ST LARY PLAT D'ADET, France, (Reuters) - Poland's Rafal Majka won the 17th stage of the Tour de France, a 124.5-km trek from St Gaudens on Wednesday. Italian Vincenzo Nibali retained the overall leader's yellow jersey. (Reporting by Julien Pretot, ...

About ten years ago I had heated debate with a casual friend on the economic prospects of our dear nation. His pessimism was frightening. He concluded without any equivocation that Ghana will forever remain poor. I must say, in return, he received a serious verbal dress down. As a constitutional optimist, I could hardly see eye to eye on the premise of his argument.

Indian and Kenyan school pupils explain what they understand about the Commonwealth Games and tried to identify the Royal family.

A coffin with the remains of a victim of the Malaysia Airlines crash is loaded into a Dutch military plane during a ceremony at the airport in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 23. A coffin with the remains of a victim of the Malaysia Airlines crash is loaded into a Dutch ...

A coffin with the remains of a victim of the Malaysia Airlines crash is loaded into a Dutch military plane during a ceremony at the airport in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 23. A coffin with the remains of a victim of the Malaysia Airlines crash is loaded into a Dutch ...

A coffin with the remains of a victim of the Malaysia Airlines crash is loaded into a Dutch military plane during a ceremony at the airport in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 23. A coffin with the remains of a victim of the Malaysia Airlines crash is loaded into a Dutch ...

A coffin with the remains of a victim of the Malaysia Airlines crash is loaded into a Dutch military plane during a ceremony at the airport in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 23. A coffin with the remains of a victim of the Malaysia Airlines crash is loaded into a Dutch ...

A coffin with the remains of a victim of the Malaysia Airlines crash is loaded into a Dutch military plane during a ceremony at the airport in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 23. A coffin with the remains of a victim of the Malaysia Airlines crash is loaded into a Dutch ...

A coffin with the remains of a victim of the Malaysia Airlines crash is loaded into a Dutch military plane during a ceremony at the airport in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 23. A coffin with the remains of a victim of the Malaysia Airlines crash is loaded into a Dutch ...

Accra -Ghana's government plans to use some of its World Bank loans to fund a free sanitary pad program for young girls in poor rural communities to reduce dropout rates.

As many as 45 people are feared dead after a TransAsia Airways passenger plane crashed on one of Taiwan’s Penghu islands Wednesday, Taiwan’s Central News Agency reported. At least nine other people were injured in the crash of the twin-engine turboprop plane, which happened outside Magong airport at about 7 p.m., CNA reported. The cause […]

A South African rhino poacher is sentenced to 77 years in prison in one of the heaviest sentences aimed at curbing the illegal trade.

“Your attitude, plus the successes you generate, will help our government and people overcome the challenging times that we face.” Those were part of President John Mahama’s words to newly engaged appointees last Monday; and he was on point with the admonition. It is instructive that the President’s words are coming at the heels of […]

Dr. Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah Newly appointed Health Minister Dr. Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah has suspended the decision by his predecessor, Sherry Ayittey, to dismiss Rev. Albert Okpoti-Botchway as CEO of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), igniting fresh confusion at the hospital. Dr. Agyemang-Mensah, who was sworn in by President John Mahama on Monday, decided to quash the […]

Dr John Kwakye The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has observed that grants to Ghana are likely to experience large shortfalls as donors have expressed concern about government’s financial indiscipline. According to the IEA, donors are not happy about the way the government is managing the finances of the country, hence their refusal to offer […]

Gideon Abotsi The young man, who allegedly beheaded his three-year-old son last Friday, July 18, over his wife Sena’s decision to starve him of sex, was yesterday remanded by the Ho District Court. The court, presided over by Robert Addo, remanded 37-year-old Gideon Abotsi in prison custody to reappear on Wednesday, August 6, 2014, to […]