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Dozens dead amid historic Canada heatwave

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionWestern Canada and the US Pacific north-west have seen days of baking temperatures Dozens of people have died in Canada amid an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed temperature records. Police in British Columbia have responded to almost 70 sudden deaths since Monday, the majority of them involving elderly …

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Asamoah Gyan forced to delete ‘Mbappe penalty miss’ tweet

  Asamoah Gyan was forced to delete a tweet he posted minutes after Kylian Mbappe missed a penalty for France in the ongoing European championship. Mbappe’s penalty miss cost the World Champions a place in the quarter-finals of the competition as Switzerland progressed. There were a lot of reactions to Mbappe’s …

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TTU rusticates 65 students for examination malpractices

The Takoradi Technical University in the Western region has rusticated sixty-five (65) students of the University for various Examination Malpractices. A document intercepted by Empire News means the affected students can no longer hold themselves as students of TTU for two semesters. Confirming the university’s decision to Empire News’ Emmanuel …

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19-year-old girl kills lover over infidelity

A 19-year-old school dropout has been arrested for killing her boyfriend over infidelity. Jacklyn Wawira is said to have halted her education at Junior High School 2 to pursue a relationship with a 25-year-old man, identified as Eric Gitonga. Young Wawira is said to have had a heated argument with …

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SCOAN announces weeklong program for TB Joshua’s funeral

  The Synagogue Church of All Nation, SCOAN, has announced the burial proceedings of the late Prophet Temitope Balogun, TB, Joshua. T.B. Joshua who died on Saturday, June 5, will be buried on Friday, July 9, 2021. A press briefing by some leaders of SCOAN and a notice posted on …

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#FixTheCountry campaigner Macho Kaaka buried

  • Ibrahim Mohammed was attacked by a mob on June 25, 2021 at Ejura in the Ashanti Region • Maacho Kaaka as he was widely known passed on at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital three days after the attack • He was buried today, June 29, 2021 In line …

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Kumasi floods: Death toll rises to seven

  The death toll in the Ashanti Region as a result of the recent floods has now reached seven. This was revealed to host of 3FM’s Sunrise show Alfred Ocansey by the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO). “Seven people have died so far,” said the Ashanti Region NADMO Coordinator, Kwabena …

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Man found dead in Aboabo Stream

A body of a man has been found in the Peleele River at Aboabo Number One, in the Asokore Mampong Municipality. The body, according to eyewitnesses, was found around 6am on Sunday, but what claimed the man’s life was not immediately known. There are conflicting reports about what might have …

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PRESEC student jailed 2 years for threatening to kill teacher

A final year student of the Suhum Presbyterian Senior High School (PRESEC) in the Eastern region has been sentenced to 2 years in prison for threatening to kill a teacher in the school. The student (name withheld) recorded a video of himself brandishing a cutlass and threatened to cut off …

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LGBTQI worse than COVID-19 – Bagbin

The Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin has warned diplomats and other organizations threatening some MPs behind a private members’ bill seeking to criminalize activities of LGBTQI to desist from such actions. Speaking at the speaker’s prayer breakfast meeting, Alban Bagbin assured the bill will be passed before the year ends …

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Kwesi Nyantakyi granted GH¢1 million bail

  • Kwesi Nyantakyi is facing charges of corruption, fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud • He pleaded not guilty to the charges and granted a GH¢1 million bail • Nyantakyi was implicated in the Number12 investigative piece Kwesi Nyantakyi, the former President of the Ghana Football Association has been granted a GH¢1 million …

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Pope Francis meets Spider-Man

Pope Francis met Spider-Man at a general papal audience in Vatican City on Wednesday. Mattia Villardita, the 28-year-old who dressed up as Peter Parker’s superhero persona, said it’s his mission to bring joy to children in the hospital. “This all came about from a personal story. I was a patient for 19 …

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