US actress Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia in the Star Wars films, has suffered a heart attack during a flight, reports say. Fisher, 60, went into cardiac arrest on the London to LA flight,...
Ghana Textile Printing (GTP) Limited, has laid off 178 workers over operational challenges. The affected staff comprises 138 permanent and 40 casual workers. The Marketing Director of GTP, Rev....
The first people have been allowed off a hijacked Libyan jet during a stand-off at Malta International Airport. At least 65 people have been released from the domestic Afriqiyah Airways flight, which...
Ghana Textile Printing (GTP) Limited, has laid off 178 workers over operational challenges. The affected staff comprises 138 permanent and 40 casual workers. The Marketing Director of GTP, Rev....
Egypt has delayed a UN vote on a text condemning Israeli settlements in occupied territory after Israel asked Donald Trump to intervene. Israel contacted the US president-elect's transition team...
Egypt has suddenly delayed a vote on its UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank as Donald Trump made his opposition clear. A US official told the BBC that it had been...
Celebrations in Madrid after the top prize of the El Gordo lottery went to one neighbourhood Spain's annual Christmas lottery has paid out €56m ($58m; £47m) to residents of a struggling southern...
Egypt postponed a U. N. Security Council vote on Thursday on a resolution it proposed demanding an end to Israeli settlement building, diplomats said, after Israel's prime minister and U.S....
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose to a six-month high last week, but remained below a level that is associated with labor market strength. Initial claims for state...
U. S. Gulf Coast refiners are cashing in on rising fuel demand from Mexico, shipping record volumes to a southern neighbor that has failed to expand its refining network to supply a fast-growing...
Congo has seen series of violent clashes in recent times Clashes between police and a militia led by a Christian pastor in northwestern Congo's Mongala province killed 15 militiamen and three...
One of Netflix Inc's (NFLX. O) Twitter accounts was hacked on Wednesday by an entity calling itself "OurMine". Several mocking tweets were sent from the Netflix US Twitter account (@netflix)....
German police are searching for a Tunisian man over Monday’s Berlin Christmas market attack, reports say. According to a temporary-stay permit found in the cab of the lorry that ploughed into...
Nintendo Co Ltd's (7974. T) first Mario smartphone title has set a download record but gamers baulked at the one-time cost of unlocking content, prompting investors to push the Japanese game makers'...
Ghana’s incoming government could give the country's $2 billion cocoa industry a boost if it installs a more transparent executive at industry regulator Cocobod and implements reforms, industry...
Accra, Dec. 20, GNA - 'It is clear that we must find an African solution to our problems, and that this can only be found in African unity. Divided we are weak; united, Africa could become one of the...
Russia’s intelligence services are to develop extra security measures for its embassies following the killing of its ambassador to Turkey. Andrei Karlov was shot dead as he gave a speech on Monday...
The dollar hit a 14-year high on Tuesday as the yen fell after the Bank of Japan stuck to its ultra-loose monetary policy and the euro weakened following deadly attacks in Germany and Turkey. On Wall...
Apple Inc is in talks with India's government to explore making products locally, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, as the U. S. firm aims to make deeper inroads in the world's...
Bad reviews of Nintendo’s Super Mario Run mobile game have led to an 11% fall in the firm’s share price. The game is Nintendo’s first full venture into mobile gaming and marked a significant...
