Articles by Kwame Mensah
The Billionaires Club Shrank By 283 Last Year
The billionaire population took a hit last year, declining 3.1% from its record high in 2015, according to a report...
Google Promises To Take Action On ‘hateful’ Content
Google has responded to major companies withdrawing online adverts by promising to take "a tougher stance on hateful,...
Anne Frank Center Demands Apology From Tim Allen After ”30s Germany’ Comment
The Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect is demanding an apology from Tim Allen after the actor compared being a...
Los Angeles ‘only Bidding For 2024’
Los Angeles Olympic bid organisers on Tuesday reiterated that officials remained focused on staging the games in 2024....
Marc Wilmots Named New Ivory Coast Coach
Former Belgium coach Marc Wilmots has been appointed to lead Ivory Coast's World Cup qualifying bid, the country's...
Mars In the 2030s As Trump Signs Law For Manned Missions
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a law that said manned missions to deep space, including to Mars, would be the...
Nude-Photo Scandal Prompts US Marines To Update Social Media Rules
The US Marine Corps has revised its social media guidelines amid a scandal involving the nonconsensual online sharing...
UN Releases $22 Million To Fight Famine Threat In Somalia
The United Nations has approved an emergency loan of $22 million (20.3 million euros) in a bid to prevent another...
Trump, NASA and A Rare Consensus
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a law that said manned missions to deep space, including to Mars, would be the...
No.1 Kerber Looking For Miami Boost
Germany's Angelique Kerber heads into this week's Miami Open in the unusual position of having regained the world...
Five Frozen, Gutted Tigers Found In Vietnam
Authorities in Vietnam have discovered five frozen tigers, all with their organs removed, hidden in a freezer. Official...
US Judge Limits Info From Trial of Drug Kingpin ‘El Chapo’
A US federal judge on Tuesday strictly limited the release of information relating to the trial of Mexican former drug...
Laptop, Tablet Bans On Flights
Britain and the US on Tuesday banned laptops and tablet computers from the passenger compartment of flights from...
Coalition Gathers To Hear Trump Islamic State Plan
The 68-nation US-led coalition against the Islamic State group will meet in Washington on Wednesday to accelerate...
Israel Arrests Turkish Aid Agency Official For ‘aiding Hamas’
Israeli authorities said Tuesday they have arrested a Palestinian employee in Gaza of Turkey's international aid agency...
Twitter Suspends More Accounts Linked To ‘terrorism’
Twitter said Tuesday it suspended 376,890 accounts in the second half of 2016 for "promotion of terrorism," an increase...
Transatlantic Bond ‘getting Stronger’
The transatlantic bond is "getting stronger," Pentagon chief Jim Mattis told NATO's Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday, the...
The Rise and Fall of Ronaldinho
The world of football is not a forgiving place. You can be the most talented and the most loved player in the world,...
Heavens Rain On Tokyo Temple Fashion Parade
It was supposed to be a brave new frontier: an outdoor catwalk show with a Buddhist temple and Tokyo's famed...
Erdogan Says Vote Is Best Response To ‘fascist’ Europe
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said today voting 'yes' in next month's referendum on expanding his powers was...