A UK-wide inquiry will be held into the contaminated blood scandal that left at least 2,400 people dead, the prime minister has confirmed. A spokesman for Theresa May said it would establish the...
The International Olympic Committee agreed Tuesday to award the 2024 and 2028 Games at the same time, effectively guaranteeing that Paris and Los Angeles will be the hosts. The French capital is...
Political heavyweights from Paris and Los Angeles courted the International Olympic Committee on Monday ahead of a key vote likely to determine the hosts of the 2024 and 2028 Games. French President...
Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti said Monday he was committed to bringing the Olympics back to Los Angeles, while reaffirming support for a plan to award the 2024 and 2028 Games together. Garcetti...
Joseph Petty, Mayor of the city of Worcester in Massachusetts, USA has presented Ghanaian dancehall artiste Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr. known on stage as Shatta Wale key to the city. The event...
Senegal kicked off campaigning Sunday for parliamentary elections later this month, with a record number of candidates vying to weaken President Macky Sall -- including 91-year-old ex-leader...
France will end sales of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 as part of an ambitious plan to meet its targets under the Paris climate accord, Emmanuel Macron’s government has announced. The...
The rains are at our doorstep once again. And guess what? The filth and ugly nature of our capital city, the indiscriminate litter attitude we live with, have all been laid bare once again as...
First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo today visited the Lavender Hill Sludge Treatment Project in Accra to familiarize herself with the level of work and activities undertaken at the plant. During the...
First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo on Thursday visited the Lavender Hill Sludge Treatment Project in Accra to familiarize herself with the project. She pledged her support for current activities ongoing...
Thai officials have filed criminal charges against a news website for branding the popular beach destination of Koh Tao "Death Island" in reports about a string of murky tourist fatalities. Koh Tao's...
The number of people living rough on the streets of New York increased nearly 40 percent this year as America's financial capital struggles to turn the tide against homelessness. An annual survey...
A Mexican mayor has married a CROCODILE in a bizarre ceremony as part of an age old tradition to ‘bring luck’ to local fishermen. The female crocodile – known as ‘The Princess’ – was...
Boko Haram jihadists have kidnapped 37 women and slit the throats of nine other people at a village in southeastern Niger, the regional governor said Tuesday. The attack happened on Sunday at the...
The US decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement has given a "global push" to the deal, as other signatories have strongly recommitted to the landmark accord, UN chief Antonio Guterres...
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been released from prison on parole after serving two-thirds of a 27-month sentence for fraud. He was jailed in 2016 after being convicted of bribery and...
Ehud Olmert was once described as "probably the best" politician Israel ever produced, but the debonair ex-premier who was released from prison on Sunday has seen a humiliating fall from grace....
Thousands of Singaporeans dressed in pink packed a city park on Saturday for a gay-rights rally under tight security after the government banned foreign participants. Singapore's Pink Dot rally...
Two high-end American labels will make their Paris haute couture debuts Sunday in a week when the French capital pays tribute to two of fashion's legends. New York-based Proenza Schouler and...
A man opened fire in a busy New York hospital on Friday afternoon, killing a female doctor and wounding six other people before turning his weapon on himself, according to officials. The shooter was...
