Dollar Slips After Cautious Fed Minutes
US central bank policymakers want to see proof the country's economic slowdown is temporary before they raise interest rates, according to minutes of their latest meeting. They said it would be...
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Pizza For Manchester, From Boston With Love
It was a small gesture that kept a fabled Boston newspaper fed during difficult times, one they thought frazzled reporters in Manchester would appreciate too. So they sent pizzas across the Atlantic....
New Rate Hike Likely Appropriate ‘soon’
US central bankers say the time will "soon" be right to once more raise the key lending rate, according to the minutes of the last Federal Reserve meeting released Wednesday. Monetary policymakers...
Jailed Chinese Lawyer Force-Fed Medication, Wife Says
When human rights lawyer Li Heping returned to his home in Beijing after a two-year incarceration, his wife did not recognise the frail white-haired man standing in her hallway. "He is only 46 years...
US School Leavers See Their Financial Circumstances Fall
American adults without a college education saw their overall financial circumstances decline last year for the first time in three years. The finding was one of the takeaways from a US central bank...
Jury Selection Begins In Cosby Sex Assault Trial
Jury selection got underway Monday for Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial, with the disgraced US comedian accused of drugging and assaulting a woman at his home 13 years ago. The pioneering black...
Cosby Arrives For Jury Selection In Sex Assault Trial
Disgraced megastar Bill Cosby arrived at court Monday for the start of jury selection in his sexual assault trial, in which he is accused of drugging and assaulting a woman at his home 13 years ago....
Cosby Arrives For Jury Selection In Sex Assault Trial
Disgraced US megastar Bill Cosby arrived at court Monday for the start of jury selection in his sexual assault trial, in which he is accused of drugging and assaulting a woman at his home 13 years...
Asian Energy Firms Lead Market Gains On Hopes For Oil Ouput Cut
Energy shares led a broad rally across Asian markets on Monday as oil prices were boosted by growing hopes that an OPEC-led output cut will be extended by another nine months. With the deal agreed...
Fed Says 30% of US Adults Face Financial Strain
Nearly one-third of US adults face financial difficulties or are "just getting by," despite a slight improvement in well-being in the overall population, according to Federal Reserve report released...
Politicians Are Vampires and Unprincipled – Maurice Ampaw
Outspoken and controversial lawyer Maurice Ampaw has lashed out at politicians in the country describing them as blood sucking vampires and individuals untruthful to themselves. Responding to a...
20 Years In Journalism; the Dzifa Bampoh Story
In a profession which has an attrition rate as fleeting as the love of a playboy to a new found girl, one woman has remained so faithful to her second love- journalism. For 20 years, Dzifa Bampoh has...
US Jobless Claims Edge Downward In 2nd Week of May
New claims for US jobless benefits drifted lower in the second week of May, the Labor Department reported Thursday, continuing a record low streak and reflecting tightness in the job market. The...
Snowden Lashes Out At Hong Kong For Rejecting Refugees
Fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden hit back at the Hong Kong government Thursday for rejecting the protection bids of a group of refugees who sheltered him while he was hiding out in the city. The...
Catholic Priests, St. Dominic Men Show Off Cooking Prowess On Mothers’ Day
It was such a memorable day for members of the St. Dominic Catholic Church at Taifa in Accra as the world celebrated the much awaited Mothers’ Day on May 14. The day which was marked with various...
Asesewa Residents Have Had Enough of ‘corrupt’ Police
Some residents of Asesewa in the Upper Manya Krobo district in the Eastern region are at their wits end over what they describe as the continuous police involvement in criminal activities. According...
Nastase Sorry For Racist Remark About Serena Williams
Romanian tennis great Ilie Nastase apologised for derogatory comments about former world number one Serena Williams, who is pregnant, and for a foul-mouthed Fed Cup tirade that saw him suspended by...
Hong Kong ‘Snowden Refugees’ Face Deportation
A group of refugees who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong are facing deportation after the city's authorities rejected their bid for protection, their lawyer said Monday....
Hunger and Fear In Syria’s Tabqa After IS Defeat
When Dalal Ahmad heard that the fighters who expelled the Islamic State group from the Syrian town of Tabqa were distributing food, she began to run, desperate for any scraps. After more than a month...
Nepal’s High Hopes For First Local Polls In 20 Years
Nepal holds its first local elections in two decades on Sunday hoping to cement a fraught transition to democracy and fill an institutional void that has seen corruption flourish. The last local...