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A US patient is believed to be the third person in the world, and first woman, to be cured of HIV. The patient was being treated for leukaemia when she received a stem cell transplant from someone with natural resistance to the Aids-causing virus. The woman has now been free …

US-based Ghanaian, Fred Asante, who was arrested on February 17, 2021, as a member of a criminal money laundering syndicate in Ghana, has now pleaded guilty. Fred Asante pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and …

The US has added sites operated by Chinese technology giants Alibaba and Tencent to its “Notorious Markets List” of businesses it believes are involved with trading counterfeit goods. The list identifies 42 online sites and 35 physical stores, including e-commerce platforms, run by the firms. The US trade agency says …

A District Judge of the United States Federal court in Chicago, Illinois, Thomas M. Durkin, has dismissed an appeal filed by Birim Group against Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom and 18 others. In US Federal court ruling available to GhanaWeb, Judge Durkin stated, “having reviewed the parties’ submissions, the Court finds …

Former Ghana U20 and Asante Kotoko player Mark Adu Amofah and his wife Pearl Amofah are now in the United States Army. The former Asante Kotoko striker was enlisted in the United States Army more than a year ago. The 35-year-old relocated to the United States after retiring from football …

Prince Andrew has settled a civil sexual assault case brought against him in the US by Virginia Giuffre. Ms Giuffre had been suing the Duke of York, claiming he sexually assaulted her on three occasions when she was 17, allegations he has repeatedly denied. A letter filed to the US …

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Sylvester Asare has explained to the Ashaiman District Court circumstances leading to the police detaining Lawyer Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormarwor for more than 48 hours. The accused, according to DSP Asare, has been detained for 52 hours beyond the “within 48 hours” allowed by the law. …

Nana Dubin Kwapong, personal assistant to Dome-Kwabenya Member of Parliament, Sarah Adwoa Safo, has disclosed that the MP will arrive in the country next week. The absentee MP has come under fire in recent weeks over her continuous absence from Parliament with some NPP MPs accusing her of holding the government to ransom …

The 2022 Global Universities Rankings by USNews and World Report Global Universities has placed the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) at number 12 in terms of best universities in Africa. The University of Ghana came in at Number 29 in the research performance and ratings that was …

Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko has intensified his recent attacks on the economic record of former President John Dramani Mahama. His latest jibe being about how Mahama had mismanaged Ghana’s new oil wealth when he served as President between 2013 and 2017. According to Gabby, even without a pandemic at the time and with …