Croatia music event evacuated as fire breaks out
A music festival in Croatia has been evacuated because of a forest fire. Hundreds of people were forced to leave the Fresh Island music festival on Zrce Beach on Monday night, at the beginning of the three-day hip-hop event. The fire forced the closure of the road to the closest town, Novalja, preventing many people […]
13 Reasons Why: Netflix removes suicide scene from season one
A controversial scene in Netflix drama 13 Reasons Why in which a teenage girl kills herself has been removed, two years after it first appeared. Netflix said the decision had been made “on the advice of medical experts”. The first series of the show featured a graphic depiction of Hannah (Katherine Langford) taking her own […]
Ghana, South Korea hold bilateral discussions
Ghana and South Korea have held a meeting to deliberate on the ten points Industrial Transformational and the Ghana Beyond Aid Agenda. As part of the initial steps to practicalise the discussion, the two countries have agreed to invite the business community in South Korea to invest in Ghana. These discussions took place in Accra, […]
Koforidua Technical University appeals to government for support
Vice Chancellor of the Koforidua Technical University, Professor Smile Dzisi, has appealed to government to support the University, to upgrade its Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Development (CEID), into an incubation hub to train more people in the informal sector. This according to her, will curb the unemployment situation in the country. Speaking at a […]
Madagascar president ‘knights’ Afcon team
Madagascar’s national football stars, who enjoyed a fairy-tale run at the Africa Cup of Nations, have arrived home from Egypt to a big official welcome, during which they were given the rank of Knight of the Malagasy National Order. The team was also given a cash award according to online newspaper News Mada. The players […]
Operation Vanguard rounds up over 50 suspected illegal miners
Personnel from Operation vanguard, have apprehended some 50 suspected illegal miners in the Western and Eastern regions, in separate operations conducted over the past week. A statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of Operation Vanguard, Captain Andy Sowatey, said the personnel in the Western Region apprehended 16 suspected Chinese illegal miners in the area […]
Professor Carl Hart to deliver lecture on decriminalization of drug use in Ghana
A Neuroscientist and Addiction specialist from University of Columbia, Professor Carl Hart will on Thursday (July 18) deliver lecture on Decriminalization of drug use in Ghana at the AMA office in Accra. Professor Hart’s visit, comes at a time when Ghana is reviewing her drug law, with the aim of placing the health and well […]
South Africa’s Zuma denies breaking law with business brothers
Former South African President Jacob Zuma told a corruption inquiry on Monday that enemies had plotted to bring him down, and he had never broken the law with the business family at the centre of an influence-peddling scandal. Zuma struck a defiant tone at the public inquiry, saying he was the victim of a “character […]
South African former footballer Marc Batchelor shot dead
South African former footballer Marc Batchelor has been shot dead near his home in Johannesburg. Batchelor played for Kaizer Chiefs, Orlando Pirates and Mamelodi Sundowns in South Africa. “He was attacked by two men who were driving a motorbike,” a police spokesman Col Lungelo Dlamini told South African Broadcasting Corporation. “He was about to drive […]
India: Forty trapped in south Mumbai building collapse
A four-storey building has collapsed in the Indian city of Mumbai, trapping at least 40 people, fire officials say. The cause of the collapse in the Dongri area in southern Mumbai is not clear. There are no reports of casualties. Reports say the building was up to 100 years old. Recent monsoon flooding may also […]
