Israel destroyed a 12-storey tower block in Gaza housing the offices of the U.S.-based Associated Press and other news media on Saturday, saying the building was also used by the Islamist militant group Hamas. The al-Jalaa building in Gaza City, which also houses the offices of Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera …

A Neurosurgeon at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Dr Hadi Abdallah has recounted the experience when he failed to secure a bed in his own ward when he fell and sick and needed urgent treatment at the neurosurgery unit of the hospital. Dr Abdallah said he had to be taken …

  There was heated argument at the Cape Coast High Court in the Central Region on Wednesday when the case challenging the alleged dual citizenship of the opposition NDC MP for Assin North, James Gyakye Quayson, was called. The court on April 21, 2021 had ordered the petitioners and the …

Doctors in India are warning against the practice of using cow dung in the belief it will ward off COVID-19, saying there is no scientific evidence for its effectiveness and that it risks spreading other diseases. The coronavirus pandemic has wrought devastation on India, with 22.66 million cases and 246,116 …

After discovering cow dung cakes in the baggage of a passenger from India at an international airport in the suburb of Washington DC, the US Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) agency has asked travellers not to transport the waste product. In a press release, the USCBP said that cow dung …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionThe violence in the occupied West Bank marked a widening-out of the conflict following days of hostilities Violent clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinians have spread across much of the occupied West Bank, following days of hostility in Gaza. At least 10 Palestinians are reported to have …

Users yet to accept new terms and conditions for the messaging platform WhatsApp will start to get “persistent” reminders after the 15 May deadline. The changes relate primarily to the way businesses interact with customers. Since they were announced, in January, there had been concerns about the prospect of increased …

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has released the timetable for the second covid-19 vaccination exercise. The initial date for the second doses was April 27 but the new schedule for the second dose will be starting on May 19. Ghana received 350,000 doses of the AstraZeneca (AZN.L) coronavirus vaccine earlier …

Surgeons at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi are protesting over the unsafe theatre used for surgeries. The Surgeons are also complaining about the lack of basic equipment at the Surgery department. They claim that several complaints lodged with the management have not been resolved adding that the …

Students of School for the Blind in Akropong in AkuapemUnited North Municipality in Eastern Region on Friday morning embarked on a demonstration for the removal of the Headmistress of the School. The students accused the headmistress Mahela Narh of mismanagement leading to the gradual collapse of the school and poor …

  Assisted Secondary Schools across the country have run out of food owing to failure by the Buffer Stock company to supply them non-perishable foods. The situation has been exacerbated by delays in the release of funds to the schools by government. The heads have been running the schools on …

Israel has deployed tanks and troops to its border with Gaza, as it mulls whether to launch a ground operation in the territory after days of violence. Conflict raged throughout Thursday as Palestinian militants fired rockets into Israel and the Israeli army maintained a barrage of air strikes. More than …

 Mfantsipim School Mfantsipim School are the winners of the 2021 Central Regional Championship of the National Science & Maths Quiz. They crushed their archrivals Adisadel College, University Practice and Assin State College to clinch their first ever trophy at the regional level. The Botwe Boys put up a spirited performance …

Over 200 male students of the Sandema Senior High Technical School in the Builsa North Municipality have been displaced by a rainstorm that destroyed two dormitory blocks yesterday. The Tuesday night storm which rocked the area around 10 pm destroyed the roofs of the Rawlings and Azanti low Houses which …

• Coalition of Muslim Organisations, Ghana is calling for the reconstitution of the Wesley Girls’ High School board • The advocacy comes after the school prevented a Muslim student from partaking in the Ramadan fast • Authorities of the school say the ‘no fasting’ policy is strictly for health reasons …

A former UK High Commissioner to Ghana, Craig Murray has been jailed for contempt in the United Kingdom. The 62-year-old was sentenced to eight months in jail for breaching strict rules around identifying witnesses in the Alex Salmond trial. The former Dundee University rector breached a strict court order passed to protect …

Israel has declared a state of emergency in the central city of Lod after rioting by Israeli Arabs, as conflict between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants intensified. Cars were set alight and a father and daughter – both Israeli Arabs – died when a rocket from Gaza hit their car. …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionSchool No 175 in Kazan where the attack happened At least nine people, eight of them children, have been killed by gunfire at a school in the Russian city of Kazan, reports say. A teacher also died in the incident 820km (510 miles) east of Moscow. Two …

  Some students of the Takoradi Technical University (TTU) have rejected the Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering certificates issued to them by the university upon completion of the programme in 2020. They argued that before they enrolled for the course in August 2018, the authorities of TTU told them …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGESimage captionFamilies began to bury some of the victims on Sunday Afghan families have been burying their children who were killed in explosions outside a secondary school in the capital, Kabul, on Saturday. More than 60 people, mostly girls, are now known to have died in the attack …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTEPAimage captionAmbulances rushed the injured to hospital A blast close to a secondary school in the Afghan capital Kabul has left at least 30 people dead and dozens more injured, officials have said. The explosion took place as students were leaving the building on Saturday, with pictures on social …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERSimage captionPresident Emmanuel Macron called for the US to drop restrictions on vaccine exports as a way to increase global supply French President Emmanuel Macron has called on the US to drop its restrictions on the export of Covid-19 vaccines and ingredients. His words came as a divide emerged …

At least 163 Palestinians and six Israeli police officers have been hurt in clashes in Jerusalem, Palestinian medics and Israeli police say. Most were injured at the Al-Aqsa mosque, where Israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades as Palestinians threw stones and bottles. Tensions have been rising over the …

A 25-year-old Ghanaian woman residing in Miami-USA has been shot dead. Police say the incident involving one Rachel Maame Adwoa Amuah occurred on the seventh-floor of a high-rise building Thursday [May 6 2021] morning at around 1:20 a.m. on the 698 NE First Ave. According to reports by Miami Local …

A teacher at St. Stephens Senior High and Technical School (STEPSS) in Akyem Asiakwa near Kyebi in the Eastern Region has given a male student 25 strokes of cane for assaulting another student. A leaked video captured the teacher identified only as Sir Amable whipping the student who was only …

A jury in Italy has sentenced two (2) Americans to life in prison for the killing of a police officer. The jury of two judges and six civilians deliberated for more than 12 hours before convicting Finnegan Lee Elder, 21, and Gabriel Natale Hjorth, 20. There was a gasp in …

Aaron Cook remembers the tears in his eyes as he thinks back to that historic day for British taekwondo: 9 August 2012. It was a moment he’d dreamt of since being inspired to take up the sport as a five-year-old. It was one of the iconic moments of the London …

The US secretary of state has told the BBC that the US will respond to reckless or aggressive acts by Russia. Antony Blinken said the US was focused on actions such as the treatment of opposition figure Alexei Navalny, the Solar Winds hack and election interference. “We would prefer a …

IMAGE COPYRIGHTREUTERS The US has thrown its support behind a move at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to temporarily lift patent protection for coronavirus vaccines. India and South Africa proposed the plan, which they said would increase vaccine production around the world. But drugs manufacturers argue it may not have …

A driver wearing a face mask is reflected in a mirror as he is stuck in a traffic jam near a checkpoint, on the first day of a national travel ban as Indonesia halts sea, land, air, and rail travel for the Eid al-Fitr celebrations in an effort to prevent …