Britain’s BBC said on Wednesday it would axe 450 jobs from its news division in a restructuring designed to cut costs and change the way it produces news to reach a younger audience. The 98-year-old corporation, locked in a battle with the government over its future, said fewer viewers were …

The “whole world needs to be on alert” to fight the coronavirus, the head of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Programme has said. Dr Mike Ryan praised China’s response to the deadly outbreak, saying: “The challenge is great but the response has been massive.” The WHO will meet on …

Members of the European Parliament have overwhelmingly backed the terms of the UK’s departure from the EU. MEPs ratified the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement by 621 votes to 49 following an emotional debate in Brussels. After the vote, MEPs marked the UK’s exit by singing Auld Lang Syne. Several British MEPs …

There is another fire outbreak on the campus of Accra Academy, a few days after a similar incident on the campus. The Alema Hall fire according to GhanaWeb sources started round 8:30 pm. This is the second time since January 15, when the first fire outbreak swept the same Alema …

The coronavirus was confirmed in the Chinese city on January 7, 2020. Cases have since been confirmed in several other Asian countries, Europe and the United States. The World Health Organisation’s Africa emergency response program manager Michel Yao advised health ministers in the region to activate standard flu screening at …

The newly-commissioned ambulances are fitted with digitised state-of-the-art dispatch management system, integrated with the national digital property addressing system which will automatically generate the digital address location of the caller, President Akufo-Addo has disclosed. This according to the President, will enable the control centre to determine straightaway the nearest ambulance to dispatch, he …

Madam Faustina Lami Abatera, the Midwife in charge of the Kolinvai Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound located in the East Mumprusi Municipality of the North East Region has called for security guards to protect the facility and medical equipment. She said the facility which has a nurses’ quarters …

The Ghana Railway Company Limited (GRCL) has successfully completed its reformation exercise on the Takoradi-Tarkwa Railway line and urged the public to patronize its services for free on the stretch beginning today, Tuesday January 28. The GRCL said it was fully prepared to begin passenger services after a concurrent test …

Senior High Schools in the country risk closure over lack of funds and shortage of food. Funds have not been disbursed to the schools since the beginning of the 2019/2020 academic year affecting the smooth running of the schools. Starr News checks in the Eastern region reveal most schools have …

Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas Sunday morning alongside her daughter, Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant with three others. A viral video has emerged which capture how the helicopter crashed and landed in the valley. The helicopter caught fire in the air with its engine sputtering before it went …

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has called for a forensic probe into the conduct of the Director, Internal Audit Division of the GHS, Mr Kwabena Hemeng-Ntiamoah, who is alleged to have misappropriated millions of cedis meant for audit assignments. A document sighted by the Ghanaian Times suggested that the forensic …

Health officials in Ghana have tightened surveillance at Ghana’s border with Cote d’Ivoire after a suspected case of coronavirus was reported. Ever since the disease surfaced in China, many countries are on the alert to ensure it does not find its way to their setting. The Director-General of the Ghana …

Emergency healthcare services in Ghana are to receive a major boost from this week, following the dispatch of over 300 Ambulances, over 300 EMT Drivers and support staff and 30 Dispatchers to 275 constituencies nationwide from Tuesday. The ambulances were procured under the government Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) …

The Gambaga Girls Senior High School (SHS) in the East Mumprusi Municipality of the North East Region has reverted from the ‘Double Track System’ to Single Track owing to massive infrastructural development in the school. The ‘Double Track System,’ under the Free SHS policy was in two sessions; the Green …

A controversial video showing young children in school uniforms dancing provocatively and twerking has been posted online – sparking outrage. Filmed in the city of Camaguey in central Cuba, 300 miles east of Havana, it has now been viewed tens of thousands of times. Jorge Luis Pérez, a father of …

At least 22 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured in a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey. The magnitude-6.8 quake, centred on the town of Sivrice in Elazig province, caused buildings to collapse and sent residents rushing into the street. Forty-two people have been rescued so far, with …

Health officials in China say a coronavirus has killed 15 more people in the province of Hubei, where the outbreak first started. There are currently 1,287 confirmed cases in China, 41 of whom have died. It comes as China is begins celebrations of the Lunar New Year, one of the …

Thirteen suspected cultists have been killed in the ongoing clash between members of the Eiye and Aiye confraternities in the Ijede Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. Residents lamented that they were unsafe as the cultists freely use sophisticated weapons in the Luwasa, Igbe and Ijede areas of Ikorodu. …

China is battling to contain a deadly coronavirus in its Hubei province, as hundreds of millions of Chinese prepare to travel over the Lunar New Year. Beijing and Hong Kong have cancelled some major festivities to prevent large crowds gathering together. Wuhan and other cities in Hubei have seen far …

The US Department of State has unveiled new rules to deter pregnant women from travelling to the US to give birth. The policy takes effect on Friday and is intended as a crackdown on what is known as “birth tourism”. Under the rule, pregnant women applying for US visitor visas …

A desperate search for vitality has over the years pushed some Ghanaian youth into consuming poisonous substances, including various kinds of glue, turpentine and petrol, but the latest discovery will shock the nation. In the Upper West Region where the new substance abuse is believed to have originated, the youth …

KNUST Opens applications For Academic Year 2020/2021. Graded 14th on the continent, West Africa’s best university,KNUST, has announced opening of admissions for the academic year 2020/2021.   Read below Specifications. Admission of Candidates to Undergraduate Degree Programmes for the 2020/2021 Academic Year WASSCE/SSSCE/ADVANCED LEVEL/MATURE/ABCE/GBCE AND IB CANDIDATES For the knowledge …

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced a series of measures it is taking to prevent the spread of Coronavirus in Ghana including screening all passengers from China. China has recorded cases of Coronavirus where nine persons have been reported dead. “As part of measures to prevent an outbreak in …

Ten people killed in Orthodox Christian festival in Ethiopia (Photos), At least 10 people have been killed and more than 100 injured when a seating area collapsed during a major Orthodox Christian celebration in Ethiopia. The accident occurred at about 8am on Monday in Gondar where more than a million …

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Education, Winneba, Rev. Professor Anthony Afful-Broni says he will not be distracted by the war of words between the University and former President Jerry John Rawlings, who wants him to step aside. Speaking to Starr News’ Ibrahim ALhassan on the sidelines of the …

Confirmed information available to thedistin.com  has it that the Officers’ Mess at 37 Military Hospital is currently blazing. However, the cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained and the video shows thick fumes of smoke billowing out of the building as people stood to watch. In the video, …

The US embassy serving Libya has warned that the shutdown of the country’s oil fields risks worsening the humanitarian emergency there. An embassy statement called for the immediate resumption of production. Libya’s state-run, National Oil Corporation says the forces of the rebel commander, General Khalifa Haftar, have in recent days …

US President Donald Trump has decried climate “prophets of doom” in a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where sustainability is the main theme. He called for a rejection of “predictions of the apocalypse” and said America would defend its economy. Mr Trump did not directly name the …

Jossephine Kwabiwaa was held in isolation after she refused to be tested for tuberculosis, despite her expressing concern that radiation could affect her pregnancy A heavily pregnant migrant worker from Ghana has been held in isolation for four months by the Israel Prison Service, despite the World Medical Association and …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has earned some points in the books of Ghanaians after adopting an adage from the local parlance. Addressing a gathering at the 2020 UK-Africa investment summit in London, the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson borrowed popular Akan proverb “all fingers are not the same,” to …