One of India’s greatest athletes, Milkha Singh, has died from Covid-related complications, aged 91. Popularly known as “the Flying Sikh”, Singh won four Asian gold medals and finished fourth in the 400m final at the 1960 Rome O... Read more
Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi is to be Iran’s next president after a partial vote count gave him an unassailable lead. He beat three other candidates in a poll in which several contenders were barred from standing. Mr Raisi is Iran’s top j... Read more
A drinking Spot Operator has been gunned down over Gh5 at Apirede -Akuapem in the Okere District in Eastern Region. The now-deceased persons identified only as Yaw was shot twice in the rib and chest by his assailant Kwame Dankwa a farmer on Thu... Read more
A young girl is reported missing at Koforidua Oyoko in the Eastern Region. The girl went missing Friday, June 19, 2021. “She left home (Oyoko-Koforidua) around 10:00am today with a white dress and has since not returned” Incidents of... Read more
Five (5) accused persons including two (2) sub-chiefs of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council involved in Adeiso shooting incident in the Eastern region have been admitted to bail in the sum of 200,000 cedis with 2 sureties each by a Koforidua Circ... Read more
Ethiopia is poised to hold what its prime minister calls the nation’s first attempt at free and fair elections, but it is taking place amid deepening insecurity, a boycott by some leading opposition parties, and the Tigray region being con... Read more
Africa is in the middle of a full-blown third Covid wave and there is need for more vaccination, the Wold Health Organization (WHO) has said. The total infections have crossed the five million mark and at least seven African countries have run o... Read more
Malawi’s former ruling party turned opposition wants last year’s election nullified saying it was presided over by an electoral management body that was illegally constituted. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has filed a lawsuit in c... Read more
The is anger among commuters and residents in Kwahu Afram Plains in the Eastern Region following the announcement of a new revised ferry tariff by Volta Lake Transport Company. The Volta Lake Transport Company has announced a new ferry crossing... Read more
ByteDance, the Chinese company behind the smash-hit video app TikTok, saw its earnings double last year. An internal memo released to staff showed that the firm’s total revenue jumped by 111% to $34.3bn (£24.7bn) for 2020. The figures unde... Read more
The US Supreme Court has ruled food giants Nestlé USA and Cargill can’t be sued for child slavery on African farms from where they buy their cocoa. Six African men alleged that they were trafficked from Mali and forced to work on cocoa far... Read more
Iranians are voting to elect a new president, with all but one of the four candidates to succeed Hassan Rouhani regarded as hardliners. Opinion polls suggest Ebrahim Raisi, a conservative Shia cleric who heads the judiciary, is the clear favouri... Read more
Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s first president and a key figure in its independence struggle, has died at the age of 97, his family has confirmed. Kaunda was admitted to a hospital in the capital Lusaka on Monday suffering from pneumonia. His ai... Read more
The US Supreme Court has upheld the law which aims to provide affordable health insurance for all Americans, dismissing a legal challenge from Texas and 17 other Republican-governed states. This is the third time since 2010 that the Affordable C... Read more
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