Articles by Kwame Mensah
Wall Street’s ‘Fearless Girl’ Statue To Stay Until 2018
The popular bronze statue of a young girl staring down a bull on Wall Street will stay in place until March 2018, New...
Trump Son-In-Law Faces Russia Questions
President Donald Trump's son-in-law and aide, Jared Kushner, will be questioned by a US committee investigating alleged...
Nuclear Ban ‘not Realistic’
A worldwide nuclear ban is simply not "realistic", the US ambassador to the UN has said, as nearly 40 countries stayed...
Brazil Tribe Compensated For Plane Crash
One of Brazil's top airlines, Gol, has agreed to pay $1.3m (£1m) to an indigenous tribe in compensation for the damage...
Uber Putting Self-Driving Cars Back On the Road
Uber on Monday said its self-driving cars were being put back in action on roads after a weekend crash prompted the...
Pitch Invasions End I.Coast-Senegal Match Early
Numerous pitch invasions forced Monday's friendly between Ivory Coast and Senegal in Paris to be abandoned before...
US Researchers Develop Rapid Blood Test For TB
US researchers on Monday said they have developed a fast blood test for tuberculosis that could speed diagnosis and...
‘Moonlight’ Director To Film Slavery Drama For Amazon
Director Barry Jenkins, whose movie "Moonlight" won this year's best picture Oscar, is to write and direct a drama for...
US Probes Mosul Bombing Amid Worries of Rising Civilian Deaths
The Pentagon said Monday it was reviewing more than 700 video feeds of coalition air strikes on west Mosul, Iraq after...
My Kids Would Not Talk About Their Mum’s Death
Former England captain Rio Ferdinand has told the BBC that his children would not talk about the death of their mother....
Mystery Buyer Snaps Up Trump’s Childhood Home For $2 Mn
President Donald Trump's childhood home in the New York borough of Queens has sold for $2.14 million -- a premium price...
Film Festival Opens In Cinema-Less Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Film Festival opened Monday with 58 homegrown cinematic works to be screened in the ultra-conservative...
Owners Approve Moving Raiders To Las Vegas
NFL team owners granted conditional approval on Monday to allow the Oakland Raiders to move to Las Vegas, the league...
Gross, Pimco Settle Breach-of-Contract Suit
Former Pimco co-founder and bond guru Bill Gross settled a wrongful termination and breach-of-contract suit against his...
Ademi’s Doping Ban Cut To Two Years
Dinamo Zagreb midfielder Arijan Ademi's four-year doping ban has been halved as the Court of Arbitration for Sport...
Man City Fined GBP35,000 Over Penalty Protests
Manchester City are third in the Premier League Manchester City have been fined £35,000 by the Football Association...
Trump Poised To Roll Back Climate Protections
US President Donald Trump will on Tuesday roll back a slew of environmental protections enacted by Barack Obama, in a...
Bears, Packers Defenders Arrested After Bar Fracas
Chicago Bears cornerback Deiondre Hall and Green Bay Packers cornerback Makinton Dorleant were arrested after an...
Backgammon, Football After War Reaches Damascus District
When Syria's war came to 73-year-old Joseph Mghazi's street in the Abbasiyeen neighbourhood of Damascus, he ignored his...
More Than 10,000 Attacks On Yemeni Women In 2016
The conflict in Yemen has made women and girls more vulnerable to gender-based violence, with more than 10,000 cases...