The Asikuma Odoben-Abrakwa District Police Command has commenced investigations into the death of six pupils of the Breman Gyambra Methodist Kindergarten School. The death, which shocked the entire community, left family members and loved ones reeling in pain. The six pupils were confirmed dead after their dilapidated classroom block collapsed Tuesday Morning. Three other pupils […]
2017—IFC and MIGA, members of the World Bank Group, are backing the design, construction, ownership and operation of a 485-megawatt gas-fired power plant in Jordan to increase the country’s power generation capacity, while mitigating the impact on the environment. Once operational, the plant will generate power at about a third of the current average cost […]
The minister-nominee for Employment and Labour relations, Ignatius Baffuor-Awuah says he will investigate the cause of the delay in payment of tier two pension allowances. According to him, he will collaborate with the relevant agencies such as the National Pensions Regulatory Authority (NPRA) to conduct the investigations. Public sector workers have embarked on strikes over […]
The minister-nominee for Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea says he will not abandon state housing projects started under the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government. He said he will ensure the private sector is encouraged to help government bridge the housing gap in the country. Mr Atta Akyea, who is also the legislator for […]
Former UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday vowed not to run for presidency in South Korea, his home country, during an unscheduled press briefing in the parliament. Ban told reporters that he will give up his “pure will” to lead the country’s political change and the national unity, abandoning his ambition to become the next […]
The Public Safety Committee of the U.S. California State Senate approved a bill Tuesday which would make the state a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants. Introduced by State Senate President pro tempore Kevin de Leon, this bill would prohibit state and local law enforcement agencies from using resources or spending money to enforce federal immigration laws, […]
An influx of 5,200 new apartments in Sydney has driven up the median price of rent in the city’s already high property market, according to the latest report by the New South Wales tenants’ Union. The report, analyzing rental bonds over the previous 12 month period before September 2016, shows the cost of new leases […]
Taliban militants have executed a woman on charge of adultery in Yamgan district of Badakhshan province with Faizabad as its capita, head of Women Affairs department in the province Zofenon Nateq said. “The ill-fated lady Amir Begum went to the house of her relative in Yamgan district but the Taliban rebels on Monday night stormed […]
South Korean exports posted a double-digit growth in four years on the back of robust demand for semiconductors, a government report showed on Wednesday. Exports, which account for about half of the export-driven economy, increased 11.2 percent from a year earlier to 40.3 billion U.S. dollars in January, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry […]
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday night he has nominated judge Neil Gorsuch as the new justice for the Supreme Court, a move expected to meet with resistance from Democrats. “Judge Gorsuch has outstanding legal skills, a brilliant mind, tremendous discipline and has earned bipartisan support,” said Trump in his first televised address from the […]
Up to two dozen Taliban militants have been killed and 25 others injured in Sangin district of the southern Helmand province in Afghanistan, according to a statement of 215 Miwand Corps released here Wednesday. According to the statement, 19 Taliban fighters have been killed in the ground and airstrikes; while five more militants were killed […]
South Korea’s top sports body demanded Japan to change a hotel for its athletes taking part in the 2017 Asian Winter Games from the right-wing Japanese hotel chain, which recently raised controversy over history-distorting books placed in its guestrooms. An official at the Korean Sport and Olympic Committee (KSOC) told Xinhua Wednesday that the committee […]
A British think tank involved in Japan-funded propaganda against China was “notoriously partisan” and “extremely keen to attack,” a leading British expert on Chinese affairs said late Tuesday. The comment came after the Sunday Times newspaper released a detailed report on Jan. 29, accusing the Henry Jackson Society (HJS) of being paid by the Japanese […]
BANJUL — The Gambia’s new president Adama Barrow has appointed 11 ministers to his government, his spokesperson Halifa Sallah announced this Tuesday. “I am not mandated to reveal the names [of the appointees],” Sallah said at a press conference. “What the president wanted is for you to know that he has fulfilled his promise. The […]
The Parliament of Ghana on Tuesday set up a five-member special committee to probe a bribery allegation leveled against the Appointments Committee of the House. The decision comes days after one of the legislators, Mahama Ayariga, alleged on a local radio that then Minister of Energy-designate, Boakye Agyarko, had given each member of the minority […]
Spanish and Chinese telecommunication giants Telefonica and Huawei on Monday announced an agreement for the construction of a “large scale” virtual network to provide voice and data in LTE 4G networks in Latin America and Europe. The agreement covers Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Panama and Uruguay in Latin […]
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