The Brazilian clinical trial for a high-profile Chinese Covid-19 vaccine has been suspended after health authorities reported a “severe adverse” incident. Brazilian health regulator Anvisa said it took place on 29 October, but did not give further details. The Sinovac vaccine is one of several in final-stage testing globally. But …

President Trump on Friday inched closer to acknowledging he will not be president after Jan. 20, though stopped well short of recognizing his loss, in vowing his administration wouldn’t order new coronavirus lockdowns. “I will not — this administration will not be doing a lockdown. Hopefully whatever happens in the …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of candidates who sat for the WASSCE in 2020 in Ghana, showing a massive improvement as compared to the 2019 batch. “The provisional results indicate that there were improvements in the performance of candidates at Grades A1 to C6 in …

US President-elect Joe Biden has won the state of Georgia, the BBC projects, the first Democratic candidate to do so since 1992. The win solidifies Mr Biden’s victory, giving him a total of 306 votes in the electoral college, the system the US uses to choose its president. President Donald …

The attorney general of New York, Letitia James, has said she is ready to sue the Trump administration if the state does not receive an approved Covid-19 vaccine along with the rest of the country. Speaking earlier today, Trump had said that vaccines would be available throughout the US with …

The West Africa Examination Council has cancelled the entire results of 480 candidates who sat for this year’s West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE) for school candidates. Their results have been cancelled for bringing mobile phones into the examination hall. Meanwhile, the entire results of 384 candidates have been …

Professor Marian Asantewah Nkansah of the Department of Chemistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana has been named among the top 10 scientists in Africa. She was also named among the top 60 scientists around the world in the 2020 Analytical Scientists Power List. The Analytical Scientists …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released provisional results of candidates who sat for the 2020 West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). This follows the completion of all post-examination processes. The results for the schools would be dispatched through the District Directors of Education to their schools. A …

The Ghana Education Service has directed the heads of all Senior High Schools in Ghana to provide a break in academic work from Friday, December 4, 2020, to Tuesday, December 8, 2020. The GES made this announcement in a post on its Facebook page. “Management has directed that all SHS …

Teaching and learning activities for the 2020/2021 academic year at the Ghana Institute of Journalism will commence on January 4, 2021 This was indicated in the school’s academic calendar which has been approved by their Academic Board. The first semester will have 9 weeks of teaching, ending on Monday, 15th …

New York has introduced new restrictions aimed at curbing coronavirus, with Mayor Bill de Blasio warning it was the city’s “last chance” to stop a second wave. Bars, restaurants and gyms must close by 22:00 and people can only meet in groups of 10 or less. The US is seeing …

The number of Americans in hospital with Covid-19 reached record levels on Tuesday, as more than a million new cases were confirmed in November. There are over 10 million confirmed US cases and 239,732 deaths so far – and the death toll is rising to an average of over 900 …

Host of Delay show, Deloris Frimpong Manso, has finally rendered an unqualified apology to music legend Obrafour over a ‘misinforming’ interview. Delay asked a pressing question which led interviewee Ayisha Modi to make some accusations against Obrafour. Miss Modi alleged she supported many musicians back in the days, citing Obrafour’s …

President of the United States, Donald Trump, has expressed hope of being declared winner of the ongoing presidential election. Trump said results that would be announced next week would declare him winner. He stated this on Tuesday November 10th, 2020 in a tweet via his verified Twitter handle. According to …

Joe Biden has said President Donald Trump’s refusal to concede defeat in last week’s White House election is “an embarrassment”. But the US president-elect – who has been making contact with foreign leaders – insisted nothing would stop the transfer of power. Mr Trump meanwhile tweeted he would ultimately win …

The United States Embassy in Ghana is to hold a free virtual education fair for undergraduate and postgraduate Ghanaian students. The fair is dubbed: “U.S. College Fair” and slated for November 18 and 19, 2020. A statement, copied to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) by the Embassy, said attendees would …

A smooth transition of power in the US is looking less likely with Donald Trump blocking co-operation with Joe Biden’s team and the US attorney general authorising investigations into allegations of electoral fraud. The Electoral College is scheduled to formally confirm Mr Biden’s victory on 14 December with the Democrat …

The Minister of Education, Hon Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has launched Edmodo Enterprise Learning Management System to facilitate remote and distance education for all grade levels in Ghana.   The Edmodo platform is used by over 144,000,000 learners globally and is noted for its user-friendliness and acceptability among the global …

US President Donald Trump’s spokeswoman has vowed the legal battle to contest Joe Biden’s White House election victory is only just beginning. “This election is not over,” White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told a news conference. “Far from it.” She made a flurry of allegations of election corruption, although …

President Donald Trump has fired the US Defense of Secretary, Mark Esper. The President announced the termination of Esper’s appointment in a tweet on Monday evening. Mr Trump wrote: “I am pleased to announce that Christopher C. Miller, the highly respected Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (unanimously confirmed by …

According to a new report, a former aide is claiming Melania Trump plans to divorce her husband after he leaves the White House.   According to a new claim from a former aide, Melania Trump is “counting down the minutes” until she can divorce Donald Trump, after he lost the …

The General Secretary of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Titus Bayuo, has described as not surprising the rise in COVID-19 cases in the country. Dr Bayuo states that government was warned by the association months ago that the lifting of restrictions and the non-compliance of Ghanaians in adhering to safety measures could …

Before his victory over Donald Trump in the just-ended U.S. elections, President-elect Joe Biden suffered several bouts of poor results in the primaries. But Black voters came through for him as he won two-thirds of the Black votes in South Carolina to beat his competitors for that key demography. Biden’s …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said, he has extended the incentives for health workers in the fight of the novel Coronavirus. This was announced during his 19th coronavirus update to the nation. More soon.  

Joe Biden plans to immediately sign a series of sweeping executive orders once taking office in January, reversing several of Donald Trump’s key policies and reinstating programs the president has ended. Near the top of Biden’s list is rejecting Trump’s policies regarding immigration, those close to his campaign told The Washington Post in a report …

Joe Biden plans to immediately sign a series of sweeping executive orders once taking office in January, reversing several of Donald Trump’s key policies and reinstating programs the president has ended. Near the top of Biden’s list is rejecting Trump’s policies regarding immigration, those close to his campaign told The Washington Post in a report …

After days of uncertainty, Joe Biden has won the US presidential election, BBC projections show. During Donald Trump’s four years in office, America’s relationship with the world changed profoundly. BBC reporters across the globe, from Beijing to Berlin, explain how news of Mr Biden’s victory is being received and what …

The Embassy of Japan has signed a grant contract with the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) University of Ghana, for the procurement and installation of an incinerator at the Institute for proper laboratory waste management. The grant, funded by the Government of Japan under its Assistance for Grassroots …

President-elect Joe Biden spoke to a deeply divided nation tonight, making a plea for unity and understanding after four years of turmoil and conflict fomented by President Donald Trump, who showed no indication Saturday that he plans to concede and continued to push the falsehood that he had won the election. …

Biden says the first task is to get the coronavirus pandemic under control. “That’s the only way we can get back to living,” he says. “On Monday, I will name a group of leading scientists and experts as transition advisers to help take the Biden-Harris Covid plan and convert it …