Avoid Southern Philippines
Western governments are warning their citizens against travelling to nearly all of the southern third of the Philippines, citing the rising threats of terror attacks and kidnappings by Islamist...
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Locals Untrustworthy, Foreigners To Get Gov’t Projects – Atta-Akyea
Priority will be given to foreign engineers on key government projects because of the inability of local engineers execute projects to the required qualitative standards, the Minister of Works and...
Trump’s Transgender Military Ban ‘not Worked Out Yet’
The White House has not yet decided how it will implement the president’s ban on transgender people serving in the US military. Mr. Trump’s surprise Twitter announcement on Wednesday has been met...
Amidu Punches Holes In Special Prosecutor’s Bill As Gov’t Withdraws It
Former Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Martin A. B. Amidu, has warned that the Special Prosecutor’s bill currently before Parliament will lack the power to fight corruption if passed to...
Ghana, Malta To Deepen Ties of Co-Operation
Ghana and Malta have pledged to strengthen the ties of co-operation that exist between the two countries, as well as collaborate further and provide mutual support for each other at both bilateral...
Krowor MP, NGO De-Worm Thousands In Constituency
The Member of Parliament for Krowor who doubles as the Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development Elizabeth Afolley Quaye over the weekend partnered with Mandogue Foundation to de-worm over...
Prez Refers EC To CJ
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has referred a petition purporting to invoke Article 146(3) of the Constitution, in respect of the office of the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs....
Publish Investments of NEIP Beneficiaries’
Foundation for Generational Thinkers (FOGET) has called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to impress upon management of National Entrepreneurship and Innovative Plan (NEIP) to periodically...
S. Korea’s President Moon Adopts Abused Pooch
South Korean President Moon Jae-In has welcomed a new member into his family: Tory, a black mutt who was reportedly headed for the dinner table before being rescued two years ago. The pooch's...
China and India Locked In High-Stakes, High-Altitude Border Row
A border standoff between Chinese and Indian troops on a remote Himalayan plateau has heightened long-standing tensions while ensnaring a tiny kingdom, Bhutan, between the two nuclear-armed powers....
Under Pressure, Trump Turns Attention Back To Clinton
Two chants emerged as hallmarks of Donald Trump's campaign rallies as he made his improbable run for the White House. One was "Build the wall!" and the other was "Lock her up!" The plan for a wall on...
Former Fiat Chrysler US Exec Indicted In Union Payoff Scheme
A Detroit grand jury on Wednesday indicted a former Fiat Chrysler executive in charge of negotiating US labor agreements, charging him with raiding a workers' training fund to benefit himself and...
Tillerson Denies Suggestions He Will Resign
US Secretary of State on Wednesday Rex Tillerson denied suggestions that he plans to resign because of disagreement with the White House. "I'm not going anywhere," Tillerson told reporters said as...
EC Chair, Deputies Must Step Aside – IDEG
The Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG) Ghana has joined calls for the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission and her deputies to step aside, following allegations of financial malfeasance...
Trump Says Transgender Personnel Barred From US Military
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that transgender people may not serve "in any capacity" in the US military, upending a key policy from Barack Obama's administration and drawing swift...
Egypt Sets Up ‘national Council’ To Combat ‘terror’
Egypt has created a "national council" to combat the rise of Islamist "terrorism" which has targeted its security forces and Coptic Christian minority, in a presidential decree issued on Wednesday....
Reviving Rare Dvorak Opera and Finding the Present
It was a time of chaos and intrigue in Russia, laden with questions about political legitimacy. So goes the plot of a rare Dvorak opera, which is being revived with an eye on its modern relevance....
Israel-Turkey Fallout Deepens Over Muslim Holy Site
A fallout between Turkey and Israel deepened on Wednesday as the Jewish state hit back at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's criticism of its constraints on Muslims visiting a sensitive holy...
US Congressman Leaves Hospital Six Weeks After Being Shot
Steve Scalise, the US congressman shot last month by a gunman angry about President Donald Trump, has been released from the hospital and will undergo extended rehabilitation, the hospital announced...
US Republicans Jump-Start Health Care 2.0, Outcome Uncertain
Reinvigorated US Senate Republicans on Wednesday resumed their marathon effort to uproot Obamacare, but what their health legislation may ultimately look like remained a question mark. Senate...