Trump To Visit UK In July
US President Donald Trump is to visit the UK on Friday 13 July, after previously cancelling a trip amid claims he would face mass protests. It will not be the full-blown state visit Mr Trump was...
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Economic Growth Must Benefits All
With global growth showing solid momentum, the challenge is to make it inclusive, World Bank Chief, Jim Yong Kim, has said last week. “The challenge now is to ensure that strong growth will...
‘Don’t Ignore Africa’ – Akufo-Addo Appeals To US Governors
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged governors in the United States of America to look at Africa and not ignore the continent. He said growth in Africa in 2015 was second only to that of...
Bawumia Now Acting President As Akufo-Addo Leaves For Three-Nation Visit
Bawumia now acting President as Akufo-Addo leaves for three-nation visit Ghana’s president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, left Accra Friday for a 10-day three-nation visit to Togo, United States and...
Trump Endorses Guns For Teachers To Stop Shootings
US President Donald Trump has said arming teachers could prevent school shootings like that which left 17 people dead last week in Florida. A staff member with a gun could end an attack “very...
Ghana Tourism Authority To Organise ‘Back To Africa’ Festival
Ghana is set to host the first ever ‘Back to Africa’ Festival as part of an aggressive drive to encourage Africans in the Diaspora to visit the country to reconnect with their roots. The Ghana...
Trump Plans Military Parade In Washington
US President Donald Trump has asked the Pentagon to organise a large military parade in the nation’s capital. The president made the request of top military chiefs in late January, after reportedly...
OPIC Urges Ghana To Leverage On Legislation To Address Housing Challenges
Ghana will have to consider possible ways of attaining lower costs and making homes more affordable if it should overcome rising deficits in housing, a US government official has said. The Executive...
Ghanaian Counter-Terrorist Gets $25,000
A Ghanaian born Counter-Terrorist, Mutaru Mumuni Muqthar, has been honoured as the 2017 Daily Trust African of the Year. A renowned Egyptian-British Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Imperial College of...
Sale of ECG: Court Throws Out Workers’ Injunction
An Accra High Court has dismissed an interlocutory injunction filed by the Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) against the implementation of the Millennium Development Compact II which seeks to...
Ghanaian-Led Team Wins UN Award To Fight FGM
A 30-year-old Ghanaian social advocate has received a UN award on steps to fight Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the Social Venture for Sustainable Development (SVSD). Vida Offei Addo and four...
What Happens Now Pakistan’s PM Has Been Disqualified?
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been ousted from power by the Supreme Court, an unceremonious end to his third term in power ahead of general elections next year. No Pakistani prime minister...
NAFTA Talks Need Quick Outcome
US and Mexican political deadlines are creating pressure to reach a quick outcome to next month's talks to rework North America's regional free trade pact, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said...
Actor John Heard, the ‘Home Alone’ Dad, Dead At 72
Actor John Heard, best known for playing the father in the hit 90s-era "Home Alone" films, has died, according to US media. He was 72. Entertainment website TMZ said the actor was found dead in a...
IMF Programme Won’t Be Extended – Nana Addo
President Nana Akuffo-Addo has stated that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme that Ghana is currently undergoing is not going to be extended. There were earlier media reports suggesting...
Hyperloop Or Hyperbole? Musk Promises NY-DC Run In 29 Mins
US entrepreneur Elon Musk said Thursday he'd received tentative approval from the government to build a conceptual "hyperloop" system that would blast passenger pods down vacuum-sealed tubes from New...
Teens From Burundi Robotics Team Go Missing In US
Teens from Burundi robotics team go missing in US Six teenagers from Burundi taking part in a robotics competition in the US have been reported missing, police say. Four boys and two girls – aged...
Emirates Adds Flights To Khartoum, Increasing Connection Options For Customers
Emirates has announced it will increase the frequency of flights between Dubai and Khartoum from five to seven a week starting 8 August, 2017. As with Emirates’ current flights between the two...
Mahindra Plans To Double Investment In US
Indian conglomerate Mahindra Group plans to double its US investment in the next five years, where it is hoping to its two-wheel electric scooters will win over American millennials. "We're very...
Fethullah Gulen’s Message On the Anniversary of Turkey Coup Attempt
Saturday is a sad moment in Turkish history as it marks one year since the deplorable coup attempt that resulted in the death of hundreds and injuries of thousands. On this occasion I reiterate my...