NASA’s Valkyrie robot is beginning a new mission half a world away from its home at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. As part of a reimbursable Space Act Agreement with Woodside Energy in Perth, Western Australia, NASA plans to use a Valkyrie robot to develop remote mobile dexterous manipulation capabilities to accommodate remote caretaking of … The post NASA

NASA has awarded Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace task orders under existing contracts to advance spacewalking capabilities in low Earth orbit, as well as moonwalking services for Artemis missions. The latest Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services task orders, each with a value of $5 million, are intended to have Axiom Space begin work on a spacesuit … The post NASA

Chief Imam for the Ga North Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, Sheikh Imam Ahmed Harun Tija­ni, on Wednesday charged Muslims in the country to promote gener­osity, and peaceful co-existence as such traits were highly relevant and important values in various aspects of life. He made the admonishing on Wednesday when he joined the Fise … The post Promote peaceful

Ms Rita Naa Odoley So­wah, Member of Parliament (MP) for La Dade-Ko­topon Constituency on Saturday organised a free health screening exercise at Mantiase Green Court in the Tse-Addo Mantiase elector­al area in La, as part of her 55th birthday celebrations. The exercise coincided with her 10 years in active political service to her community and … The post La

 The Controller and Accountant General Department (CAGD) has begun a Cap 30 Pension­ers National Identification and Biometric Data Verifi­cation exercise to clean the database of Cap 30 Pension­ers. In 1950, the Pensions Ordinance Number 42 (Cap 30), established a pension scheme for public servants in the Gold Coast which later became popularly known as CAP … The post CADG

A non-governmen­tal organisation, Christ Hands and Feet (CHAF) Foundation located at Peduase in the Eastern Region has donated GH¢5,500 and medical items to the Dialysis Unit of the 37 Mili­tary Hospital. The donation was to support patients at the Dialysis Unit to undergo their dialysis sections with less financial burden. Making the donation on Thurs­day, … The post CHAF

Only 205 females repre­senting 19.6 per cent of women in informal set­tlements (slums) in Accra are currently using modern contraceptives, a new study by the University of Ghana’s School of Public Health, has revealed. The study, dubbed; ‘Achieving universal access to family plan­ning: Preferences for contraceptive delivery models in Ghana’s informal settlements,’ also showed that … The post ‘19.6%

Palestinian Presi­dent, Mahmoud Abbas, has paid his first visit in over a decade to Jenin in the occupied West Bank. It comes a week after a mas­sive Israeli military assault on the city’s refugee camp. The visit was a bid to reas­sert control by the Palestinian Authority (PA) leader amid the worst security and political … The post Abbas bids to reassert control

G7 members are expected to ratify a wide-ranging securi­ty pact with Ukraine at the NATO summit on Wednesday. But they stopped short of providing a timeframe for Kyiv to join the security alliance, provoking the anger of President Volodymyr Zelensky. The security arrangement will include defence equipment, training and intelligence sharing. And UK Prime Minister, … The post G7

North Korea has fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Jap­anese and South Korean officials report. The long-range missile flew for more than an hour before land­ing short of Japanese waters on Wednesday morning. Pyongyang’s launch comes after it threatened retaliation against what it said were recent US spy plane incursions over its territory. Earlier … The post N

Former Zimbabwe government minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, who sought to challenge Pres­ident Emmerson Mnangagwa in upcoming elections, has been barred from contesting. A Harare high court judge has invalidated Mr Kasuku­were’s application to contest as an independent candidate mere weeks after the Zimba­bwe Electoral Commission ac­cepted his registration papers. Lawyer Lovedale Mangwana challenged the body’s deci­sion … The post Mugabe

 The demonstra­tions, the second in a week, held after legislation raising taxes in highly indebted Kenya was signed into law by President Ruto last month. Stone-throwing protesters have clashed with police in Kenyan cities during a second round of demonstrations within a week, which the main opposition leader called against a raft of tax hikes. … The post Kenyan

More than 2,500 health workers have been trained on proper keep­ing of maternal and child health records aimed at tackling maternal and child mortality in the country. The training, which also included 939 fa­cilitators in all regions and districts, focused on effective use of the Maternal and Child Health Record Book (MCH RB) which was … The post 2,500

 The National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) skills training for prison inmates was launched in Accra yesterday. The project, jointly being undertaken by the Ghana Prisons Service (GPS) and the NEIP, is expected to enhance rehabilitation of inmates into the society. At least 860 inmates from five prison establishments would be initially enrolled onto the … The post NEIP

Minority caucus in Parliament must seek written permission before boycotting proceedings in the House, the Speaker of Parlia­ment, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has said. He explained that they have to seek permission of the Speaker before boycotting Parliament. Article 97(1)(c) states that “A member of Parliament shall vacate his seat in Parliament if he is … The post Prosecution

We commend the joint cybersecurity taskforce that has arrested 422 operators of un­licensed digital loan applica­tion platforms, including three nationals, for distributing the data of clients and threaten­ing them with death, as well as extortion and cyberbullying. The Cyber Security Author­ity (CSA), for instance, says it receives about 250 reports of cyberbullying against users of … The post Prevent

 The Chairman of the Club Licensing Board, Dr. Kwame Baah-Nuakoh, says the 29th Ordinary Congress of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has shown that the GFA’s Executive Coun­cil members are getting approvals from a United Ghanaian football family. He said this in an ex­clusive interview with Citi Sports on the sidelines of the Congress that … The post GFA ExCo getting approvals

The Absa Bank has donated items worth over GH¢16,000 to The Street Academy in Accra to support the upkeep of the pupils. The items included bags of rice, cooking oil, toiletries, soft drinks, bis­cuits, sugar, and water, among others. The Bank also donated bundles of school uniform materials to the school. Mr Frederick Nyinaku, Chief … The post Absa Bank donates to The Street Academy

The second edition of the Cheetah Cup, an U-16 football tournament organised by Cheetah Football Club, is set for August 14-20 at Senya Beraku in the Central Region. This year’s event would attract 16 teams from across the country and beyond to compete for the ultimate trophy. Teams from Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Togo, Niger and … The post 2nd Cheetah Cup tourney set for August

Royal Batters, Wawasi Elites and Pomposo Royals kicked off their campaign in the Ashanti Region Se­nior Women’s T20 Cricket League at the Kwame Nkrumah Univer­sity of Science and Technology, (KNUST) Obuasi Campus Cricket Oval with respective wins in their opening matches. Wawasi Elites on Saturday beat Tutuka Queens in the competition opener. It was followed … The post Royal