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UK names two Russians for attempted murder of Skripals
British police say they have sufficient evidence to charge two Russians named as Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov with conspiracy to murder Sergei and Yulia Skripal and a British police officer in the English city of Salisbury in March. UK prosecutors say a European arrest warrant has been issued but Britain will not seek extradition […]
National PTA assuages fears of parents against 'double track' enrolments
The National Council of Parent Teacher Associations PTAs is urging parents not to panic due to the inability of the Ghana Education Service (GES) to place some students. Speaking on GBC’s Current Affairs Programme, “Behind the News”, President of the Council, Alex Danso, said this is not the first time the GES has not been […]
Google bosses expected to snub Senate
When Silicon Valley companies once again appear in front of the US Senate on Wednesday, there will be one major absentee: Google. The Senate Intelligence Committee wanted to hear from Sundar Pichai, Google’s chief executive, or his boss Larry Page, the chief executive of Google’s parent firm, Alphabet. Barring a dramatic, last-minute change of plan, […]
Filmmaker Tyler Perry announces lawsuit against former sheriff's deputy in missing persons case
On Jan. 12, 2004, 27-year-old Terrance D. Williams pulled his 1983 Cadillac into Naples Memorial Gardens Mausoleum in Collier County, Florida and was never seen by his family again. While relatives have searched for answers for nearly 15 years, they’ve always suspected the man they say was the last person to see him: Sheriff’s Deputy […]
5th September, 2018
The Ghanaian Times is extremely worried about the high rate of poverty in Ghana especially in the three regions of the north and some parts of the central region. The paper is of the firm belief that given the successes chalked up over the years, Ghana has the capacity to push on and end extreme […]
Libya violence: UN says ceasefire agreed
The UN says the rival Militia factions that have been fighting in Libya’s capital Tripoli for the past week have agreed to a ceasefire. Officials say at least 47 people have been killed and about a Thousand 800 Families internally displaced by the violence. Last week, a Ceasefire deal announced by officials from Western Cities […]
Emergency on US Gulf Coast as Storm Gordon strikes
A state of emergency has been declared in Louisiana and Mississippi as Tropical Storm Gordon batters the US Gulf Coast. Gordon made landfall just west of the Alabama-Mississippi border, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said, with sustained winds of up to 70mph (110km/h). Thousands of people were reported to be without power. The NHC warned […]
Lack of exercise puts one in four people at risk, WHO says
Very little progress has been made in reducing levels of inactivity worldwide, experts have warned. A WHO report estimates that more than a quarter of people worldwide – 1.4 billion – are not doing enough physical exercise, a figure that has barely improved since 2001. Inactivity raises the risk of a raft of health problems, […]
Senior Minister solicits recommendations to improve policy implementation
The Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has tasked participants at the Ghana Economic Forum (GEF) to critically assess government policies and offer workable recommendations. He said government needed to be guided, critiqued and pushed to do the right things at some points during their governance. Citing an Akan proverb, which stresses the need for external critique […]
