Articles by Kwame Mensah
Pollock Fears For South Africa’s Cricket Future
South Africa great Graeme Pollock has told AFP the Proteas will have to accept being a "middle of the road" Test side...
Beijing ‘killed’ Liu Xiaobo
Chen Guangcheng, one of China's best-known activists who fled to the United States, charged Thursday that Nobel peace...
FIFA Lifts Ban On Sudan
World football body FIFA said Thursday it had lifted a ban imposed on Sudan last week for government interference in...
US Social Security Funds Run Out In 17 Years
The US government retirement program for the elderly will be exhausted starting in 17 years unless policies are...
Sessions Said He Hadn’t Had Contact With Foreign Government In 7 YEARS
Attorney General Jeff Sessions failed to report meetings last year with Russia's US ambassador on his security...
Baghdad Probing Rights Abuses By Iraqi Forces
Baghdad is investigating allegations of torture and rights abuses meted out by Iraqi security forces to Islamic State...
Amid Antitrust Concerns, Fantasy Sports Sites Call Off Merger
Fantasy sports websites DraftKings and FanDuel announced Thursday they were calling off their planned merger, following...
China’s Feng Grabs Early Lead At US Women’s Open
China's Feng Shanshan fired a bogey-free six-under-par 66 Thursday to grab a one-stroke lead over South Korean Amy Yang...
Morocco PM Plans Government Visits After Social Unrest
Morocco's government will make a regional tour to examine development projects, Prime Minister Saad Eddine El Othmani...
New Republican Health Bill Teeters, With Support In Doubt
Republican leaders unveiled a revamped health care bill Thursday aimed at salvaging President Donald Trump's top...
Egypt Churches Suspend Activities For Security Reasons
Egypt's Coptic and Evangelical Churches have suspended some of their activities for security reasons after a spate of...
Chicago’s Storied Sun-Times Newspaper Sold, For A Song
The Chicago Sun-Times, the city's oldest continuously published daily and winner of eight Pulitzer prizes, has been...
Windows Phone 8 Fades Out As Microsoft Mulls Mobile Strategy
Microsoft has ended support for its Windows 8 smartphones, as the US tech giant focuses on other segments, amid ongoing...
Oladipo, Lowry, Porzingis Join NBA’s Africa Game Lineups
NBA standouts Kyle Lowry, Victor Oladipo and Kristaps Porzingis were among the players named by the league Thursday to...
Videos Appear To Show Killing, Beatings By Iraq Forces
Videos allegedly shot in the Mosul area appear to show Iraqi security personnel executing a detainee and brutally...
Japanese Southpaw Miura Tries To Reclaim World Title
Japan's Takashi Miura set aside his depression 18 months ago and began working to reclaim the World Boxing Council...
Trump, Macron Avoid Criticism of China’s Xi
US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart offered praise for Xi Jinping at a press conference Thursday, but...
Liu Xiaobo’s Family By His Side When He Died
The family of China's Nobel Peace Prize-winning dissident Liu Xiaobo was by his side when he died on Thursday after his...
Trumping Competition, ‘SNl’ Leads Emmys Field After Mocking Prez
Long-running comedy sketch show "Saturday Night Live" was showered with love by the Television Academy Thursday after a...
Mali Conflict Spreading To Burkina Faso, Niger
The conflict in Mali is spilling over to Burkina Faso and Niger, with a significant surge of attacks by extremist...