International

President Akufo-Addo will open the Ghana Investment and Opportunity Summit scheduled to take place in London from 21st to 22nd January 2020. The Summit is being held under the theme: “Accessing the African Common market through Ghana-Technology, Digitization and Industrialization. This is the second edition but this year’s summit will …

There are growing indications that the Islamic State (IS) group is re-organising in Iraq, two years after losing the last of its territory in the country. Kurdish and Western intelligence officials have told the BBC that the IS presence in Iraq is a sophisticated insurgency, and IS attacks are increasing. …

US President Donald Trump has demanded an immediate impeachment trial in the Senate, amid an impasse among Democrats and Republicans over when it may start. On Wednesday, the House impeached Mr Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. But Democrats have refused to start the proceedings, …

Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate that will decide whether he remains in office. The House voted on two charges – that the president abused his power and that he had …

Boris Johnson has promised to work “night and day” to repay the trust of voters after he led the Conservatives to an “historic” general election win. With just one seat left to declare, the Tories have a Commons majority of 76. Speaking in London, the PM said he had a …

When the Pentagon first tendered the so-called Jedi contract in March 2018, the stakes couldn’t have been higher. The Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure project would give the military a cloud computing system that could handle 3.4 million demanding users, many of whose lives depended on it working correctly. Rather than …

Generous bosses gave their employees a huge surprise this Christmas – after announcing an astonishing £8 million bonus would be divided between nearly 200 staff. Lucky workers at St John Properties were not expecting the big cash bonanza, which celebrated the firm meeting its targets. Each staff member was handed …

An Algerian court has sentenced two former prime ministers to long jail terms amid a huge corruption investigation. Ahmed Ouyahia was sentenced to 15 years in prison and Abdelmalek Sellal to 12 years. They were accused of abusing authority in a car manufacturing embezzlement scandal. It was the first time …

South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has arrived in Ghana for a day’s state visit. He will meet with President Nana Akufo-Addo at the Jubilee House today, Thursday to discuss issues of importance to the two countries and strengthen the bilateral, political and economic relations. The South African leader is also …

A 23-year-old alleged rape victim is fighting for her life after she was set on fire while going to court in northern India. The woman was on her way to a hearing in the case she filed against two men in March, in Uttar Pradesh. She is in critical condition …