Saudi authorities are investigating footage of a woman in a miniskirt and crop top walking through a historic site in the ultraconservative kingdom posted to social media over the weekend. A series of videos, initially posted to the Snapchat account of “Model Khulood”, show a young woman in a high-waisted miniskirt walking through a fort … Read more
The United Auto Workers and Nissan said Monday that they reached an agreement to let workers at a Nissan plant in the southern state of Mississippi to vote on whether to unionize. Controversy over unionization at the largely African-American plant in the town of Canton, which opened in 2003 and employs 6,400 people, has raged … Read more
Chief Executive of Vodafone Ghana, Yolanda Cuba, has emerged as the Industry Personality of the Year at the just-ended Ghana Information Technology and Telecom Awards (GITTA). Despite taking over the reins at the company in a little over a year, Yolanda has already exhibited a will to win and has put in place a comprehensive … Read more
When Candidate Trump tweeted that insult on blacks, he was ignorant of the fact that it is a black man, Jan Ernst Matzeliger, who manufactured the first modern shoe-lasting machine thereby transforming shoe-making from a home-situated, small business that made few pairs per day into a factory that produces hundreds of shoes in a day. … Read more
Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu is in Budapest Tuesday for talks with Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban, who hopes the visit will silence critics accusing him of leading an anti-Semitic crusade against US billionaire George Soros. It brings together two rightwingers enamoured of US President Donald Trump and with a disdain for the left-leaning liberal global order … Read more
His first company became the world’s largest maker of personal computers. Now Michael Dell says he is building a broader technology firm with similar ambitions. Dell Technologies is the result of the private buyout of the original Dell computer firm, bolstered by the massive $67 billion deal for computer storage firm EMC and other software … Read more
Indian conglomerate Mahindra Group plans to double its US investment in the next five years, where it is hoping to its two-wheel electric scooters will win over American millennials. “We’re very bullish,” executive chairman Anand Mahindra told reporters. “We’re going to double our bets here.” The company plans $1 billion in additional investment, executives said. … Read more
Billionaire American investor Nelson Peltz launched a broadside Monday aimed at consumer goods conglomerate Procter & Gamble, where he is seeking a board seat and pressing for billions in cost cuts. Peltz, an activist investor whose Trian Partners investment fund holds a $3.3 billion stake in the US producer of razors, laundry detergents, diapers and … Read more
The Trump administration announced Monday an increase in seasonal worker visas that US resorts depend on, but the move halfway through the summer is unlikely to alleviate a nationwide shortage. Holiday vacation destinations around the United States — including President Donald Trump’s own Mar-a-Lago country club in Palm Beach, Florida — depend on tens of … Read more
A US court has asked President Donald Trump’s staff to turn over records of visitors to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, according to a ruling made public Monday. As president, Trump has visited his southern bolthole — which he calls the “Winter White House” — seven times between February and May when it closed for … Read more
Chief Executive of Vodafone Ghana, Yolanda Cuba has emerged as the Industry Personality of the Year at the just ended Ghana information Technology and Telecom Awards (GITTA). Despite taking over the reins at the company in a little over a year, Yolanda has already exhibited a will to win and has put in place a … Read more
China plans to squeeze high-flying billionaire Wang Jianlin’s conglomerate Wanda by cutting off new loans and regulatory approvals for deals, reports said Monday, punishing it for breaching Chinese restrictions on overseas investments. The regulatory retaliation marks a major setback for a formerly fast-expanding company that was among the most aggressive players in a flood of … Read more
Central Region has been identified as the root or source of all child and human trafficking activities in the country. According to the Central Regional Police Command, the region has been identified for being the source where children trafficked to other regions in the country to engage in child labour emanates from. “This is particularly … Read more
Rap mogul Jay-Z on Sunday extended his record as the solo artist with the most number-one US albums, after a one-week delay when his Tidal streaming service declined to release data. “4:44” debuted at the top of the Billboard album sales chart for the week through Thursday, replacing rapper DJ Khaled’s “Grateful” and marking Jay-Z’s … Read more
US President Donald Trump, fresh from a political holiday in Paris, went back on the offensive Sunday as a new poll showed his popularity dropping amid doubts about Russian meddling and deepening frustrations over stalled health-care legislation and other issues. In a tweet early Sunday, Trump used some of his toughest language against a favored … Read more
The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital owes its food suppliers an amount of Ghc1.8 million. This indebtedness has afffected the regular supply of food items to the health facility. Over the years, food suppliers have threatened to cut off their services to the hospital. In order to restore some confidence in the suppliers and lessen their … Read more
A cafe in Dhaka named after Donald Trump has been luring Bangladeshis undeterred by his controversial politics and more interested in snapping selfies with a life-size cutout of the US president. The cafe was opened in January by a self-professed Trump fan who rejects the notion that the US president is ‘anti Islam’, saying diners … Read more
South Africa’s Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has made a ruling that Uber drivers are now able to form unions, bargain and strike. This effectively means Uber drivers in South Africa are treated like employees, and not independent contractors, as Uber argued. The ruling is interesting in that it allows drivers to bargain … Read more
US President Donald Trump returns to Washington Sunday after a brief overseas respite, facing an enduring and intensifying storm over his campaign’s contacts with Russia. During two pomp-filled days in Paris and another two playing maitre d’ to professional female golfers driving, chipping and putting their way around his Bedminster course in New Jersey, Trump … Read more
US President Donald Trump watched Saturday’s third round of the US Women’s Open tournament from a glass-enclosed viewing area at the 15th hole of his Trump National golf resort. Trump, wearing a white shirt and no tie with a red “Make America Great Again” hat, exchanged greetings with many of the thousands of spectators as … Read more