Actor Richard Hong was found dead in a home in LA after an attempted burglary Canadian actor Richard Hong was found dead in a Los Angeles home being rented by George Stroumboulopoulos, a Canadian TV and radio personality, according to Los Angeles Police. Hong, 41, was the apparent victim of a burglary attempt, police said. … Read more
A North Carolina police chief says video of a fatal officer shooting does not provide “definitive” evidence the black man who died was pointing a gun. But Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Kerr Putney said the “totality of all of the other evidence” supports the police version of events. Chief Putney said the video would be shown … Read more
TV3 in partnership with the National Cardiothoracic Centre has launched the “Think Heart- Save a Child” Campaign. The campaign is a charity arm under Media General’s 3 Foundation that was launched in June following a successful campaign that raised funds for the June 3 disaster victims a year ago. The 3 Foundation aimed at bringing hope … Read more
Franklin Cudjoe is founding President and CEO of IMANI Center for Policy By Dade Afre Akufu On Saturday September 17, 2016, a dear friend M. Kwadwo Nyamba came to the defense of the “good” work of IMANI Africa, a political think tank, in Ghana. Why? The “think tank” had come under heavy criticism after it … Read more
A man was injured during an attempted attack on the Israeli Embassy in Ankara Wednesday, Israel’s Foreign Affairs spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon told CNN. The attacker, who appeared to have a weapon, was shot by a security guard and lightly wounded, Nahshon said. Developing story – more to come. Sign up for Ghana Star News to … Read more
After all, both countries have long been nuclear powers — a deterrent that encompasses the lives of a combined 1.4 billion people. Both nations have also seen some years of relative peace along their border, a break from the wars that pockmarked the 20th Century. And yet, hours after 18 were killed in an attack … Read more
Though the official said the drills are not aimed particularly at North Korea, the announcement comes less than two weeks after North Korea claimed to have successfully tested a nuclear warhead — its second nuclear test this year and fifth one ever. The US and South Korea will also simulate what to do in the … Read more
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt may have made millions between them since marrying in 2014, but as the two negotiate the terms of their just-announced divorce, one expert says their biggest battle could end up being over children, not wealth. Jolie filed for divorce Monday after separating from her husband September 15, according to court … Read more
An unarmed black man walks on a Tulsa, Oklahoma, road with his hands in the air. An unarmed black man walks on a Tulsa, Oklahoma, road with his hands in the air. Police officers follow closely behind him as he approaches his vehicle. He stands beside the car, then falls to the ground after one … Read more
Demonstrators gathered near the complex Tuesday night, carrying signs that said “Black Lives Matter” and chanting “no justice, no peace.” The man shot by a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer that afternoon was identified as Keith Lamont Scott, Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts said. Brentley Vinson, the officer involved in the shooting, has been placed on paid administrative … Read more
A notebook found on New York and New Jersey bombings suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami contained ramblings about terrorists and also mentioned Anwar al-Awlaki, the Yemeni-American imam who was a spokesman for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, according to a law enforcement official. The notebook, which also referred to the Boston Marathon bombers, had a … Read more
Information available to the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) Fact-checking team reveals that claims by Transport Minister on the New Patriotic Party (NPP) housing record are not true. Fiifi Fiavi Kwetey claims the NPP did not build “even a chamber and hall” and that “not even a single room was completed in eight years … Read more
Ahmad Khan Rahami, the 28-year-old suspect in the bombings in New York City and New Jersey over the weekend, was taken into custody after a shootout with police in Linden, N. J., on Monday morning, officials said. Two police officers were wounded during Rahami’s arrest, but their injuries were not thought to be serious. ABC’s … Read more
New York officials are looking for a naturalised US citizen who was born in Afghanistan for questioning over Saturday’s blast in the Chelsea area in which 29 people were injured. The suspect has been named as Ahmad Khan Rahami, aged 28. Early on Monday, a backpack containing up to five devices exploded in Elizabeth, New … Read more
All is set and ready at the Sunyani Coronation park, where the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would today launch the full version of their 2016 campaign manifesto. It is a wet morning as it has been drizzling since 6 am but that has not deterred supporters and members of the party as they troop-in in their … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Moses Asaga has allayed the fears that there is sub-standard diesel on the market. “No. I don’t think that we are importing sub-standard products into the country because sulphur is one of the components in diesel so the report has been over exaggerated”, the NPA … Read more
The Ghana Standards Authority has mounted a defence of the importation of substandard diesel fuel into the country, claiming fuels with non toxic sulphur chemicals are expensive for people to afford. A report by campaign group, Public Eye, revealed Swiss firms have been exporting to Africa, diesel with toxin levels that are illegal in Europe. … Read more
Two-hundred bullets fired into an official. A corpse-eating crocodile. A billionaire killed in a lover’s tiff. They’re just some of the shocking allegations made by self-professed hitman Edgar Matobato before a Senate Inquiry into extrajudicial killings in the Philippines Thursday. Matabato claims he was part of a death squad run on the orders of President … Read more
The Vice-Presidential candidate of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Emmanuel Amenuvor Anyidoho says President John Dramani Mahama’s maladministration which is characterized with unbridled corruption is driving investors away from Ghana. According to him, the situation is so alarming that people would want money to exchange hands before allow a business to set up in the … Read more
Ghanaian Civil society group, the African Centre for Energy Policy, ACEP, has revealed through its partners, a Swiss NGO, Public Eye, how Swiss commodity trading firms are exporting what they call ‘dirty diesel’ to Africa. ACEP in a statement signed by its Deputy Executive, Benjamin Boakye, made this known in a report it launched on … Read more