An 18th Century Chinese imperial seal has been sold for a record €21m (£18m, $22m) - more than 20 times its estimated price. The sale, to an unnamed Chinese collector, took place in Paris on...
Less than five months before the first round of presidential elections, France’s new government has desperate little time to accomplish any policy goals. But the new prime minister, Bernard...
A picture of Eiffel Tower in Paris after it went dark for the Earth Hour environmental campaign Paris will turn off the famed lights of the Eiffel Tower on Wednesday as a gesture of solidarity with...
It is said, “God reveals to redeem”. However, in most cases when a revelation comes, the same God revealing what is about to happen does prescribe a solution in a form of instructions to whoever...
It is said, “God reveals to redeem”. However, in most cases when a revelation comes, the same God revealing what is about to happen does prescribe a solution in a form of instructions to whoever...
Donald Trump is not even President yet, but he's already turning US foreign policy on two of the biggest challenges to American power -- China and Russia -- on its head. In just five weeks as...
Two men involved in the November 2015 Paris attacks have been killed in Syria in a US air strike, officials say. The men, named in a Pentagon statement as Salah Gourmat and Sammy Djedou, were members...
Two men involved in the November 2015 Paris attacks have been killed in Syria in a US air strike, officials say. The men, named in a Pentagon statement as Salah Gourmat and Sammy Djedou, were members...
Christine Lagarde is taking time off her day job tackling the world's financial crises to face trial on Monday for her role in a $425 million state payout to a French tycoon in 2008. The...
A lawyer for the Gabon opposition leader Jean Ping, who is still disputing the re-election of President Ali Bongo, has been missing for three days, according to Ping’s team. Eric Iga Iga, one of...
Islamic State group fighters have re-entered Palmyra, nine months after losing the ancient Syrian desert city, activists say. IS held Palmyra and its nearby ruins for 10 months before it was...
Odimegwu Onwumere writes that the inability of the government to refurbish medical centres with modern radiotherapy machines has led to many cancer patients squirm their teeth in anguish while others...
Few readers would know that the late Rudolf Leopold (1925-2010), founder of the Leopold Museum in Vienna, had an interest in African and Oceanian arts and even those aware of this, would hardly know...
The Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, possesses an impressive record of national political activism and achievements that spans a period of four...
Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom — PPP Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom was born on 15th February, 1953 in Elmina in the Central Region. Education Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom began his education at the St. Joseph’s Catholic...
Google has confirmed it will hit its target of offsetting 100% of the energy used at its data centres and offices against power from renewable sources. The firm first made the commitment in 2015 to...
On my way to work this morning, one man asked: “What does this Soyinka want?” Sitting beside him in the same bus, I couldn’t immediately provide a reply. One thing I was sure of was that this...
After suffering through an abusive relationship, many people will fall in love "on the rebound." They finally escape the clutches of an ogre only to jump, often without looking, into the embrace of...
It is particularly difficult to foretell what the foreign policy of a US president-elect will be. We have plenty of examples of US presidents who – after coming into office – did not follow...
"The treaty does not say that France must undertake to have children, but it is the first thing which ought to have been put in it. For if France turns her back on large families, one can put all the...
