi forces in Mosul are holding civilians hostage in buildings and then...
Removing Assad ‘not Our Priority’
The US ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday that Washington is no longer focused on ousting President Bashar...
Democrats Urge Probe of Trump Ties To Iran-Linked Oligarch
Senior Senate Democrats on Thursday said they were demanding the US government investigate connections between...
McDonald’s To Use Fresh Beef On Some US Burgers
McDonald's announced Thursday it will shift to fresh beef in its new made-to-order Quarter Pounder hamburgers in most...
Oil Workers Seized By S.Sudan Rebels Freed
Three foreign petroleum engineers abducted by South Sudanese rebels have been released after negotiations brokered by...
Brazil Ex-Speaker Eduardo Cunha Jailed For 15 Years
A judge has sentenced the former speaker of the lower house of the Brazilian Congress, Eduardo Cunha, to 15 years and...
Russia ‘tried To Hijack US Election’, Says US Senator
Russia tried to hijack the US democratic process, says a senator investigating alleged interference in the US election....
King Abdullah To Visit White House April 5
Jordan's King Abdullah will visit the White House next week for his second meeting with Donald Trump since the US...
Gulf Ministers Condemn Iran’s Support To Bahrain ‘terrorists’
Gulf ministers meeting in Riyadh on Thursday condemned what they termed Iran's support for "terrorist gangs" in Bahrain...