Five people have been hospitalised with non-life-threatening injuries after a pedestrian bridge that was in “poor condition” collapsed onto a busy Washington, D.C., highway. The incident occurred before noon on Wednesday, June 23,  on DC-295 near Polk Street. The collapse was caused by a collision, D.C. Deputy Mayor for Public …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionIn recent weeks, people have placed children’s shoes at memorials to mourn those who died at Canada’s indigenous schools An indigenous group in Canada says it has found hundreds of unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school in Saskatchewan province. The Cowessess First Nation said …

US pop star Britney Spears has launched a blistering attack on the “abusive” conservatorship that has controlled her life for 13 years at a court hearing. Speaking in open court for the first time in the case, she accused her father of controlling her “100,000%”. She said she had been …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERS Anti-virus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been found dead in a Barcelona prison cell hours after a Spanish court agreed to extradite him to the US to face tax evasion charges. The Catalan Justice Department said prison medics tried to resuscitate him, but were not successful. It said …

•The 37 Military Hospital has shared pictures of two patients whose families cannot be located •The two patients were admitted after being involved in separate car accidents •The hospital has called on the public to help locate the families of the patients The 37 Military Hospital has called on the …

The alleged negligent removal of the womb of a 30-year-old patient of the LEKMA Hospital, without her consent, has landed the medical facility in trouble. The woman, now childless, was at the Teshie-based Municipal Hospital to be delivered of her first baby, which came out successfully after a caesarean section. But …

image captionThe paper reported extensively on pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy paper Apple Daily has announced its closure, in a blow to media freedom in the city. The tabloid’s offices were raided last week over allegations that several reports had breached a controversial national security law. …

image captionThere are hundreds of children in some of the tents At a US border detention centre in the Texan desert, migrant children have been living in alarming conditions – where disease is rampant, food can be dangerous and there are reports of sexual abuse, an investigation by the BBC …

• Ghana is still fighting the deadly Coronavirussince the index case was recorded in March 2020 • Many Ghanaians, including high profile personalities have died from the virus • At the regional level, 684 students have contracted the disease in recent times  A report from the Eastern Regional Health Directorate …

The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) says it is considering a lawsuit against education Think Tank, Africa Education Watch. This comes on the back of Africa Watch’s report on the assessment of the 2020 West African Secondary Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The Think Tank, among other things noted, their investigations revealed that …

 • These are some basic hygiene measures every woman should consider after every monthly flow • These tips when practiced will prevent women from sexually transmitting infections to their male partners • Women must endeavor to take their sexual reproductive health seriously A woman’s menstrual period can pass by smoothly …

  Health expert, Doctor Muftawu Mohammed, has asserted that it is wrong to manage body pains, whether internal or external, with pain killers. According to him, managing pain with painkillers is simply a lazy man’s approach and not recommended. He said this during an interview with Nana Yaw Odame on …

The management of the Dagban State SHS in Yendi in the Northern Region has begun probing circumstances that led to first year students of the school being ordered to perform sexual gestures as part of their initiation to the school by their seniors. The immoral gestures were videoed and disseminated …

 News of rapper 50 Cent’s death spread quickly earlier this week causing concern among fans across the world. However the June 2021 report has now been confirmed as a complete hoax and just the latest in a string of fake celebrity death reports. Thankfully, the rapper best known for hit …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTEPA/REUTERS Early results indicate both President Emmanuel Macron and his opponent Marine Le Pen will fail to make the gains they were hoping for in the first round of regional elections in France. Mr Macron’s centrist party is projected to gain more than 10% of the vote – just …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionThe virus continues to spread in Brazil amid a lack of co-ordinated measures The number of deaths related to Covid-19 has passed 500,000 in Brazil, the second-highest in the world, as experts say the outbreak could worsen amid slow vaccination and the start of winter. The virus …

The Technical University Teachers’ Association of Ghana (TUTAG), has suspended its strike. A Press statement dated Saturday, June 19, 2021 and signed by the National President, Dr Michael Brigandi said the suspension of the industrial action is based on trust and confidence in the assurances by the Education Minister. TUTAG …

Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi is set to be Iran’s next president after winning most of the votes counted so far. He beat three other candidates in a poll in which most would-be candidates were barred from standing. Mr Raisi is Iran’s top judge and holds ultra-conservative views. He is under US …

US Catholic bishops are on a potential collision course with President Joe Biden after voting to commission a document that may call for him to be barred from Holy Communion. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) clashed online over whether to draw up a teaching document on politicians who …

Some Indonesian Fishermen have caught a real black mermaid while fishing. In the video shared online, the mermaid was seen tired and exhausted as it was still wrapped in the big fishing net. Recall that some researchers have been trying to lay their hands on a mermaid to know if they are …

Best performing schools in the 2020 National West Africa Secondary Schools Certificate Examination (WASSCE) rankings for the Central Region have been awarded with citation of merit. The ceremony, which was to motivate hard working teachers, students and their schools, saw seven schools receiving the awards. Wesley Girls Senior High School …

The French Ambassador to Ghana Ann-Sophie Avé says the attention given to the assault on French President Emmanuel Macron is unfair. Her Excellency Avé said the embarrassing incident should not have happened when there are other means to channel grievances in the European country. Speaking to Francis Abban on the …

Ziona Chana, the head of a religious sect that practiced polygamy, died on Sunday, leaving behind 38 wives, 94 children and 36 grandchildren. Chana reportedly suffered from diabetes and hypertension. Doctors said Chana’s condition deteriorated at home in his village, Baktawng Tlangnuam. He was admitted to hospital on Sunday evening, …

  In 1958, the setting for a university graduation was obviously not as flamboyant as we have them today but the essence of those events cannot be said to have been any less. In this photo of a graduation ceremony from the Kumasi College of Technology, now the Kwame Nkrumah …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionDavid Attenborough (right) is to address the summit World leaders meeting in Cornwall are to adopt strict measures on coal-fired power stations as part of the battle against climate change. The G7 group will promise to move away from coal plants, unless they have technology to capture …

A pizzeria owner allegedly killed her husband before cutting off his penis and frying it. Dayane Cristina Rodrigues Machado, aged 33, was arrested in the Brazilian city of Sao Goncalo on June 7. Cops were called to the couple’s house in the neighbourhood of Santa Catarina and found the victim’s …

• Alhassan Suhuyini says he will kick against the approval of Gifty Twum-Ampofo nomination • He decision comes at the back of a corruption watch report which accused the MP of bribing delegates • He said the MPs response suggests that her conscience is dead to the threat of bribery …

• A photo of Mankessim SHS students reportedly abusing drugs surfaced online recently • This raised eyebrows with Ghanaians calling on school authorities to act • The school has explained that the photo was part of a project the boys were tasked with  The Visual Arts Department of Mankessim Senior …

The USAID Strengthening the Care Continuum Project in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has, between October 2020 and March 2021 tested almost 30,000 people for Human Immune Virus (HIV) with 2,143 individuals testing positive. The USAID Strengthening the Care Continuum Project is designed to improve the capacity of …

Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, the Minister of Education, has announced plans by the Ministry to begin rehabilitating all old and dilapidated basic schools across the country. This is to make sure that the schools were safe, attractive and conducive for effective teaching and learning. Dr Adutwum said this when he …