Canada’s main stock market in Toronto finished higher for a sixth straight session to prolong its record-high on Tuesday, as gains in Health Care and Energy groups overcame losses in Utilities and Materials. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s benchmark Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite climbed 29.45 points, or 0.19 percent, to finish the session at 15,786.03 points. […]
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a bill to repeal a regulation requiring energy companies to disclose payments to the U.S. or foreign governments for commercial development. “This is a big signing.Very important signing,” said Trump at the signing ceremony accompanied by two leading Republican figures, House Speaker Paul Ryan and House Financial Services […]
Ecobank Transnational Incorporated (ETI) and African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) on Tuesday signed a MOU purposed to finance private sector projects and trade transactions in Africa. A release from the ETI headquarters in the capital Lome said on Tuesday that the agreement will focus on particularly transactions involving trade and investment in Afreximbank member countries where […]
Russia has secretly deployed a new type of cruise missile in violation of an arms control treaty with the U.S., the New York Times reported Tuesday. The deployment of a fully operation unit of the SSC-8 ground-launched intermediate-range missiles presents a major challenge to U.S. President Donald Trump and the U.S.-Russia relations, the report said. […]
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) grains futures close lower Tuesday with soybean futures falling to a six-day low, pressured by the rapidly advancing harvest of a record crop in Brazil and much-needed rains in Argentina. Corn and wheat futures also weakened, setting back from 7-1/2-month highs in the absence of bullish news. Declines in corn […]
At least 32 UN personnel were killed in deliberate attacks in 2016, mostly peacekeepers, the Standing Committee for the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service of the UN Staff Union announced Tuesday. Farhan Haq, the deputy UN spokesman, told the daily news briefing that the union said that those who were killed include […]
British Prime Minister Theresa May formally rejected a petition Monday signed by nearly 2 million people wanting the cancellation of the proposed state visit to Britain by U.S. President Donald Trump. The petitioners said a state visit by Trump, which would involve a state banquet, would embarrass Queen Elizabeth. Officials at Westminster have scheduled a […]
The loss of muscle mass during chemotherapy shortens the life expectancy of esophageal cancer patients by an average of 32 months, a new Austrian study showed on Tuesday. The Comprehensive Cancer Center at the Medical University of Vienna as well as the Vienna General Hospital conducted the study and examined how loss of muscle mass, […]
Ghanaian economist Professor Ernest Aryeetey Tuesday urged the government to attract Chinese investment into agriculture and manufacturing sectors to boost economy and employment. The former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Legon, identified agriculture as the main area that could be improved upon within the short and medium term, while encouraging growth of the manufacturing […]
Oil prices rose Tuesday as report showed major global oil producers complied with a deal to ease supply glut last month. The West Texas Intermediate for March Delivery added 0.27 dollars to settle at 53.20 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude for April delivery increased 0.38 dollars to close […]
Namibia’s President Hage Geingob has urged parliamentarians to be orderly and demonstrate honesty and commitment in 2017. Speaking during the official opening of the fifth session of the sixth parliament Tuesday in Windhoek, Geingob called on the parliamentarians to rededicate themselves to maintaining a quorum in order to uphold the electorate’s interests. “The tabling, and […]
George Oppong Weah, Senator of the Montserrado County of Liberia, on Tuesday called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to congratulate him on his election as President of Ghana. Mr Weah also discussed issues of mutual concern and benefit to both countries. According to Mr Weah, the conduct of Ghana’s 2016 elections, which resulted in […]
The President of the National House of Chiefs of Togo and Paramount Chief of Notsie, Togbe Agorkoli IV, on Tuesday paid a historic first time visit of a Togolese Chief on the President of Ghana. Togbe Agorkoli IV, accompanied by the President of Ghana’s House of Chiefs, Togbe Afede XIV, and nine other paramount chiefs […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday appointed 11 persons to the Council of State. A statement issued in Accra by the Office of the President named the 11 as Nana Otuo Siriboe II, Juabenhene, Mr Sam Okudzeto, Nana Kofi Obiri Egyir II, Mr Stanley Adjiri Blankson, Mrs Alberta Cudjoe, Alhaji Aminu Amadu, and Dr […]
The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, in collaboration with the Cocoa Processing Company (CPC), on Tuesday celebrated this year’s National Chocolate Day with students of the Christ Faith Foster Home School at Frafraha in Accra. The day, which is marked yearly, was instituted to coincide with and reshape the celebration of Valentine’s Day […]
file image Prolific song writer and international gospel musician, Don Moen, will headline a mega gospel concert to mark Ghana’s 60th Independence celebration on March 6. The multiple-award winning gospel act, noted for popular songs which include; ‘Give thanks’, ‘God will make a way’ among others, has graced several shows in Ghana including a two-day […]
Israel’s Shin Bet security service confirmed on Tuesday that the staff of Israel’s embassy to Cairo has been recalled over security concerns. Local media reported that Ambassador David Govrin had been working out of Jerusalem over the past few weeks and he is not expected to return to Egypt soon. “Due to security considerations, the […]
Flower market flourished in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa as the east African country celebrated Valentine’s Day with great warmth on Tuesday. Flower stores, gift shops, hotels, and restaurants were busy treating couples with special treatment in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa in connection to the Valentine’s Day, a day celebrated every year on February 14 to […]
Three UN human rights experts on Tuesday called on Kenya to cease its systematic crackdown on civil society groups, which has intensified in the lead-up to national elections scheduled in August. The UN Special Rapporteurs on freedoms of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai; on freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye; and on […]
A passenger train and a cargo train collided on Tuesday morning in southern Luxembourg, leaving one person dead and two others injured, Luxembourg police said. The head-on collision between the trains occurred between Bettembourg yard and Zoufftgen in southern Luxembourg, they added. According to local authorities, the passenger train “went through a stop signal”, causing […]
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