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Puerto Ricans Vote On Knotty US Relationship

To become a true US state, to choose independence or to maintain the status quo: Puerto Ricans will on Sunday mull...

News

Venomous Centipedes Invade Homes, Farms In Juaboso Area

Thousands of poisonous centipedes have invaded farms and homes of over 170 settlements in the Juaboso District of the...

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Puerto Rico, A US Cousin, Mulls Its Status and Identity

"How pretty is the flag, is the flag of Puerto Rico!" The salsa lyric blasts out of a little ice cream stand outside...

Business

GHC10bn ‘inherited Debt’ Impeding Operations

Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Baidoo, has revealed that the cocoa buying...

Business

Ghana Partners India To Boost Tomato Production

Ghana and India are collaborating under a Pilot Research Project on Tomato Production, which would ensure that there is...

Business

World Bank Report Cites Corruption For Low Cocoa Production In Ghana

The absence of transparency in fertilizer distribution and low farm gate prices hampered the effort of cocoa farmers in...

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Envoys Wade In To Help US Waters Despite Trump Climate Snub

President Donald Trump may have torpedoed the Paris climate accord as US diplomats brace for huge cuts to their...

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Move To Re-Write Venezuelan Constitution Amid Planned Protests

Venezuela's opposition called for weekend protests as Thursday's deadline neared for candidates for an assembly to...

International

Former Panamanian Strongman Manuel Noriega Has Died

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega has died at the age of 83 following brain surgery this year. Noriega, who...

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Former Panamanian Dictator Manuel Noriega Dead At 83

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega, who was on the CIA payroll, ousted from power by US soldiers in...

News

Ex-Panama Military Ruler Manuel Noriega Dies At 83

General Manuel Antonio Noriega, former military leader of Panama, has died aged 83, officials have announced. Noriega...

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In China, Maggots Finish Plates, and Food Waste

Thousands of voracious white maggots wiggle frenetically while tearing through trayfuls of leftover meat, vegetables...

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Hunter-Gatherers Win Battle Against Kenya Government

The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Friday ruled the Kenyan government had violated the rights and freedoms...

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Trump Targets MS-13 Gang To Buttress Immigration Crackdown

For a president obsessed with deporting "bad hombres" from the United States, the Latino street gang known as MS-13 is...

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Guns N’ Roses Keep Reunion Going For Another Round

More than a year after a long-mulled reunion finally materialized, rock greats Guns N' Roses on Thursday extended their...

Entertainment

Jamaican Artiste Wayne Wonder Endorses Stonebwoy

Jamaican reggae and dance hall artiste Wayne Wonder has showered praises on Ghanaian dance hall artiste Stonebwoy. A...

International

Venezuela Student ‘killed By National Guard’

A student who died at an anti-government protest in Caracas last month was killed by a tear gas canister fired by the...

Sports

StarTimes $4million OB van For Ghana Premier League Ready For Delivery

One of two outside broadcast vans which is part of a 10-year agreement between StarTimes Communications Group and the...

International

Mexican Tarahumara Woman Wins 50km Race Wearing Sandals

A 22-year-old woman from Mexico's Tarahumara indigenous community has won a 50km (31 miles) ultramarathon wearing...