Articles by Kwame Mensah
Pomp and Mourning For France On Bastille Day
French President Emmanuel Macron will attend a Bastille Day military parade on Friday alongside his American...
Leicester City’s Thai Owners To Be Sued By Graft-Buster
A Thai anti-corruption official on Friday said he is suing King Power, the duty free giant that owns Leicester City...
Afghan Charged Over Smuggling Asylum-Seekers To Australia
An Afghan man who reportedly made millions of dollars smuggling asylum-seekers to Australia by boat has been extradited...
Wenger Keeps Tabs On Budding Arsenal Star Nelson
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says teenager Reiss Nelson is "very close" to more first-team action after his dazzling...
Pain Runs Deep For Taiwan Artists 30 Years After ‘White Terror’
When saxophonist Chen Shen-ching was jailed during Taiwan's "White Terror" political purges, it was music that helped...
Australia Cautiously Enters Medical Marijuana Market
At a secret location in Australia's southeast, Peter Crock delicately tends to a two-month-old cannabis cutting. Barely...
ADB Warns Climate Change ‘disastrous’ For Asia
A business-as-usual approach to climate change will be "disastrous" for Asia, undoing much of the phenomenal economic...
Politics Not Pasture Drives Violence In Kenya’s Heart
Footsteps came first, then unfamiliar voices, the smell of cow dung and the kicking in of the front door. Suddenly...
Hunger-Striking Pair Become Symbols of Turkey Purge
An Ankara academic and teacher who have been on hunger strike for over four months after being sacked in the wake of...
One Dead As Under-Construction Singapore Highway Collapses
One man was killed and 10 others injured in Singapore Friday when a partially-built elevated highway they were working...
Australia To Compel Chat Apps To Hand Over Encrypted Messages
Social media giants like Facebook and WhatsApp will be compelled to share encrypted messages of suspected terrorists...
Rapper DMX Arrested, Charged With Evading $1.7mn In Taxes
Rapper DMX turned himself in to authorities on federal charges of tax fraud, according to New York prosecutors. The...
The Iran Nuclear Deal
The landmark nuclear deal signed two years ago on July 14, 2015 by Iran and major world powers led to a partial lifting...
Rwanda Opposition In Uphill Battle Against Powerful Kagame
On the impeccably clean streets of Rwanda's capital, where a skyline of gleaming new buildings pokes through undulating...
Federer Steps Into Wimbledon Land of the Giants
Roger Federer stands just two wins away from a record eighth Wimbledon title but faces a perilous trip through the land...
Two Years On, Nuclear Deal Has Fewer Friends In US and Iran
Signed with pomp and fanfare on July 14, 2015, the Iranian nuclear agreement was heralded as a triumph for American...
Trump Son-In-Law Under Pressure Over Russia Scandal
Donald Trump's eldest son Don Jr may be in the media spotlight over his notorious Trump Tower meeting with a Russian...
Drinks Meet Dragons At ‘Game of Thrones’ Pop-Up Bar
Claim your rightful place upon the Iron Throne, or drink a cocktail of Shame, Queen Cersei-style -- the choice is...
World Reacts With Praise, Sadness To Liu Death
The world hailed Chinese Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo as a brave fighter for human rights after his death from...
Judge Voids Label’s Murky Deal For Prince Catalog
A judge on Thursday rescinded Universal Music's $31 million deal for unreleased work of late pop icon Prince after the...