Google has been fined 2.42bn euros ($2.7bn; £2.1bn) by the European Commission after it ruled the company had abused its power by promoting its own shopping comparison service at the top of search results. The amount is the regulator’s largest penalty to date against a company accused of distorting the market. The ruling also orders ...

Residents of Anlo Beach, a coastal community in the Shama District of the Western Region, who had many of their houses swept away by last Sunday’s tidal waves, are calling on the government to help resettle them on an already acquired hilly location. This according to them will help avoid another possible havoc from the ...

A town hall meeting held by the PowerAfrica conference turned into a discussion over whether Africa should model itself after the west or look at new models that meet its particular energy needs. PowerAfrica is a four-day conference that “offers an international forum on advances in the development and deployment of technologies and business models that ...

Australia’s deputy prime minister has threatened US actor Johnny Depp with perjury charges in a new instalment of the “war on terrier”. The Pirates of the Caribbean star and then-wife Amber Heard failed to declare their dogs to Australian customs after arriving by private jet in 2015. Ms Heard escaped conviction and the pair released ...

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), a civil society organization in Ghana has appealed to the media to support advocacy to end the menace of political party vigilantism which they it said has been threatening the democratic governance of the country. The Coalition appealed to the Ghanaian media to support the fight against the ...

The grand finale of the 2017 National Science and Math Quiz will be held on Thursday at the National Theatre in Accra. The event will see three schools; St. Thomas Aquinas, Adisadel College and Prempeh College, battle for supremacy and bragging rights. The three competitors successfully triumphed over other schools throughout the contest to make ...

A small scale miner, Quashie Dzumako, has appeared before the Tarkwa Circuit Court for unlawfully causing harm to his lover Sabina Aba Arthur. The accused person denied the offense and the court presided over by Mr Emmanuel Bart-Plange Brew granted him bail in the sum of GH?4,000.00 to reappear on July 5. Prosecuting Chief Inspector ...

Ms Joycelyn Tetteh, Member of Parliament (MP) for North Dayi, is gearing up for an outreach programme to educate her constituents on the sickle cell disease. “Don’t marry just because you are in love, do all the necessary checks before you get married or commit yourself to have children,” the MP advised. She gave the ...

A fifteen-member Girl-Child Education task-force has been inaugurated in Cape Coast with the responsibility to champion girl-child education in the region. The team would among others provide education and training to young girls to increase enrollment, retention, performance and transition into higher levels of education. It has also been tasked with the responsibility of providing ...

Claims of alleged corruption in Qatar’s successful 2022 World Cup bid have been published in the German media. Bild newspaper says it has obtained the “suppressed” 2014 report authored by former Fifa independent ethics investigator Michael Garcia. Bild’s report includes details of a $2m (£1.6m) sum allegedly paid to the 10-year-old daughter of a Fifa ...

Inmates at a South African prison known as Sun City were treated to “strippers” as part of an official event. Pictures circulating on social media show two scantily-clad women in thigh-high boots pressing themselves up against orange suited men at Johannesburg’s Medium B prison. On Monday, the Department of Correctional Services confirmed the veracity of ...

The Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), has called on the Chief Executive Officer of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST), Alfred Obeng, to step aside for a full-scale investigation into the alleged sale of contaminated fuel. ACEP in a statement said the government must ask Mr. Obeng to stay away from ...

Almost a year after the government released about GHc 500,000 to offset part of a GHc4 million debt owed suppliers of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, the facility is yet to receive the rest of the money. The three-year-old debt owed the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, forced suppliers of the facility to withdraw their services which subsequently ...

The Ministry of Aviation has indicated its readiness to allow competition into Ghana’s domestic air travel space in the short to medium term. The Ministry believes the move should contribute to Ghana’s competitiveness and make the country an attractive aviation hub within the sub-region. According to the Deputy Minister of Aviation, Kwabena Okyere Darko, attempts ...

The Ghana National Fire Service is currently incapable of dealing with fires in high-rise buildings. The modern equipment of the service cannot fight fires beyond five floors of any building. This means any building beyond five floors cannot be saved should it be on fire. This is frightening, considering the current increase in high-rise buildings in ...

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has admonished Muslim parents to invest in the education of their female children. According to Akufo-Addo, Islam’s revered holy prophet, Mohammed, spoke against what he described as ‘gender injustice’ adding that any move in educating female children is synonymous to honouring the teachings of the prophet. “It is important for us ...

The US says it has identified “potential preparations” for another chemical attack in Syria, and issued a stark warning to the Syrian government. The White House said the activities were similar to those made before a suspected chemical attack in April. Dozens died in that attack and prompted President Donald Trump to order a strike ...

Super Mario World, Starfox and Yoshi’s Island are set to be re-released later this year as part of a new classic SNES console. The original Super Nintendo Entertainment System, launched in 1990, sold 50 million units worldwide. The SNES Classic follows the NES Classic, which went on sale late last year but abruptly discontinued in ...

Twelve-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic says this year has been his toughest in tennis, as he prepares for his first match at Eastbourne. World number four Djokovic has slipped out of the top two in the rankings for the first time since 2011. Eastbourne will be the first grass-court tournament the 30-year-old has played ...