Reedie Draws Flak At Doha Meet
The World Anti-Doping Agency and its head Craig Reedie faced stinging criticism from national Olympic committees yesterday for its handling of the Russian doping scandal, days before its board...
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Southgate Proud of What He’s ‘proved’
Gareth Southgate said he has shown he can handle “big matches” after concluding his four-game tenure as England’s interim manager with a 2-2 friendly draw against Spain on Tuesday. Appointed...
Donald Trump Debunks Transition Confusion
US President-elect Donald Trump has defended his handling of the transition to the White House, amid reports of disarray in his team. Mr Trump tweeted that the process of selecting his new cabinet...
Trump Denies Transition Disarray
US President-elect Donald Trump has defended his handling of the transition to the White House, amid reports of disarray in his team. Mr Trump tweeted that the process of selecting his new cabinet...
Donald Trump Denies Transition Disarray After Sackings
US President-elect Donald Trump has defended his handling of the transition to the White House, amid reports of disarray in his team. Mr Trump tweeted that the process of selecting his new cabinet...
I Could Have Won Popular Vote If I Needed To
Donald Trump says he could have won the popular vote against Hillary Clinton if he had campaigned differently. With one state left to count, Mrs Clinton has nearly a million more votes than him but...
Steinmeier To Swap German Foreign Ministry For Presidency
Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives agreed on Monday to back Social Democrat Frank-Walter Steinmeier as Germany's next president, creating a vacancy at the foreign ministry at a critical moment...
NDC Clash With NPP At Nana Addo’s Residence
The NDC clash with NPP which happened during a regional health walk organised by the NDC, saw a charged crowd reportedly hurling stones into Nana Addo’s residence. Several media reports on Sunday...
Trump Picks Pence To Lead His Transition Team
U. S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with President-elect Donald Trump to discuss transition plans in the White House Oval Office in Washington, U.S., November 10, 2016. (Xinhua/REUTERS) U. S....
Egyptian Police Arrest Scores of Anti-Sisi Protesters
At least 130 people have been arrested across Egypt as calls for an uprising against poor economic conditions and rising prices went largely unheeded. In the capital Cairo, where riot police had been...
I’ve Not Predicted Victory For Akufo-Addo
Bishop Daniel Obinim, the founder and General Overseer of the International God's Way Church, has warned the two main contenders of the presidential election, President John Dramani Mahama and Nana...
Russia-Africa Investment Hindered By Insufficient Info
For more than two decades, Russia has been trying to regain its Soviet-era economic influence in Africa, but such efforts have regularly hit stumbling blocks. Policy experts and Russian authorities...
No, Donald Trump Can’t Appoint His Kids To His Cabinet
President-elect Donald Trump likely cannot appoint any of his children to head any Cabinet agency or department of government due to anti-nepotism laws. An anti-nepotism law enacted in 1967 prevents...
The African Woman
“Through her voice I saw a free woman, down on her land, a woman who knew how to kill her own chickens, hunt her own possum, cut her own cotton, fix her own roof, make her own whiskey, walk in her...
EC Cuts Prez Aspirants To 7
Another major hurdle has been cleared for the conduct of the December 7 elections as the seven qualified presidential candidates yesterday picked their positions on the presidential ballot paper....
YEA Debunks Recruitment-Scam Label
The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) has dismissed a longstanding public view that the recruitments of its labour force have always favoured only job applicants for whom the district directors of the...
30 Things the Republican Believes
Republican Donald Trump has won victory in the presidential race. What are his policies and beliefs? 1. Arab-Americans cheered the attacks on 9/11. Trump repeatedly claimed that on 11 September,...
Islamic State Abducts More Than 200 Near Mosul
About 100 of the former ISF officers were taken at around midnight on Nov. 3 from Mawaly village Islamic State fighters abducted 295 former Iraqi Security Forces members near the militant stronghold...
At Last, Americans Choose Between Clinton and Trump
Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump face voters on Tuesday as millions of Americans turn out on Election Day to pick the next U. S. president and end a bruising campaign that polls...
Christiano Ronaldo Hoping To Extend Contract
Cristiano Ronaldo wants to continue at Real Madrid beyond 2021 at a press conference held Monday to celebrate the agreement of a new five-year deal with the club. “This is a special day for me,...