Import Tax To Pay For Mexico Wall
President Donald Trump will seek a 20% tax on goods imported from Mexico and use the revenue to build a border wall, the White House spokesman has said. The plan was announced just after the Mexican...
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Mexican President Cancels Trump Summit
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has cancelled next week's trip to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump. The no-show comes a day after the new US president unveiled his plan to build a...
If You Won’t Pay For Wall, Visit’s Off
Donald Trump hasn't even been president for a week and already the US-Mexico battle over a border wall is turning red hot. Not giving an inch, Trump bluntly said Thursday that it would be better to...
We Will Not Pay For Trump Border Wall
Mexico will not pay for Donald Trump's border wall, the country's president has said in a message to the nation. Enrique Pena Nieto said he "lamented" the plans for the barrier, adding that "Mexico...
Trump’s First Term May See Much Strife With U.S. Media
The White House and U. S. media are already at each other’s throats as President Donald Trump kicks off his term, and experts expect the animosity to last for a while. Trump, who shocked the world...
Trump’s Embassy Move To Jerusalem ‘self-Destructive’
Newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump is about to reverse an historical course that has been in the making for 100 years. The inexperienced, demagogic politician hardly understands the danger...
Nebraska Legislator Quits Over Tweet Mocking Women’s March
A Nebraska state senator has resigned amid a political row sparked by a photo he posted on Twitter mocking women protesting against Donald Trump. Bill Kintner retweeted a post implying that three...
CONIWAS Lauds Creation of Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources
The Coalition of Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS), has commended government for creating a Ministry dedicated to sanitation and water resources. “This is a...
China Hits Back At US Over South China Sea Claims
China has asserted its "indisputable sovereignty" over parts of the South China Sea after the Trump administration vowed to prevent China from taking territory in the region. The Chinese foreign...
Power Compact II A Concession, Not A Sale of ECG
The Minister nominee for Energy, Boakye Agyarko, has described the Millennium Power Compact II as a concession and not an outright sale of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to the Millennium...
Power Compact II A Concession, Not A Sale of ECG -Agyarko
The Minister nominee for Energy, Boakye Agyarko, has described the Millennium Power Compact II as a concession and not an outright sale of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to the Millennium...
Tornado Deaths Over Weekend Exceed 2016 Toll
The Southeast picked up the pieces on Monday after deadly tornadoes tore through the region, killing more people in one weekend than in all of last year, and officials called out for the federal...
Donald, Uncle Sam and the Rest of Us
Eventually seventy years old Donald John Trump is undoubtedly the President of the United States of America. No calls for vote recounting or blame on the Electoral College system, or indeed an...
Online Application To Deliver Fast Passport To Ghanaians Abroad – Ayorkor Botchway
The Foreign Affairs Minister-designate says the new online application system would correct the delays in passport acquisition especially with renewal for Ghanaian students and others abroad. Shirley...
Clerical Errors, Documentation Delay Passport Applications – Ayorkor Botchway
The Foreign Affairs Minister-designate says the new online application system would correct the delays in passport acquisition especially when renewal for students and other in abroad. Shirley...
The Legacy of President Barack Obama In Africa According To A YALI Alumnus
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?” — Dr Martin Luther King, Jr 1 was going through my folders the other day when I came across the image...
U.S. Pop Star Defends Explosive Anti-Trump Speech After Causing Social Media Stir
Pop singer Madonna defended her bold remarks she made at Saturday's Women's March in the country's capital, saying she spoke metaphorically and meant no violence. About a half million people, many...
Expectations Low As Syria’s Warring Sides Meet
Syria's warring sides met for talks in Kazakhstan's capital on Monday, flanked by intermediary nations seeking to engineer steps towards a goal other negotiations have failed to reach: an end to the...
Ethics Lawyers To Sue Trump Over Foreign Payments
A group including former White House ethics attorneys will file a lawsuit on Monday accusing President Donald Trump of allowing his businesses to accept payments from foreign governments, in...
US Committed To Israel Embassy Move
While remaining committed to relocating the US Embassy to Jerusalem, the Trump administration is expected to move cautiously on a timeline as it focuses on critical issues in the American...