Pepsi said Wednesday it was dropping an ad featuring the supermodel Kendall Jenner that appeared to use the "Black Lives Matter" protests to promote the soda brand. The spot provoked an outcry and...
The Majority in Parliament is accusing the minority of deliberating scuttling government’s business after it boycotted the vetting of some deputy ministers-designate Wednesday. The governing New...
Migrant World Cup stadium labourers in Qatar can work 18-hour days -- more than twice the maximum amount permitted by law -- an external report into working conditions has found. And half of the 10...
Facebook on Wednesday unleashed a new weapon in the war against "revenge porn" at the leading social network as well as the messaging services Messenger and Instagram. When intimate images shared on...
The Minority NDC MPs say their decision to boycott Parliament on Thursday and Friday, April 6 and 7, 2017, have been aborted. They have, however, cautioned not to sit beyond Friday, April 7, 2017,...
Gay rights advocates Wednesday hailed a first-of-its-kind federal appeals court ruling that employers cannot discriminate based on sexual orientation. The ruling Tuesday by the 7th Circuit Court of...
Israel's parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of a controversial law against illegal constructions that detractors say will mostly target Arab homes built without required, but hard-to-get,...
A German court Wednesday ruled that a Tunisian suspect in the 2015 jihadist attack on a Tunis museum can be extradited, provided he won't face the death penalty or ill-treatment. The man --...
The Botello brothers grew up in a small stone hut in a remote Mexican village until they went to the United States. Now, by local standards, they are rich. But they fear that US President Donald...
Steve Bannon is a lightning rod for much anti-Trump criticism President Donald Trump has removed his senior strategist Steve Bannon from the US National Security Council (NSC). The appointment in...
The number of people arrested crossing the Mexico border into the US has fallen to the lowest level in 17 years. There were fewer than 17,000 arrests of undocumented migrants in March, the least...
The massive US services sector cooled in March after a strong February, the Institute for Supply Management said Wednesday. The ISM non-manufacturing index gave up 2.4 percentage points for the month...
The number of people arrested crossing the Mexico border into the US has fallen to the lowest level in 17 years. There were fewer than 17,000 arrests of undocumented migrants in March, the least...
Iceland’s parliament is examining a bill that would require companies to prove they offer equal pay to employees. The law, which is set to become a world first, aims to close the wage gap between...
Rev. Jesse Jackson in a handshake with former President Mahama American civil rights activist, Reverend Jesse Jackson, has hosted former President John Dramani Mahama to dinner in Chicago, USA. The...
Depression is a health condition which is prevalent in Ghana, with four to five out of every 10 persons suffering from the condition, Dr Carnita Groves, a psychologist and professional counsellor,...
The Minority members on the Appointments Committee of Parliament have boycotted the activities of the committee over parliament’s failure to rise today, Wednesday April 5. According to Starr News...
Like many countries, the UK has made slow progress in reducing its gender pay gap. However, it might do well to look to Iceland, which has come up with a radical plan to get rid of its pay gap...
Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has emphasised the need for data to aid the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). According to Dr Bawumia, the country's...
A private legal practitioner Elikplim L. Agbemava, has filed a suit at the Supreme Court seeking clarification on some of the benefits enjoyed by Article 71 office holders as well as other public...
