Articles by Kwame Mensah
Weirather Wins Super-G Crown As Shiffrin Kept Waiting
US star Mikaela Shiffrin was kept waiting for the overall women's World Cup crown by the slimmest of margins Thursday...
Trump Budget ‘cripples’ Environment, Science, Critics Say
US President Donald Trump's proposed 2018 budget would slash funding for science, health and environmental programs at...
SpaceX Lights Up the Florida Night Sky
SpaceX on Thursday successfully launched a communications satellite into space from the Kennedy Space Center in...
Two Killed In Attack On South Sudan Aid Convoy
The International Organization for Migration said Thursday that two people were killed when gunmen attacked an aid...
McDonald’s Probing Hacked Tweet Slamming Trump
McDonald's is investigating an apparent hack into its Twitter feed following a briefly-posted diatribe against...
Trump Envoy Meets Israeli Settlers In Unusual Move
A top adviser to US President Donald Trump met Israeli settler leaders Thursday in an unusual move that may raise fresh...
CAF President Ahmad Ahmad Celebrates Victory In Style
Ahmad Ahmad’s victory as the new CAF President was accepted with heavy jubilation and merry making from fans and...
Palestinian Leader Abbas Says Trump Brings Hope For ‘peace’
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he hopes recent meetings with US President Donald Trump's team lead to...
Namibia Lodges Colonial-Era Claim Against Germany In NY Court
More than a century after a long-hushed genocide took place in Namibia while under German colonial rule, descendants of...
Indian Police Say Murdered Irish Woman Also Raped
A young Irish woman who was murdered in the popular Indian tourist destination of Goa was also raped, police said...
Trump’s Budget Would Cut NASA Asteroid Mission, Earth Science
Under US President Donald Trump's proposed budget, NASA's funding would stay largely intact but the space agency would...
Singer Anohni Offers Song In Exchange For Fan Emails
The singer Anohni is offering a missing song from her upcoming work for free -- to anyone who sends her a heartfelt...
Trump Ready To Fight After Travel Ban Again Blocked
President Donald Trump braced Thursday for a long legal battle over his ban on travel from six mainly-Muslim countries...
Middlesbrough Sack Manager
Middlesbrough have sacked manager Aitor Karanka after three and a half years at the club. Boro are winless in their...
Myanmar Must Allow Rohingya To Leave Camps
Myanmar should close bleak camps where tens of thousands of displaced Rohingya Muslims have been trapped for nearly...
Somali Coastguard In Gunfight Near Hijacked Ship
Coastguards in northern Somalia exchanged gunfire Thursday with armed men aboard a boat heading towards a hijacked oil...
Trump Adviser Meets Israeli Settler Leaders In Unusual Move
A top adviser to US President Donald Trump met Israeli settler leaders Thursday in an unusual move likely to raise...
‘I Am Not An Accidental President’
On his first trip outside Africa, new Gambian President Adama Barrow said he was confident France and the EU would...
Injured Tourists Forced To Flee As Mount Etna Erupts
Several tourists have been injured as Mount Etna erupted for the third time in just under three weeks, spitting molten...
Euro MPs Approve ‘conflict Minerals’ Crackdown
The European Parliament on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a law requiring firms to ensure they do not use so-called...