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Madam Virginia Palmer, the United States Ambassador to Ghana, has paid a courtesy call on Speaker Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin at Parliament House in Accra. During the meeting, Mr Bagbin reiterated the urgent need for countries on the African Continent to come together to fight terror and extremist attacks threatening …

Sri Lanka’s prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as acting president as the country reels from an economic crisis and unrest. He replaces Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled to Singapore after unprecedented mass protests which saw demonstrators overrun the presidential palace. Protesters defied a curfew to celebrate his resignation …

Tennis legend Roger Federer has dropped a huge retirement hint, admitting his time off the court the past 12 months due to a knee injury has seen him relish the daily aspects of fatherhood. The Swiss maestro, 40, has four children and while he admitted he has missed travelling the …

African countries are set to dominate world population growth up to 2050, according to a new report from the UN. More than half of the projected increases in global population will be concentrated in eight countries, five of which are on the continent. They include the Democratic Republic of Congo, …

Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) sued Elon Musk on Tuesday for violating his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform and asked a Delaware court to order the world’s richest person to complete the merger at the agreed $54.20 per Twitter share. “Musk apparently believes that he – unlike every …

Mercedes-Benz sales fell sharply in the second quarter, hampered by supply problems and coronavirus-related lockdowns in China, the German carmaker said on Monday.The automaker delivered 490,000 passenger cars from April to June, down 16% from the same period last year, it said.For the first half of 2022, its Cars division …

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has confirmed he will resign, the prime minister’s office has said after tens of thousands of protesters stormed the official residences of both men. Sri Lanka is in a deep financial crisis and the crowds say they won’t leave until both men quit their posts. …

Former Arsenal, West Ham and England midfielder Jack Wilshere has announced his retirement from football aged 30. Wilshere made 197 appearances for Arsenal and won two FA Cups after making his debut as a 16-year-old. He later had spells at West Ham, Bolton, Bournemouth and Danish side AGF Aarhus. In …

Millions of Public Relations practitioners across the globe are set to celebrate the second edition of the annual World PR Day to hold on July 16, 2022. Launched in 2021 to forge a global agenda of enlightening the world about the nobility and misconceptions around PR, World PR Day witnessed …

Former Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights. Chauvin, 46, pleaded guilty to the separate federal civil rights charges in December. He is already serving a 22-year state prison sentence for the on-duty murder of Mr …