The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has directed the House to revisit the passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025, popularly known as the anti-LGBTQ bill, following concerns over whether the level of bipartisan support reflected in the committee report was adequately demonstrated during proceedings on the floor. The directive was…
The 2026 FIFA World Cup knockout stage continues on Monday with three more round of 32 ties, as Brazil, Germany and the Netherlands bid to join Canada in the last 16 of the tournament. Five-time champions Brazil face an improving Japan, Germany take on Paraguay as they look to go beyond the group stage for…
Problems of indiscipline, illegal mining and poor governance in the country persist because political leaders are obsessed with power instead of the country, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey has said, calling for his party to lead “quantum shifts”. The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) stated that “the endemic pervasive indiscipline” and “sense of irresponsibility”…
Young taekwondo athletes compete during the Kim and Liù tournament at the Foro Italico in Rome, Saturday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk ROME — The historic Foro Italico complex has transformed into a sprawling, dual-level arena for global taekwondo this weekend, running Europe’s largest youth martial arts tournament concurrently with an elite international Grand…
The Director of the NADMO Inspectorate Unit, Richard Amo Yartey, says response teams have been deployed to the field and are actively monitoring developments across flood-prone communities. Source link
Employees return to the Federal Judiciary building following an evacuation after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Cuba and was felt in the resort cities of Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Tulum, in Cancun, Mexico, June 8. Reuters-Yonhap HAVANA — A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck near western Cuba on Monday afternoon, shaking buildings…
Gas prices remained low in the main fertilizer producing countries. Therefore, the crisis with fertilizers did not last long and their cost dropped sharply. This was a gift for European farmers, but not for EU producers, for whom gas has not become cheaper. “The cost of the most important nitrogen fertilizer in the United States…
At least 49 people have died of thirst in a remote part of the Sahara desert in northern Niger after the truck carrying them broke down, authorities said. The group had been returning from Mali where they had attended a Muslim festival when they ran out of water, stranded more than 80 km (50 miles)…
