US Congress Reach Deal On Fresh Sanctions
Leaders of both parties in the US Congress have agreed on legislation that allows fresh sanctions to punish Russia for alleged election meddling. The new legislation would also sharply limit...
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Netanyahu Faces Pressure Over Holy Site After Violence Kills Eight
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced mounting pressure Sunday over new security measures at a sensitive Jerusalem holy site after a weekend of violence left eight people dead, with fears...
Gov’t Committed To Fight Against Cyber Crime – Minister
The government remains committed to the fight against cybercrime, the Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekufful, has said. She said the Communications Ministry had been tasked with the...
Isaac Dogboe Defends Super Bantamweight Title With TKO Win
Ghanaian boxer Isaac Dogboe successfully defended his World Boxing Organisation, (WBO), International Super Bantamweight belt against the former world title challenger Javier Chacon at the Bukom...
Erdogan Says Prolonging Gulf Crisis ‘not In Anyone’s Interest’
Prolonging the crisis in the Gulf sparked by the isolation of Qatar is not in the interest of anyone, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday as he embarked on a key visit to the region....
6 Months Too Early To Expect Results
Anti-corruption crusader, Sydney Casley Hayford has described as premature, the criticisms against the Akufo-Addo government. The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) had described as...
Zidane Confident Cristiano Ronaldo Will Stay At Real Madrid
Zinedine Zidane is confident Cristiano Ronaldo will stay at Real Madrid for “the next two or three years”. Ronaldo was heavily linked with a move away from the Bernabeu earlier this summer, with...
Michy Batshuayi Double Helps Chelsea Down Arsenal
Chelsea made the perfect start to their pre-season tour as Michy Batshuayi scored twice in a 3-0 win over Arsenal. Two goals in as many minutes from Willian (40) and Batshuayi (42) put Chelsea two up...
Participants Set Off For Port Louis, Joburg Today
Ghana’s refreshing lifestyle dial and tourism-inclined radio station, Citi FM, will today, July 23 set off, with some of its discerning listeners, for Mauritius and Johannesburg on a tour of the...
Debt To GDP, Debt Stock and Matters Arising
In 2016, the issue about debt stock and debt to GDP ratio were important part of public financial and economic management discourse in Ghana. Discussions about the economy is still focused on these...
Gov’t Appointees and Party Members Should Collaborate – John Boadu
Acting General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party, John Boadu, has urged government appointees and the members of the party to collaborate effectively to ensure mutual benefits. To achieve this, he...
Amadu Sulley ‘illegally’ Took GHC 6m From Parties
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei has accused the Deputy Commissioner in-charge of Operations at the EC, Amadu Sulley of bagging some GHC 6 million from political parties...
New White House Communications Boss Deletes Tweets Trump Would Not…
Donald Trump's new communications chief has deleted tweets in which he shared views contrary to the US presidents' own, saying they were a distraction. The day after he started his new job Friday,...
Shoot Drug Traffickers If Resist Arrest
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has ordered the police to shoot drug traffickers who resist arrest in the latest effort to eradicate drug use in the country. In a speech to one of Indonesia's...
A Dangerous Route To Manhood
Naked, covered in white clay mud, and with his penis wrapped in leaves, Abongile Maqegu, 20, sits in a hut in South Africa recovering from his circumcision -- a traditional ritual that can prove...
Headway On AIDS Threatened By Funding Slowdown
Progress in beating back the AIDS epidemic risks being eroded by a funding shortfall set to grow under Donald Trump's proposed cuts to global health projects, experts and campaigners warned ahead of...
China Cashing Out As Mobile Payment Soars
Yang Qianqian holds out her smartphone to scan a barcode on the mobile of a vendor selling fresh fruit and vegetables at a bustling outdoor market in Beijing. The dance student is part of an...
Rise and Fall of General Manas
An army 'Big Shot' whose influence seeped across the south, Lieutenant-General Manas Kongpan sat at the apex of Thailand's grisly trade in humans, raking in an untold fortune to keep prying eyes off...
Nigeria’s Ex-Oil Minister Battles Slew of Graft Cases
Nigeria's former oil minister faces charges only at home but her name crops up in a growing number of international cases that lift the lid on the scale of alleged corruption in the country's oil...
Help Akannae Ayine Ebenezer, the Navrongo SHS Student Who Scored 8 A1s In WASSCE
A Science student of the Navrongo Senior High School, Akannae Ayine Ebenezer, with index number 0090501130 has scored distinction in the 2017 West African Senior Schools Certificate Examinations...