Articles by Kwame Mensah
Sewol Ferry ‘remains’ Are Animal Bones
Bone fragments recovered from the wreck of South Korea's Sewol ferry are from an animal and not human remains, the...
Gabon President Launches ‘dialogue’ After Election Unrest
Gabonese President Ali Bongo launched a forum Tuesday of political and social groups on resolving a crisis sparked by...
China’s Tencent Takes 5% Stake In Tesla
China's giant Tencent Holdings has taken a five percent stake in the Tesla electric car company as it moves to ramp up...
Indian Police Arrest Five Over Attack On Africans
Police arrested five men Tuesday after hundreds of angry residents of a north Indian city attacked Africans with sticks...
Japan Crush Thailand 4-0 In World Cup Qualifier
Leicester City's Shinji Okazaki celebrated his 50th international goal Tuesday as Japan brushed aside Thailand 4-0 to...
South Korea Ferry Is Raised From the Sea Floor
Bone fragments recovered from the wreck of South Korea's Sewol ferry are from an animal and not human remains, the...
Australia Beat UAE To Boost World Cup Hopes
Australia boosted their World Cup qualifying hopes on Tuesday with a tense, 2-0 win over UAE, whose under-pressure...
IS Counter-Attacks To Defend North Syria Stronghold
Clashes raged around a key northern Syrian town on Tuesday after the Islamic State group launched a counter-attack to...
Over 300 Civilians Killed Since Start of West Mosul Operation
Over 300 civilians have been killed since last month in an offensive against the Islamic State group in western Mosul,...
Clock Is Ticking On Bob Dylan’s Nobel Prize Money
The Swedish Academy has warned that Nobel literature laureate Bob Dylan has until June 10 to deliver the traditional...
Ousted Thai PM Thaksin Slapped With $500 Mn Tax Bill
Thai tax officials slapped ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra with a $500 million bill on Tuesday, resurrecting a...
Wild Thai Tiger Cub Footage Sparks Hope For Endangered Species
Conservationists on Tuesday hailed the discovery of a new breeding population of tigers in Thailand as a "miraculous"...
Ivory Coast, Senegal Game Ends Abruptly Due To Crowd Violence
The friendly match between Senegal and Ivory Coast Monday night with a 1-1 tie aborted because fans stormed the field...
Number of Kenyans Going Hungry Doubles To 3 Mn
The number of Kenyans needing emergency food aid has doubled in the past three months to three million, the Red Cross...
VPN Users In China Megacity Chongqing Face Fines
People in the Chinese megacity Chongqing could be fined for using VPNs to jump over the country's "Great Firewall" that...
Israeli Ban On MP Visits To Flashpoint Holy Site Challenged
An Israeli lawmaker petitioned the Supreme Court Tuesday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ban on visits by...
South Korea Ferry Workers Find Human Remains
Bones and shoes belonging to some of the missing victims of a South Korean ferry disaster in 2014 that killed 304...
IS Counter-Attacks To Defend North Syria Town
The Islamic State group launched a counter-attack Tuesday against US-backed fighters closing in on a key jihadist-held...
Beijing Urges France To Protect Chinese Community After Police…
China on Tuesday urged France to protect its citizens in Paris after police there killed a Chinese father of four,...
Indonesia’s President Says Open To Death Penalty Review
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo said he would restore a moratorium on the death penalty if he won the backing of the...