By Stephen O. Appiah, GNAAccra, Feb 25, GNA - Kim Grant, head coach of Accra Hearts of Oak Sporting Club, has urged the supporters of the club, to rally behind the team and start believing in the players to win more laurels.
DHAKA, Feb. 25, (Xinhua/GNA) - Bangladeshi commandos stormed a passenger plane of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines at an airport in the south-eastern city of Chattogram and shot dead an armed man who tried to hijack the Dubai-bound flight on Sunday.Major General Motiur Rahman of the Bangladesh Army told reporters that the gunman d
TOKYO, Feb. 25, (Xinhua/GNA) - Japan held a ceremony commemorating 30 years of Emperor Akihito's reign on Sunday as the emperor is about to abdicate on April 30.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who attended the ceremony held here in Tokyo, said in a speech that the Japanese will "never forget" how the imperial couple have "always sto
RABAT, Feb. 25, (Xinhua/GNA) - Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle visited Sunday educational facilities in the rural town of Asni near Morocco's central city of Marrakech to show support to girls' education and promote gender equality.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited Grand Atlas secondary school, where they
JUBA, Feb. 25, (Xinhua/GNA) - South Sudan's main opposition group, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-In Opposition (SPLM-IO or SPLM/A-IO), has rejected a merger with the ruling Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), headed by President Silva Kiir, despite having been signatory to a 2015 reunification agreement.Nathanie
LONDON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua/GNA) - The vote by British lawmakers on the Brexit deal will be postponed again by March 12, Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed on Sunday.Speaking to reporters on the plane to Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt for the European Union (EU)-Arab League (AL) summit on Sunday, may ruled out bringing the Brexit deal
HANOI, Feb. 25 (Xinhua/GNA) - Over the weekend, Hanoi, the capital city of Vietnam, was gearing up for the second summit between top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump slated to be held here on Feb. 27-28.A main street in downtown Hanoi was lined with the natio
LAGOS, Feb. 25 (Xinhua/GNA) - Nigerian police said Sunday 128 people were arrested for election violations during Saturday's presidential and national assembly polls.National police spokesperson Frank Mba said in a statement that the suspects were arrested across the country for various electoral offenses ranging from homicide-
DAKAR, Feb. 25 (Xinhua/GNA) - Macky Sall has been re-elected as Senegal's president, Prime Minister Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne announced early Monday, citing preliminary results.According to the Senegalese prime minister, who is also the outgoing president's representative, Macky Sall obtained 57 percent of the vote and won
ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 25, (Xinhua/GNA) - The African Union (AU) Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to Nigeria's election on Monday urged all political parties and candidates in Nigeria to uphold the commitment to peaceful elections and resolution of disputes.The 55-member pan African bloc, in a preliminary election-assessment tha
ADDIS ABABA, Feb. 25, (Xinhua/GNA) - The overall political climate in Nigeria's election remained largely peaceful and conducive for the conduct of democratic elections, the African Union (AU) election observation team said on Monday."Despite some reports of election-related violence, deaths and intimidation, the overall politi
URUMQI, Feb. 25 (Xinhua/GNA) - Senior diplomats from permanent missions of eight countries to the United Nations Office at Geneva visited Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from Feb. 16 to 19 at the invitation of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The diplomats from Pakistan, Venezuela, Cuba, Egypt, Cambodia, Russia, Senegal
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua/GNA) - Chinese and U.S. negotiators have wrapped up the latest round of trade talks between the world's top two economies with substantial progress on specific issues.During the Feb. 21-24 talks in Washington, the seventh round since February last year, the two sides further implemented the important
NEW DELHI, Feb. 25, (Xinhua/GNA) - The Indian government on Sunday slashed the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates on under-construction houses in a bid to achieve the feat of providing "Housing for All" by the year 2022 and make urban areas free of slums.For the affordable housing properties, those measuring up to 90 square met
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (Xinhua/GNA) - China and the United States are inching ever closer to reaching a mutually beneficial and win-win agreement with substantial progress achieved on specific issues in their latest round of high-level economic and trade talks ending on Sunday in Washington.While the Chinese delegation said the tw
Accra, Feb 24, GNA - Hearts of Oak striker Joseph Esso scored a brace to win his side's first trophy in the year 2019 and first for his coach Kim Grant.The Phobians defeated fellow premier league side Dreams FC 2-1 at the Accra Sports Stadium on Sunday, February 24 to win the first edition of the ST Nettey Memorial Cup.
By Stephen Asante, GNAKumasi, Feb. 25, GNA - About half-of-a-million tourists, comprising Africans in the diaspora are expected to visit Ghana, to join in the celebration of the ‘Year of Return’.M
By Gideon D. Ebbah, GNA Akyawkrom (Ash), Feb. 25, GNA - Mr. Augustus Nana Akwasi Andrews, Ashanti Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has commended the Ghana Po
By Belinda Ayamgha, GNAAccra, Feb. 25, GNA - Africa World Airlines (AWA) and South African Airlines (SAA) on Monday signed a partnership agreement which aimed at deepening their commercial collaboration.
Accra, Feb. 25, GNA - Ghana Chamber of Mines, has launched the fourth edition of the Ghana Mining and Energy Summit (GMES) in Accra.The biennial conference and exhibition are expected to bring together regulators, mining and energy sector investors, financiers as well as suppliers of equipment and products to these key industri
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