2021

The Asante Bekwai Circuit Court has sentenced a farmer who stole his employer's bags of cocoa beans and sold them back to her to five years imprisonment in hard labour. Prince Kwaku Dua admitted conspiring with his wife Akosua Achiaa,…

Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso, the Dean of the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC), has urged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to consider having a lean size government in his second term. He said having a lean…

Parliament has acknowledged that the events that characterized the inauguration of the eighth Parliament and the actions that took place during the night were regrettable. Parliament would therefore like to put those incidents behind it…

Twitter permanently suspended US President Donald Trump's account from its platform on Friday, citing a risk of further incitement of violence. Twitter suspended his account for 12 hours on Wednesday after he encouraged supporters to…

The United States recorded more than 300,000 coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time, according to data released Friday. The US reported a record 310,000 cases as well as 131,889 hospitalizations and 3,777 deaths from…

China on Saturday tightened lockdown measures in Hebei Province, one week after a new outbreak of the novel coronavirus emerged in the northern province. Starting from 9:40 am on Saturday (0140 GMT), all lines of the Shijiazhuang Metro…

Mr Tsonam Cleanse Akpeloo, the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI), has asked the government to pursue policies that would improve the business environment, reduce the cost of capital and financing,…

A South Korean court on Friday ordered Japan's government to pay damages to the South Korean victims who were forced into sex slavery for the Imperial Japan's military brothels during World War II. The Seoul Central District Court ruled…

Stocks in the Asia Pacific region were mostly higher on Friday as market sentiment was bolstered by growing optimism over US economic stimulus following the confirmation of President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory. In Japan, despite…

Samsung is expecting a jump in its profits for the last quarter of 2020. In the last year, Samsung has benefited from increasing internet traffic during the pandemic, which has driven demand for memory chips for servers and computers as…