A lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jay-Z, which alleged the rape of a 13-year-old girl in 2000, has been dismissed, according to a legal filing submitted on Friday in New York. The attorney representing the anonymous plaintiff, referred to as Jane Doe, voluntarily withdrew the case, court records show. The filing was submitted by…
The Palestinian Ambassador to Ghana has rejected President Donald Trump’s proposal for the US to take over Gaza and resettle the 2.1 million Palestinians living in the area. Mr. Abdulfatah Ahmed Khalil Alsattari told the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Thursday that Palestinians “prefer to live in their tents than to be displaced” and that the destruction of…
The two “blacklisted” companies are PVH Corp, the holding company for brands including Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, and US biotechnology firm Illumina. In a statement, China’s commerce ministry accused the firms of “discriminatory measures against Chinese enterprises”. It also said the move was designed to “safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests, in accordance…
A tragic plane crash in Northeast Philadelphia on Friday evening resulted in the deaths of seven people, including a child and her mother, shortly after the medical transport jet took off. The Learjet 55, operated by Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, was en route to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri before continuing to Tijuana, Mexico. The aircraft went…
President Donald Trump announced the termination of Dr. Anthony Fauci‘s taxpayer-funded security detail during a press conference on January 24, 2025. This decision affects the $15 million security arrangement that had been in place through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for Fauci, who previously served as the Chief Medical Advisor to the President. Trump confirmed…
Ghana has officially recognized the Alliance of Sahel States (ASS), a regional bloc formed between Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso aimed at addressing shared security concerns, economic development, and cooperation among member states President John Mahama has appointed Larry Gbevlo-Lartey as Special Envoy to the Alliance, a decision that will likely anger the French and…
This policy shift is part of a broader effort to reverse what Donald Trump calls “social engineering” in public and private life. “I will also end the government policy of trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life..As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy of the United States government that there…
US President Donald Trump issued pardons or commutations for more than 1,500 people convicted or charged in connection with the US Capitol riot four years ago. Fourteen members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, two far-right groups, are among those whose sentences were commuted by the new Republican president as he took office on…
The former UK Ambassador to Ghana, Jon Benjamin, has criticised the erection of a statue of former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, cautioning against such actions during one’s lifetime or tenure in office. His remarks follow the vandalism of the Akufo-Addo statue by alleged supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) on January 13, 2025….
At least 16 civilians in Nigeria’s north-western Zamfara State have been killed in a military air strike, apparently after being mistaken for criminal gangs. Residents told local media the victims were members of local vigilante groups and civilians defending themselves from armed gangs notorious for kidnapping people for ransom. The strikes targeted militant gangs in…
