Does the NDC Deserve This?
Does the NDC deserve this? Hitler's main talent was his speech making prowess, and his speech skills appealed to Germans embittered and disillusioned by the outcome of the war. He denounced Jews,...
Tag: United States
App Fights Food Waste and Offering Free Meals
American households throw food worth $165 billion in the trash each year. Now they can share it with their neighbours instead, thanks to a new app. Olio was launched at the end of 2015 by Tessa Cook,...
Trump Seeks To Win Over Muslim Leaders With Islam Speech
US President Donald Trump tells 50 Muslim leaders in Saudi Arabia Sunday of his "hopes for a peaceful vision of Islam" a day after Washington took issue with Shiite Iran. Trump's major speech on...
Controversy Trailing Him, Trump Heads For Israeli-Palestinian Talks
US President Donald Trump heads for Israel and the Palestinian territories Monday as part of his first trip abroad since taking office, hoping to renew peace efforts but with controversy trailing...
‘Foreign Invaders’ Threaten Struggling Australian Media
Australia's role as a testing ground for global media giants such as the New York Times, Daily Mail and the Guardian could hasten the decline of embattled local players as they fight for eyeballs and...
Pacific Rim Nations Fight To Save TPP Trade Pact
Asia-Pacific trade ministers agreed Sunday to resuscitate a massive free trade pact thrown into doubt by a Donald Trump-inspired US pullout, as fears rumble of a new global era of protectionism. The...
Hasbro Movie Juggernaut Edging Out Barbie’s Mattel
Spiderman, Thor and Princess Leia are ganging up on Barbie in a battle for America's increasingly tech-focused toy industry playground. Hasbro, long a distant second to Mattel, maker of the iconic...
US Carmakers Downshift On Trump Economic Plan
Steadily rising US auto sales helped fuel the economic recovery, but sales have shifted into lower gear even as President Donald Trump counts on carmakers to provide a lift to his economic plans. And...
China ‘crippled CIA By Killing US Sources’
Up to 20 CIA informants were killed or imprisoned by the Chinese government between 2010 and 2012, the New York Times reports, damaging US information-gathering in the country for years. It is not...
Hassan Rouhani Says Voters Rejected Extremism
Mr Rouhani was re-elected with 57% of the vote Moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has said his re-election shows voters reject extremism and want more links with the outside world. After...
Ghanaian US Based Pastor Pays For 7 Month Old Baby Surgery
A Ghanaian Bishop domiciled in the U. S.A, Bishop Kofi Adonteng Boateng, has once again exhibited his philantrophic attributes, when he paid fully for the surgical intervention of a 7 month old baby...
US, Netherlands Pledge Support For Galamsey Fight
The United States and The Netherland Embassies in Ghana have pledged support for the country’s fight against illegal mining. According to the US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson, the fight...
Cloud Computing Edges Classic Empire To Win Preakness
Cloud Computing charged from behind on the backstretch Saturday to edge Classic Empire and win the 142nd Preakness Stakes, spoiling the Triple Crown hopes of Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming....
China Killed Or Jailed Up To 20 US Spies In 2010-12
Beijing systematically dismantled CIA spying efforts in China beginning in 2010, killing or jailing more than a dozen covert sources, in a deep setback to US intelligence there, The New York Times...
Oklahoma City Thunder’s Kanter Says Detained ‘for Anti-Erdogan’ Views
Oklahoma City Thunder center Enes Kanter was detained and released Saturday at a Romanian airport after being told his passport was canceled, a move the Turkish star said was because of his political...
West African Girls Show the Way In Senegal Tech Battle
West African schoolgirls, some not yet teenagers, have taken a starring role at an engineering competition in Senegal, busting stereotypes with robotics expertise and innovative projects for their...
Blackstone, Saudi Fund To Invest $40 Bln In US Infrastructure
US asset management giant Blackstone and Saudi Arabia's main sovereign wealth fund announced Saturday they are launching a $40 billion investment vehicle to finance infrastructure renovation in the...
CDC Warns of Parasitic Infection, Toxic Gas
he CDC received word of 32 outbreaks linked to swimming pools or water playgrounds in the US Beware of contaminated pool water: Outbreaks of a parasitic diarrhea-causing infection linked to pools and...
US and Saudi Arabia Sign Arms Deals Worth Almost $110bn
The US and Saudi Arabia signed arms deals worth almost $110bn on Saturday, the first day of President Donald Trump's visit to the traditional US ally. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that...
Did the US Embassy Err In Bill Banter With ECG?
It is emerging that the American Embassy may have goofed in the ongoing media banter with Ghana's electricity distributor over the state of indebtedness by the Embassy. Email conversation between an...