One person has died with two other sustaining serious injuries after the car they drove in crashed in a fatal accident at Bawjiase in the Central Region. The two who sustained the injuries have been...
The Electricity Company of Ghana is celebrating its 4th National safety week in Cape Coast. The celebration is to create staff awareness about health and safety issues. Speaking at the launch of the...
Mr John Manu, the Upper East Regional Director of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA), has said the Region is endowed with huge agricultural potential which could be exploited for the...
The impact of extreme natural disasters is equivalent to a global $ 520 billion loss in annual consumption, and forces some 26 million people into poverty each year. A new report from the World Bank...
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) says it appreciates the valuable contribution of traditional rulers towards environmental conservation. It said that efforts by traditional rulers were very...
A tsunami has hit after an earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-7.8 quake hit just after midnight (11:02 GMT on Sunday), some 95km (59 miles)...
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand's South Island at 6 a.m. ET on Sunday. An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck 91 kilometres north-northeast of the city of Christchurch, New...
Map showing the magnitude of the earthquake on the island A powerful earthquake has struck New Zealand's South Island, US experts say. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-7.4 quake hit some...
Somali President Hassan Sheik Mohamud has appealed to the international community to provide humanitarian assistance to people affected by severe drought which is ravaging the Horn of Africa nation....
Ghana Chief Fire Officer, Albert Brown Gaisie has been enskinned as a chief in Wa in the Upper West Region. The ceremony was held at the Wa Naa’s palace this week. Albert Brown Gaisie was given the...
When you have a billion people using your service, you have an obligation to keep your users secure, even when they behave in unsafe ways. Alex Stamos, Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Facebook,...
The boy could not be rescued. A four-year-old boy was burnt to death in a fire outbreak at Kanda in Accra Friday morning. The fire is suspected to have been caused by the boy while playing with...
Uganda has warned that the persistent drought has placed over 7 million people at risk. As experts meet in Morocco this week for the UN Climate Change summit, the East African country said climate...
Dozens have starved to death in beseiged Madaya The town of Madaya in Syria has been under siege for more than a year. Cut off from regular supplies of food, medical supplies and electricity, many of...
At least 10 feared dead in Pakistan blast At least 10 people have been killed in explosion at a Muslim shrine in the Khuzdar region of Pakistan, officials say. Scores more are reported to have been...
The international community is falling short in its commitment to Haiti's recovery, the country's interim President Jocelerme Privert says. Jocelerme Privert told the BBC that devastating losses from...
Builders on Thursday finished work on the world’s highest road tunnel on the Sichuan-Tibet highway. Builders on Thursday finished work on the world’s highest road tunnel on the Sichuan-Tibet...
Tens of thousands of households in central China’s plateau region remain in the dark after heavy snow hit the area three days ago, local officials said Friday. Locals in Hongtu Village of Enshi...
China is likely to meet this year’s targets early for reducing overcapacity in the coal and steel sectors, a Chinese official said Friday. Li Pumin, secretary general of the National Development...
China sent into space a meteorological satellite, Yunhai-1, at 7:14 a.m. Saturday from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China’s gobi desert. Yunhai-1 was carried by a Long March-2D...
