Sterling dropped on Tuesday after Britain's parliament paved the way for Prime Minister Theresa May to launch divorce talks with the European Union, while stocks advanced ahead of an expected U. S....
China issued a raft of upbeat data on Tuesday showing the economy got off to a strong start to 2017, supported by strong bank lending, a government infrastructure spree and a much-needed resurgence...
Malaysian censors have reportedly cut out a "gay moment" in the Disney film "Beauty and the Beast" before agreeing to its release in the Muslim-majority nation. The cuts come after the movie ran into...
Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three sources said, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War...
New Zealand edged past Canada 15-14 on Saturday to top Pool D and book a quarter-final showdown with England at the Vancouver World Rugby Sevens. The Kiwis finished day one with a perfect 3-0 record...
Li Nang, a young migrant worker wearing hot pants and high heels, stood before the statue of a gilt goddess garlanded with marigolds and fairy lights in Kuala Lumpur as she prayed for good business...
The yellow-carding of Takuma Asahara proved costly for the Japanese Sunwolves as they lost 38-31 to the Central Cheetahs of South Africa in Super Rugby Saturday. The replacement prop was sin-binned...
A 'global startup' which makes electric racing vehicles unveiled plans Friday to sell a fully autonomous electric car in the US market by 2020. The company called Nio, founded by Chinese entrepreneur...
A "global startup" which makes electric racing vehicles unveiled plans Friday to sell a fully autonomous electric car in the US market by 2020. The company called Nio, founded by Chinese entrepreneur...
Japan is moving to pass its strictest-ever smoking laws, but the country's powerful tobacco lobby wants to stub out measures that were adopted years ago by other developed nations. The government is...
With titles in four of five tournaments so far and 28 wins in 30 matches this season, South Africa's Blitzboks rank as heavy favorites for the World Rugby Sevens event starting Friday in Vancouver....
Ghana has quite a story to tell. It was the first country south of the Sahara to wean itself off colonial rule. With power to govern now firmly rested in her own hands, Ghana’s different leaders...
Mugabe in Ghana: proceed to see why the Zimbabwean leader’s recent visit to Ghana cannot be easily forgotten by citizens… Ghana celebrated her 60th Independence anniversary on March 6, 2016....
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has hailed Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as the new Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana. Addressing the media Tuesday at the Tang Palace in Accra, the...
Zimbabwe's government on Monday agreed to pay outstanding cash bonuses, bringing an end to a brief sit-in protest by public workers, union leaders and a government minister said. "The issue that we...
Teachers will be the fulcrum around which the education system in Ghana will revolve henceforth, President Nana Akufo-Addo has said. In his address on the occasion of the presentation of awards to...
State doctors in Zimbabwe called off a three-week strike that paralysed hospitals "on compassionate grounds", a union leader said Monday, after negotiations with the cash-strapped government stalled....
President Akufo-Addo yesterday gave a chilling account of what he went through to become what he is today, including borrowing to pay for school fees. He talked of the ordeal his late father and...
A year in history today was when Dr Kwame Nkrumah and his henchmen stood on that podium at the now Black Star or Independence Square and made the now famous, ‘the battle has ended, and Ghana, our...
Joao Moreira powered to eight wins from 10 rides on an 11-race card at Sha Tin on Sunday to smash a Hong Kong horse racing record. The current Hong Kong champion jockey flew past the post first on...
