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Italians Debate Citizenship Rights As Migrant Pressures Grow

With a flood of migrants arriving on Italy's shores, a bitter debate has erupted over whether children born on Italian...

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Over 800 Ghanaians In Saudi Arabia To Return Home

About 800 Ghanaian migrants living in Saudi Arabia illegally have turned themselves in at Ghana’s mission there to be...

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More Than 800,000 People Still Displaced From Mosul

More than a million people were displaced from Mosul by the battle in the Iraqi city against the Islamic State group,...

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Gap Between the Poor and Rich Widens-UNICEF Report

Latest statistics by UNICEF have shown that the gap between the rich and the poor in Ghana continues to widen due to a...

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United States Hints of Deporting More Ghanaians

Shirley Ayorkor-Botchway, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has hinted that the United States...

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Judge Expands Definition of ‘close Relative’

Grandparents and other relatives of people living in the US cannot be barred from entering under President Trump’s...

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Singapore Hangs Malaysian Drug Trafficker

Singapore on Friday executed a Malaysian drug trafficker despite a plea for clemency from the United Nations and...

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Taiwan Lawmakers Clash In More Parliament Chaos

Taiwan's parliament descended into chaos for a second consecutive day Friday with lawmakers wielding chairs above their...

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One Dead As Under-Construction Singapore Highway Collapses

One man was killed and 10 others injured in Singapore Friday when a partially-built elevated highway they were working...

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US Social Security Funds Run Out In 17 Years

The US government retirement program for the elderly will be exhausted starting in 17 years unless policies are...

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Akomadan Youth Using Tramadol As Aphrodisiac

The youth of Akomadan and neighbouring villages in the Offinso North District of the Ashanti region are said to be...

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New Republican Health Bill Teeters, With Support In Doubt

Republican leaders unveiled a revamped health care bill Thursday aimed at salvaging President Donald Trump's top...

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Probe Maltreatment of Ghanaian Deportees

National Security has been tasked to probe allegations of maltreatment meted out to some 63 Ghanaians who were recently...

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Italy Proposes Libya Pact To Curb Illegal Migration

Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti on Thursday proposed a pact with Libya to combat human trafficking during a...

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Obama Back In Political Fray With Democratic Fundraiser

Barack Obama headlines a key Democratic fundraiser Thursday in one of his first major appearances for the party since...

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US Charges 412 People For Health Fraud, Opioid Scams

US authorities announced charges Thursday against more than 400 people, many of them doctors and nurses, over health...

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EU Takes On Hungary Over NGO Law Seen As Targeting Soros

The EU launched legal action against Hungary on Thursday over a crackdown on foreign-backed civil society groups that...

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Rights Group Praises ‘overdue’ Saudi Reform On Girl Sports

Rights campaigners on Thursday welcomed an "overdue" reform in Saudi Arabia to allow girls to take part in sports at...

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Japan Executes Two Convicted Murderers

Japan executed two convicted murderers on Thursday, the justice ministry said, ignoring calls from international rights...