Social Issues
Opioid Maker Fined $35mn Over Shipments That Fed Addiction Crisis
Drug manufacturer Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals was fined $35 million Tuesday for supplying and not reporting suspicious...
US Olympic Gymnastics Doctor Pleads Guilty To Child Porn Charges
A former US Olympic gymnastics team doctor accused of molesting more than 100 female athletes pleaded guilty Tuesday to...
The Speaker’s Take On International Bodies’ Demands
Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Oquaye, has warned that leaders in African countries like Ghana would not countenance...
US Senate Delays Summer Break Amid Health Care Impasse
The US Senate will delay its summer break by two weeks to focus on breaking an impasse over health care reform and...
MTV Expands Safe Sex Drama To India, Egypt
"MTV Shuga," the youth culture network's drama on sexual behavior that has won an audience across sub-Saharan Africa,...
Far-Right Group Hires Boat To ‘patrol’ Med For Migrants
A group of far-right activists has hired a vessel to patrol the Mediterranean and prevent would-be migrants from...
Distressing Living Conditions of Ghanaian Immigrants Bemoaned By Akufo-Addo
“The ill-treatment of Ghanaians has been a constant complaint, and I think that the good relations that exist between...
Measles ‘tragedy’ Kills 35 Across Europe
Thirty-five people have died in the past year from measles outbreaks across Europe, the World Health Organization has...
Activists Criticise Senegal’s Slow Progress On Child Begging
Human rights groups in Senegal on Tuesday criticised what it said is an ineffectual crackdown on child begging driven...
South Korea’s First Black Model Faces Widespread Racism
A Korean-Nigerian teenager who is rising through the ranks of the fashion world as South Korea's first black model is...
Bangladesh Arrests Suspect In Murder of Rohingya Leaders
Bangladesh police have arrested a man suspected of murdering two Rohingya leaders in the country's southeast where tens...
Motivate Disabled Athletes
President of the Ghana Olympics Committee (GOC), Ben Nunoo Mensah, has urged Ghanaians to support and encourage...
Madonna In Malawi To Open Kids’ Hospital Wing
US pop superstar Madonna was due Tuesday to formally open a children's hospital wing that her charity has built in...
Unemployed Nurses Give Gov’t Ultimatum
The Coalition of Unemployed Nurses has given government a five-day ultimatum to post them to various health facilities....
JRF-Ghana Launches Charity Concert To Support Juvenile Offenders
In its quest to complement government’s effort, the Juvenile Reform Foundation, JRF-Ghana, has launched its charity...
S. Korea’s First Black Model Faces Widespread Racism
Teenage male model Han Hyun-Min's long legs and powerful strut have made him a rising star on South Korean catwalks,...
Christian Morgan To Visit Labour, Education Ministries With Issues On PWDs
The 2nd runner up of TV3 Talented Kidz Season 8, Christian Morgan is to dialogue with Minister for Employment & Labour...
Ku Klux Klan Fails To Capitalize On Far-Right US Resurgence
Even if the US extreme right and white nationalism are enjoying a revival under President Donald Trump, the Ku Klux...
12 Labour Unions Threaten Strike Over Tier Two Pension
Twelve public sector labour unions have given government up to the end of July 2017, to pay their tier two pension...