Trump Holds First Talks With Pope
US President Donald Trump has met Pope Francis for a short private audience on the third leg of his overseas trip. The Vatican said after the meeting that there had been an “exchange of views” on...
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At Least 30 Migrants Drown In New Med Disaster
At least 30 migrants including young children drowned Wednesday when they fell off an overloaded vessel in the Mediterranean, where tensions are rising between aid ships and the Libyan coast guard....
Kids Are the Break-Out Stars of Cannes Film Festival
Young actors are making waves at this year's Cannes film festival -- often in films that are hardly suitable children's viewing. AFP takes a look at some of the kids who are making a splash: Starring...
Trump Holds First Face-To-Face Talks With Pope Francis
US President Donald Trump has met Pope Francis at the Vatican for a short private audience on the third leg of his overseas trip. He arrived for the meeting along with his wife Melania, daughter...
Taiwan Becomes the First Country In Asia
Taiwan has become the first place in Asia to leaglise gay marriage today following a landmark ruling by the country's top court. A panel of 14 grand justices made the ruling that current regulations...
Identity of Trafficking ‘kingpin’ Still In Doubt A Year After Arrest
One year ago an Eritrean was arrested in Sudan on charges of heading a major people-smuggling network and extradited to Italy, where he has languished in jail ever since -- despite persistent claims...
From the Death Penalty To Gay Marriage
Same-sex marriage, which Taiwan could become the first Asian nation to authorise, is currently legal in around 20 countries around the world, 13 of which are in pioneering Europe. Such unions are,...
Gambia Tackles Sleazy Image To Diversify Tourism
For decades, The Gambia has built a reputation as a haven for tourists willing to pay for sun, sand, sea... and sex. But its tourism board has ambitious plans to give a makeover to this tiny west...
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 Ghana Football Association (GFA) worth $4m is ready for delivery to Ghana. The...
10 Ghanaian Players Who Won Titles With Their Clubs In 2016/17
Ghanaian players were not left out in celebrations, as some of them picked up winners medals with their teams in some of the just ended season in Europe. Sports Update Ghana chronicles 10 Ghanaian...
Music To Dream and Make Love
Electronic music, to many in its soaring fan base, is synonymous with dancing. Not for Air, the duo which sees its suave, spacy songs as more appropriate for dreaming -- or sex. Two decades after...
Ranking Africa’s Premier League Flops, Daniel Amartey Among Worst Underperformers
Following the Premier League's conclusion, KweséESPN name and shame Africa's 10 worst underperformers of the 2016-17 campaign. 10. Daniel Amartey: There were promising signs from Amartey last season...
Tata Motors Profits Fall 17 Percent On Pound Decline
Indian carmaker Tata Motors Tuesday reported a 17 percent fall in quarterly profits, as the pound depreciated against the rupee following Britain's vote to leave the European Union. The company's...
Ecobank Announces Finalists of 2017 Ecobank Fintech Challenge
Ecobank has announced the finalists in the ‘Ecobank Fintech Challenge,’ a competition for African technology start-ups. The list includes 20 innovators from across the continent. The startups...
Ford Names Hackett As CEO To Tackle Car Rivals, Silicon Valley
Ford Motor Co (F. N) abruptly named James Hackett as chief executive on Monday, responding to investors’ growing unease about the U.S. automaker’s slumping stock price and its ability to counter...
Wiyaala Returns To the Road For 2017 European Tour
Wiyaala, the charismatic songbird from the Upper West Region of Ghana, is back in Europe again in 2017 following her critically acclaimed 2016 debut tour. After performing in Berlin last week at the...
Greece To Clear Last Makeshift Refugee Camp In Athens
Efforts are underway to remove hundreds of refugees from an unhygienic makeshift camp at an ex-Olympics facility in greater Athens, a migration ministry source said Tuesday. "We are down there today...
US Approves Sanofi, Regeneron Arthritis Drug
US federal regulators have given the green light to French pharmaceutical company Sanofi and its US partner Regeneron to market a drug to treat the chronic inflammatory condition, rheumatoid...
Mahama At AfDB 2017 Annual Meetings In India
The bane of agriculture in Africa is the disinterest of educated young people in the sector, Ghana’s former President, Mr John Dramani Mahama has said. According to him, the perception that...
Trump Arrives For Talks With Palestinian Leader In Bethlehem
US President Donald Trump arrived for talks with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday as they seek ways to renew Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts. Trump...