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We Need Friendly Tax Approach – Enoch Donkor

Government’s bid to broaden the tax base to maximize its revenue will not yield the right results if revenue...

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Trump Says He’s Boosting Defense Spending By $54 Billion; the Real Number Is $18 Billion

In the days before President Donald Trump’s high-profile address to Congress Tuesday night, White House aides...

International

Trump Envisions Bill Allowing Many Immigrants To Stay In US

President Donald Trump wants to pass an immigration reform bill that could grant legal status to millions of...

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Injury Scare For Durant As Warriors Fall To Wizards

Kevin Durant suffered an injury scare as the Golden State Warriors slumped to a 112-108 defeat against the Washington...

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South Korea, US Forces Begin Joint Military Drills

South Korea and the United States kicked off their annual, massive military exercises on Wednesday as North Korean...

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Trump Hails ‘new National Pride’ In Address To Congress

President Donald Trump hailed the emergence of a "new national pride" in his maiden speech to Congress on Tuesday,...

International

Republicans Lack Agreement On Obamacare Ahead of Trump Speech

The White House and Congress lacked agreement on a plan to repeal and replace Obamacare on Tuesday amid signs of...

International

New Trump Travel Order Will Aim To Short Circuit Legal Challenges

In formulating a new executive order limiting travel to the United States, President Donald Trump has promised to make...

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Barack, Michelle Obama Sign Bumper Book Deal

New York based publisher Penguin Random House has won the book industry's most coveted contract: a deal to produce the...

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White House Condemns Attack On Indians As ‘racially Motivated Hatred’

The White House on Tuesday condemned a shooting attack in a Kansas bar that left one Indian man dead and another...

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Wary US and China Pledge Respect At First Trump-Era Meet

China's top diplomat wrapped up his first set of meetings in President Donald Trump's Washington on Tuesday satisfied...

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Trump Looks To Reboot In First Address To Congress

President Donald Trump gives his maiden speech to Congress Tuesday, trying to boost low approval ratings and flesh out...

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Family, Friends Mourn Indian Killed In Kansas Bar

Grieving family and friends mourned an Indian engineer Tuesday whose killing at a Kansas bar has shocked the country...

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North Korea Diplomat In China Amid Coal Cut Tension

A senior North Korean diplomat arrived in Beijing on Tuesday for talks with government officials, the first known visit...

Business

Government Will Partner Goldstar Air – Dapaah

Government has assured managers of Goldstar Air, the new Ghanaian airline, that it will partner it to make its dream of...

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Turkey Says Wants To Be Part of Raqa Operation

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday Ankara wanted to work with its allies to capture the Islamic State...

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Trump Era Creates Fodder For Mardi Gras Satire

When traveling floats parade through the streets of New Orleans at Mardi Gras, the tradition is for the crowd to shout...

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US Challenges Kremlin With New Russian TV Channel

Nearly three decades after it helped topple communist totalitarian regimes in Eastern Europe, US-funded Radio Free...

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S. Korea’s Lotte Signs Land Deal For US Missile System

South Korean retail giant Lotte on Tuesday signed a deal to provide a golf course to host a controversial US missile...