One of the four former Minneapolis police officers who were charged over the death of George Floyd has been released on bail. The former police officer released, Thomas Lane, 37, had been held on $750,000 bail and was freed from Hennepin County jail, sheriff’s office records showed. He was one …
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Read: All about Bipolar Disorder, the disease affecting Duncan-Williams’ son
Overview Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression). When you become depressed, you may feel sad or hopeless and lose interest or pleasure in most activities. When your mood shifts to …
Read More »George Floyd Death: The Stories Behind The Statues Targeted In Protests
When anti-racism protesters in England pulled down the statue of a 17th Century slave trader and promptly dumped it in the deep waters of a harbour, the message was clear. Edward Colston’s ships are believed to have transported about 80,000 men, women and children from Africa to the Americas. But his memory …
Read More »Woman convinces Merriam-Webster Dictionary to change ‘racism’ definition
A recent college graduate from St. Louis has called out the Merriam-Webster Dictionary for what she says is an incorrect definition of the word “racism.” Kennedy Mitchum has taken a different approach to making change as thousands continue to march to raise awareness about racial injustice and the need for police …
Read More »Benefits of sex that you did not know
Sex coach, Dzifa Sweetness, has educated that sexual intercourse is not only beneficial for reproduction or pleasure but has a lot of side benefits that we do not realize. In an interview on eTV Ghana’s adult show, In Bed with Adwen, with Ghana’s greatest love Doctor, Adwen, she noted …
Read More »Coronavirus: Ghana’s confirmed cases cross 10,000
Ghana has confirmed 291 new cases of the novel Coronavirus. These new cases have pushed the country’s case count to 10,201. The new figures represent a rise of 563 cases from the initial figure. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) made this know on their official website on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Meanwhile, some …
Read More »14-Yr-Old Girl Commits Suicide ‘After Having No Internet To Attend Online Classes’
A 14-year-old girl is said to have committed suicide because she was unable to access online classes, due to having no internet at home. Devika Balakrishnan was reportedly found near her home in Valancherry in Kerala, India with an empty bottle of toxic liquid nearby. It is thought her family …
Read More »COVID-19: “We Are Not Soldiers Who Swear To Die For Ghana”
Answering a question on radio on 28th May 2020, the General-Secretary of the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association stated thus. “We are not soldiers who take an oath to die for Ghana. We nurses do not swear to die for Ghana. We must therefore be given PPEs to protect …
Read More »No church services should be held in classrooms – GES warns
No church services will be held in classrooms, Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Professor Kwasi Opoku-Amankwa has cautioned Christian religious leaders in the country. Following President Akufo-Addo’s ease of restrictions on public gatherings, schools across the country have reopened for final year students and churches are permitted to …
Read More »Ghana Tops the Chart among Countries Benefiting from CoL Online Scholarships
Three Ghanaians, namely Enoch Adjei, Hamadu Hassan and Anane Vida who have completed 102, 94 and 61 courses respectively emerged as top learners on the Commonwealth of Learning (CoL) Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) scholarship programme. Ghana, through the Ghana Library Authority forms part of the four countries which includes …
Read More »The Workplace Wellness Program is set to bring back confidence at the Workplace – City Xtra Limited
The confidence to return to work has been a major subject in this COVID- 19 era. The assurance of whether one is safe being at home or at the workplace remains fully unanswered. The way forward in resolving the major part of this challenge is to have your workplace/home/environment disinfected. …
Read More »Brazil hides coronavirus death data, Bolsonaro accused of censorship
Brazil deleted months of data from its official COVID-19 tracker, prompting president Jair Bolsonaro to be accused of censorship. On Friday, the health ministry’s “Coronavirus Panel” was taken offline, according to Brazil’s G1 Globo. By Saturday, it was back online, but with a fraction of the data. The previous version of …
Read More »New claims in US lawsuit that alleges MTN paid off al-Qaeda, Taliban
A US lawsuit that alleges that MTN paid protection money to al-Qaeda and the Taliban has been expanded to include new claims. The suit was filed by the families of US soldiers who were killed or wounded in in Iran and Afghanistan between 2009 and 2017. The case, heard by …
Read More »Conor McGregor announces retirement from UFC at 31
UFC champion, Conor McGregor says he has retired from fighting at the age of 31. Conor McGregor, the Ireland former two-weight UFC champion has a record of 22 wins and four defeats. This is the third time in four years that McGregor has announced his retirement. He previously made thesame …
Read More »George Floyd death: Protesters tear down slave trader statue
A slave trader’s statue in Bristol has been torn down during a second day of anti-racism protests across the UK, following the death of George Floyd. It comes after largely peaceful demonstrations in central London on Saturday saw some clashes with police. Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick urged protesters to …
Read More »Pope Francis condemns death of George Floyd, calls US unrest ‘disturbing’
Pope Francis has called the death of George Floyd at the hands of US police officers “tragic” and said he is praying for him and “all those others who have lost their lives as a result of the sin of racism.” After an eighth night of protests across the United States, Francis addressed …
Read More »JHS students to spend only four hours in school daily – GES
Junior High School students will not spend more than four hours in school per day, the Ghana Education Service (GES) has said. The comment comes after President Akufo-Addo announced the reopening of schools for final year students in the country. As part of measures to return lives to normalcy while …
Read More »Closed borders: KNUST working to bring back international science students for exams
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) is working with the Government to allow entry for international students returning to the campus to complete their academic work for the Second Semester. They include those in the fifth and sixth years in the School of Medicine and Dentistry, School …
Read More »Trump has reportedly ordered thousands of US troops out of Germany
US president Donald Trump has directed the Pentagon to pull thousands of US troops out of Germany, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The planned withdrawal would reduce the US troop presence in Germany by 9,500 and cap the total number of US troops in country at 25,000, The WSJ reported, …
Read More »30 Health workers test positive for COVID-19
Nearly 30 health workers in the Eastern Region have tested positive for Covid-19. The affected health workers are a mixture of those conducting contact tracing and those working in hospitals and other health facilities. About eight (8) out of the total number have, however, recovered. The inadequate Personal Protective Equipment …
Read More »Bald men are more at risk of getting severe coronavirus, studies show
Bald men could be at a higher risk of dying from coronavirus because male hormones help the virus attack cells, scientists have revealed. The hormone Androgen, which causes hair loss in men, has been linked to some of the worst cases of Covid-19 in Spanish hospitals. The discovery could be named the …
Read More »Three Chinese nationals were murdered and burned in Zambia, in a week when racial tensions were running high
The trail of blood outside the warehouse door was the only immediate sign that a murder had taken place. But CCTV footage seized by police, and seen by CNN, revealed a brutal afternoon of carnage. At midday on Sunday, May 24, three Zambian attackers with iron bars entered the grounds of a …
Read More »Beijing is reportedly giving its citizens R29 billion to go shopping
Citizens of Beijing are set to have a government-funded shopping spree as the city hands out 12.2 billion yuan, or R29 billion, in vouchers, according to a report from Bloomberg. In addition to shopping, the vouchers can be used for catering, tourism, education, and sports, the report said. The vouchers come …
Read More »Video: Trump builds fence around White House following protests
Fences are being built around the White House following protests by people seeking justice for George Floyd and calling for an end to police brutality in the United States of America. As the protests intensified and demonstrators packed themselves outside the White House, US President Donald Trump reportedly hid in …
Read More »George Floyd: ‘Pandemic of racism’ led to his death, memorial told
A lawyer for George Floyd has told a memorial service that a “pandemic of racism” led to his death. Those gathered at Thursday’s tribute stood in silence for eight minutes, 46 seconds, the amount of time Floyd was alleged to be on the ground under the control of police in …
Read More »European Union ‘wants borders open by end of June’
The European Commission has called on all EU member countries to lift their border restrictions by the end of this month and allow passport-free travel across the bloc. The virus situation was “fast improving”, according to Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson. “We are coming very close to a situation where …
Read More »Three recover from coronavirus, one to serve as an ambassador
Three persons out of the seven who tested positive to COVID-19 in Sissala East have recovered and reunited with their families. This was after 26 days in isolation where the three made up of two females and a male underwent two separate tests, conducted at different times and came out negative, Mr …
Read More »Ghana records 337 new COVID-19 cases; total now 8,885
Ghana has recorded 337 more cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours as the country’s total case count stands at 8, 885. Recoveries have also increased marginally to 3,189 while the death toll still stands at 38. The current active cases stand at 5,658. Accra still has the highest …
Read More »[Watch Video] Another white police officer kneels on black man’s neck after his arrest in Florida
A Florida police department has launched an internal investigation after a video surfaced on social media showing a White Sarasota police officer kneeling on a black man’s neck. The video was taken on May 18 during the arrest of Patrick Carroll after Sarasota police responded to a domestic issue. The …
Read More »University of Ghana starts exams on June 8
The Management of the University of Ghana has fixed June 8 to July 3 for the commencement of examinations for all students, including final year students. A statement from the University, copied to Ghana News Agency in Accra on Thursday, said arrangements were being made to receive registered final year …
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