Amsterdam: A Malaysian passenger jet which blew up over rebel-held east Ukraine with the loss of all 298 people on board was hit by numerous "high-energy objects", according to a report on Tuesday which appears to back up claims it was downed by a ...

Regulators setting open-Internet rules are considering whether mobile Web service still deserves lighter regulation than broadband sent over wires, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler said. The FCC “will have to wrestle” with ...

Consumers have to brace for another round of load shedding as the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) readies to announce a timetable for the recurrent ritual next week. CEO of the power distributor, Eng. William Hutton-Mensah said on Wednesday that several meetings among sector managers have taken place towards the release of a timetable. “We have had several meetings on the quantum of load we are being asked to shed. Just yesterday we had another meeting at the ministry,” he said in response

A new surge of refugees has arrived in Tunisia as fighting has spread to the Libyan capital, Tripoli. Their accounts depict a country spiraling into chaos.

Togo have lost key midfielder Serge Gakpe for Wednesday’s 2015 Africa Cup of Nations Group E qualifier against Ghana in Lome.

Kim Kardashian: Your dreams have just come TRUE, lady! Tuesday (September 9), Apple rolled out the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6-Plus and, get this Kim, the new models make it even easier to take selfies. Oh yes. Sure, the phones have a ton of other rad ...

Ms Preba Greenstreet, Corporate Relations Director, Guinness Ghana Breweries Limited (GGBL), has said that Ghana’s agricultural sector can grow significantly if the manufacturing industry were to use more local raw materials for production. She said this when she paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Food and Agriculture, Fiifi Kwetey, in Accra. Ms. Greenstreet said GGBL for example started investing in local raw material sourcing (LRM) over ten years ago, but stepped up the level of investment

Formula One legend Michael Schumacher has been moved from a hospital in Switzerland to continue his rehabilitation at home. The German seven time world champion suffered a severe head injury whilst skiing off piste in the French Alps in December last ...

Formula One legend Michael Schumacher has been moved from a hospital in Switzerland to continue his rehabilitation at home. The German seven time world champion suffered a severe head injury whilst skiing off piste in the French Alps in December last ...

Bayer Crop Science Limited, an agro-chemicals production company, says some unscrupulous persons have flooded the market with imitation products of the company -- a situation it laments is adversely affecting sales as the “fake products” are relatively cheaper, thus wooing many ignorant customers. According to Bayer, the product with the most derivative samples on the market now is confidor. The illegal practice, the company noted, not only threatens business growth but also has the propensity

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Liberia's national existence is "seriously threatened" by the deadly Ebola virus that is "spreading like wild fire and devouring everything in its path," the country's national defense minister told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday.

The innovations by United Bank for Africa (UBA) in providing convenient banking platforms for individuals and businesses have received global endorsement and recognition. The bank has been named the “Best Transaction Bank” from Africa in 2014 by UK-based magazine “The Banker”. This is hinged on the bank’s e-banking platforms which have positively changed the way businesses manage their cash flow, payments, collections, liquidity, trade, and value chain management across their business

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. writers captured only two of the six places on the Man Booker Prize 2014 shortlist announced on Tuesday, easing traditionalists' fears that Americans would dominate the contest now it is open for the first time to all authors writing in ...

The Upper West Regional House of Chiefs has expressed worry over the rising interest and the acquisition of mining concessions in the Upper West Region. According to the chiefs, most of these concessions were granted without the involvement and consultations of traditional authorities. A statement from the Regional House of Chiefs pointed out that the ...

Nearly half a million people in Pakistan have been hit by the deadliest flood in the country's history that has claimed 243 lives, as authorities braced to save major towns along the swollen Chenab river, which has left a trail of devastation. Flood waters ...

Ghana president John Mahma says he is confident the Cape Coast Sports stadium will be ready by August next year.

Ghana is often praised for being among just a few countries in Africa that have a press freedom environment. Unfortunately, the country is fast losing this status. Below are a few of the many developments witnessed this year that inform the Media Foundation for West Africa’s (MFWA) position that Ghana is losing its status as ...

CUPERTINO Calif. (Reuters) - Apple Inc unveiled two new iPhones on Tuesday with sharper and larger displays, confirming longstanding speculation it will move into a market segment dominated by arch-rival Samsung Electronics. Apple is expected to ...

AMSTERDAM — Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crashed in eastern Ukraine after being hit by "a large number of high-energy objects," the Dutch Safety Board said in findings that appear to indicate a missile attack on the plane. The Boeing 777 broke up in the ...