American artist Gilbert Baker, who created the rainbow flag recognized around the world as a symbol of gay pride, has died, close friend and rights activist Cleve Jones announced. Baker, who was 65,...
If it weren't for his blond hair and blue eyes, Justus Rosenberg may have never lived to tell the tale of his little-known role in helping hundreds of artists and other intellectuals escape...
By: Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., Ph. D. The name Kumbungu, a township of some three communities in the Northern Region of Ghana, reminds me of the name of the legendary independent African Christian...
New York's mayor pledged Friday to shut down the notorious Rikers Island prison, the city's main jail complex, in a process that will take at least 10 years. "We had to do a lot of work to figure out...
Never-seen photographs from the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon released by the FBI this week show the massive devastation that faced first responders. Twenty-seven pictures from that day...
Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, slowly emerging from post-election seclusion, slammed President Donald Trump Friday for proposing budget cuts to US diplomacy and foreign aid, calling it a...
With flowing instrumental passages, song lengths that baffled radio DJs and lyricism inspired by Hindu scripture, Yes defied rock 'n' roll even while finding success within it. The defining band of...
The former mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, said Friday the United States will keep its commitment to reduce greenhouse gases despite US President Donald Trump's skeptical outlook on climate...
Panama has a new tourist attraction: the building hosting the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm at the heart of the Panama Papers scandal. That is why, workers there say, the sign announcing...
Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao is back in talks for a possible fight with unbeaten Australian Jeff Horn, the Filipino world champion's adviser said Friday. The announcement follows the much-publicised...
South Africa's rand plunged five percent Friday after President Jacob Zuma sacked his finance minister and made ten new cabinet appointments in a dramatic reshuffle that has fuelled fears of a split...
Source: Permanent Mission of Ghana to the United Nations Daasebre Prof. (Emeritus) Emmanuel Oti Boateng, a former Ghana Government Statistician and a member of the United Nations Statistical...
Asian investors moved cautiously Friday following a Wall Street rally inspired by better-than-expected US economic growth data, while South Africa's rand plunged after President Jacob Zuma sacked his...
The United States has said that it is no longer focused on ousting President Bashar al-Assad as it seeks a new strategy to end Syria's civil war. American officials have been shifting away from their...
The Ethiopian parliament has extended by four months a state of emergency it declared six months ago after almost a year of often violent anti-government demonstrations. The widely expected extension...
Wall Street stocks rallied Thursday, shrugging off uncertainty over President Donald Trump's agenda and advancing as US fourth-quarter growth was upgraded and oil prices rose above $50 a barrel....
The Syrian opposition to the Damascus regime said Thursday it rejected "any role" now or in the future for current President Bashar al-Assad, even though the United States now says Assad's departure...
Forget Uber, Lyft has its sights set on a new competitor – buses. The ride-hailing app is introducing a pilot program in San Francisco and Chicago that mirrors the bus service model with fixed...
RwandAir, the national carrier of the Republic of Rwanda will on 23 rd March, 2017 commence direct flights from Accra to Lagos as part of the Airline’s route expansion project in 2017. Lagos...
German automaker Volkswagen AG said Thursday it reached a settlement with 10 US states on environmental and consumer claims stemming from its emissions cheating scandal. The company has agreed to pay...
