Apple on Monday said it would invest nine billion Danish kroner ($920 million, 810 million euros) in a data centre in Denmark, its second in the country to run entirely on clean energy. Ground-breaking at the plant in Aabenraa, which will employ between 50 and 100 people, will start in the final quarter of 2017, … Read more
The world has grown safer over the past decade but more dangerous in the past year, according to the 2017 Global Peace Index. Visions of Humanity, a peace research institute that focuses on the economic benefits of peace, compiled the index, which includes detailed sections on each region of the world. While the index reports … Read more
First Lady Mrs. Rebecca Akufo-Addo today visited the Lavender Hill Sludge Treatment Project in Accra to familiarize herself with the level of work and activities undertaken at the plant. During the tour, Mrs. Akufo-Addo expressed her excitement about the existence of such a project considering the fact that a population of about 4 million only … Read more
First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo on Thursday visited the Lavender Hill Sludge Treatment Project in Accra to familiarize herself with the project. She pledged her support for current activities ongoing at the plant. The First Phase of the Lavender Hill project which is a partnership between the Accra Metropolitan Assembly and Danida is being constructed with … Read more
West Indies collapsed to 48 all out in a 10-wicket defeat by South Africa as their Women’s World Cup campaign suffered a new low in Leicester on Sunday. The reigning World Twenty20 champions, who’ve now lost all three of their group matches so far this tournament, posted the sixth lowest completed one-day international total in … Read more
A clear majority of German MPs have voted to legalise same-sex marriage, days after Chancellor Angela Merkel dropped her opposition to a vote. The reform grants couples now limited to civil unions full marital rights, and allows them to adopt children. Mrs Merkel’s political opponents were strongly in favour. But the chancellor, who signalled her … Read more
German MPs are expected to vote to legalise same-sex marriage, days after Chancellor Angela Merkel dropped her opposition to the idea. The reform would give gay men and lesbians full marital rights, and allow them to adopt children. At present, German same-sex couples are limited to civil unions. On Monday Mrs Merkel, who previously opposed … Read more
South Korea’s Chella Choi, with only one top-five finish in 33 major starts, fired a five-under par 66 to seize the lead in the first round of the storm-halted Women’s PGA Championship. Choi birdied four of the last six holes at Olympia Fields near Chicago to grab the clubhouse lead. “It’s very exciting because it’s … Read more
India’s Kidambi Srikanth claimed a first victory over Olympic and two-time world champion Chen Long to win the Australian Open Superseries final in Sydney on Sunday. The 11th-ranked Srikanth outgunned the sixth-ranked Chinese star 22-20, 21-16 in 46 minutes for his second successive Superseries title after winning the Indonesia Open earlier this month. It was … Read more
Medical records of private individuals will no longer be findable via a Google search, reports Bloomberg. The news organisation noticed that the search giant had added the data type to its list of information automatically removed from search results. Now Google will make sure “confidential” medical information cannot be found when people search. The change … Read more
Japan’s crown prince Tuesday vowed to devote himself to assuming the role of emperor, days after parliament enacted a law allowing his ageing father to step down, media reported. Emperor Akihito’s retirement will be the first imperial abdication in more than two centuries. Tokyo is eyeing the end of 2018 as a likely timeline for … Read more
The Turkish prosecution’s decision to charge Taner Kiliç, the Chair of Amnesty International Turkey, with “membership of a terrorist organisation” is a mockery of justice, and highlights the devastating impact of the Turkish authorities’ crackdown following the failed coup attempt in July last year, Amnesty International has said. Taner Kiliç became the latest victim of … Read more
England’s preparations for the European Women’s Championship continued with an impressive 4-0 win in Switzerland. Mark Sampson’s side are ranked third in Europe and showed why with a comprehensive victory in Biel. Arsenal winger Jordan Nobbs opened the scoring with a 20-yard curler before Chelsea forward Fran Kirby went round goalkeeper Gaelle Thalmann to score. … Read more
After two years on loan at Borussia Monchengladbach, the Denmark international is heading back to London ahead of the new Premier League season Andreas Christensen has confirmed that he will return to Chelsea for pre-season training ahead of discussions with Antonio Conte regarding his future. The Denmark international has spent the past two seasons on … Read more
Former winner Suzann Pettersen and last year’s runner-up Lee Mi-Hyang shared the first-round lead on Thursday in the ManuLife LPGA Classic in Cambridge, Canada. Norway’s Pettersen, who hasn’t won since lifting the trophy here in 2015, had nine birdies in her eight-under par 64 while South Korea’s Lee had six birdies and an eagle to … Read more
The daughter of South Korea’s “Rasputin”, whose lavish lifestyle in Europe saw her caught up in the country’s snowballing influence-peddling scandal, was freed Saturday after being extradited from Denmark. Chung Yoo-Ra is the equestrian daughter of Choi Soon-Sil, the close confidante of impeached ex-president Park Geun-Hye and the woman at the heart of the scandal … Read more
Black Stars coach, Kwasi Appiah held his second training session with the senior national team yesterday with seventeen players at the Accra Sports Stadium. The session was Appiah’s second with the Black Stars ahead of his first competitive game, an African Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia scheduled for Sunday, June 11 at the Baba … Read more
President Donald Trump has announced that the US is withdrawing from the 2015 Paris climate agreement. He said moves to negotiate a new “fair” deal that would not disadvantage US businesses and workers would begin. Mr Trump said during last year’s presidential election campaign that he would take the step to help his country’s oil … Read more
Foo Fighters made clear they don’t think they’ll get too old to rock as they released a surprise new single Thursday that imagined the band at a nursing home. The song, “Run,” marks a shift back to the whirling guitars and screeching vocals reminiscent of frontman Dave Grohl’s earlier band Nirvana after more tame recent … Read more
President Donald Trump’s cryptic tweet of a non-existent word — “covfefe” — sparked a flood of humor and ridicule on the internet, but it also highlighted the inability of his communications team to control White House messaging. It may have been a simple keyboard slip, or a “senior moment”; the soon to be 71-year-old Trump’s … Read more