Afghan Civilian Deaths Hit New High
The people of war-torn Afghanistan continue to bear the brunt of the grinding conflict with civilian deaths at their worst since records began, the United Nations said Monday. Deaths in the capital...
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Top Philippine Paper In Sale Talks After Duterte Threat
Top newspaper the Philippine Daily Inquirer said Monday its owners are in talks to sell the publication, months after President Rodrigo Duterte threatened a shame campaign against them over critical...
Pato Finds Mojo In China After Years of Decline
Alexandre Pato is rediscovering his love for football in China after a turbulent few years saw his career nosedive before he had even reached his prime. The 27-year-old forward hit a cracker from...
7th Prisons Service Council Inaugurated
A 13-member Prisons Service Council has been inaugurated to advise the President on matters of policy relating to the organisation and maintenance of prison system in Ghana, as well as advice on the...
India Votes For Next President From Lowest Dalit Caste
Indian lawmakers voted Monday to pick the country's president, who is certain to come from the lowest Dalit caste, in an election seen as strengthening Prime Minister Narendra Modi's grip on power....
South Korea Proposes Rare Military Talks With North Korea
South Korea has proposed holding military talks with the North, after weeks of heightened tension following Pyongyang’s long-range missile test. If they were to go ahead, they would be the first...
This Is Good News For Our Cocoa Sector
LAST week President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced that Switzerland has agreed to assist Ghana to increase its cocoa production and as well add value to its raw cocoa beans locally....
Pressure On GWCL To Dredge Densu River
Elders of Tetegu and leaders of communities affected by the spillage of the Weija Dam in Accra have called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to impress upon the Ghana Water Company Limited...
US Firms Face Hiring Difficulties, Business Survey Says
A growing share of US employers are struggling to hire new workers and some have raised wages as a result, according to a survey released on Monday. The National Association of Business Economists...
Chinese Censors Can’t Bear Winnie the Pooh
Has Winnie the Pooh done something to anger China's censors? Some mentions of the lovable but dimwitted bear with a weakness for "hunny" have been blocked on Chinese social networks. Authorities did...
Japan’s Verdy Abandon Totti Chase
Japan's Tokyo Verdy have called off their bid to sign Italian superstar Francesco Totti after his wife turned her nose up at a move to the Far East, local media said Monday. "Ultimately he was unable...
Surf Epic Is Escapist Bestseller For Trump’s America
William Finnegan tested the patience of his publisher in the 20 years it took him to write his remarkable memoir of his lifelong obsession with surfing, "Barbarian Days". "I gave up a couple of...
Kenya’s Social Media Election
A strikingly toxic campaign ad was unleashed online in Kenya just weeks before national elections -- a potentially explosive move in a country where politics and ethnicity are closely aligned. The...
S. Korea Seeks Rare Talks With North To Ease Military Tensions
South Korea on Monday offered to hold rare military talks with the North, aiming to ease tensions after Pyongyang tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile. The offer of talks, the first...
China’s Economy Posts Steady Growth But Risks Remain
China posted better-than-expected growth in the second quarter, official data showed on Monday, but authorities warned that the world's second largest economy faces external and internal risks. The...
Meeting of Minds As Netanyahu Visits Hungary’s Orban
Hungary welcomes Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday on a landmark visit that Prime Minister Viktor Orban hopes will bolster him in his battle with George Soros and deflect charges of...
Prez Commends Ghanaians For Their Sense of Enterprise
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said Ghanaians are renowned for their sense of enterprise, creativity and innovation, and the moment has come to reinvigorate that culture. According to the...
South Korea’s Park Sung-Hyun Wins US Women’s Open
South Korea's Park Sung-Hyun won her first major golf title Sunday, firing her second consecutive five-under par 67 to capture the US Women's Open as US President Donald Trump watched. Park, the...
Pre-Paid Meters To Be Installed For At Least 95% of All ECG Customers
The Electricity Company of Ghana would soon be compelled to install prepaid meters across the country to reduce the system and revenue losses bedevilling its operations and ultimately saddling it...
Gov’t Moves To Cap Fiscal Deficit At 5% of GDP With Fiscal Responsibility Law
Government will soon submit to Parliament, an amendment to the Public Financial Management Act, to set Ghana’s fiscal deficit at a maximum 5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from the year 2018. The...