New White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia holds her first press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC, Thursday. Reuters-Yonhap China’s Foreign Ministry responded Friday to White House press secretary Katie Zacharia’s remarks that China lacked “proper toilets,” suggesting that she visit the country again. Zacharia, who took office less than a week ago,…
The Chaplaincy Unit of the Nsawam Female Prison has organized a three-day revival aimed at fostering spiritual growth and renewal among officers and inmates. The revival, held from October 13 to 15, 2026, was on the theme of prayer and how to pray effectively. The sessions were led by Elder Kwame Frimpong of The Church…
The Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Sanitation and Water Resources, Oti Kwabena Bless John has condemned the alleged takeover of public toilets by some chiefs in Municipalities and Metropolitan Assemblies.
The Ashanti South Regional Police Command says calm has been restored at Manso-Nseina in the Ashanti Region following a shooting incident that left one person dead and a police officer injured.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading Wednesday in New York City. Getty Images via AFP-Yonhap Stocks on Wall Street are mostly slipping Friday as another pullback in big technology companies weighs on the market. The S&P 500 was down 0.5 percent as of 12:23 p.m. Eastern time…
The United States calls for dialogue as regional East Africa tension escalates. East African neighbours Ethiopia and Eritrea are once again perilously close to all-out war. Territorial disputes have dogged their relations since Eritrea gained independence in 1993. They fought a bitter war between 1998 and 2000. And despite a truce, they remained in a…
Legal practitioner, Christian Lebrecht Malm-Hesse has called for substantial revisions to Ghana’s proposed Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) Bill, 2024, warning that gaps in the draft legislation could create legal uncertainty and undermine the protection of patients, surrogates, donors and children born through assisted reproduction.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivers a speech during the leaders’ summit of the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, Friday. AFP-Yonhap TBILISI — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian denied Friday that Tehran sought nuclear weapons, expressed readiness for dialogue…
Tano North MP Dr. Gideon Boako has slammed the government's VAT on foreign digital services as "E-levy Pro Max," warning it hurts small businesses and digital entrepreneurs.
First, better risk-sharing arrangements. Development finance institutions, export credit agencies, governments, and private investors should work together to allocate risks to those best able to manage them. Second, stronger project preparation. A robust pipeline of investment-ready projects is essential to attract long-term capital. Third, appropriate financing structures. Long-term investments require long-term financing. Greater use of…
