False Alarm As Major Quake Reported In California
An alert issued Wednesday about a major earthquake off the coast of California turned out -- thankfully -- to be ...
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The True Story Behind the ‘Plastic Rice’ Videos
Since the beginning of May this year, social networks across Africa and its Diaspora have been saturated with photos and ...
Galamsey Still Ongoing At Denkyira Obuasi Despite Ban & Death of Maj. Mahama
An investigation carried out by a non-governmental organization Volunteers Against Environmental Degradation revealed that galamsey activities still ongoing in the ...
Heavy Rains Have Killed 15 In Ivory Coast
The heavy rains drenching Ivory Coast since May have killed at least 15 people in the economic capital Abidjan and ...
Investigative Videos! The True Story Behind the ‘Plastic Rice’
Since the beginning of May this year, social networks across Africa and its Diaspora have been saturated with photos and ...
Minority Dares Cocobod CEO To Come Public On Stabilisation Fund
The Minority in Parliament is challenging the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod), Joseph Aidoo, to make ...
Impacts of Climate Change Dawn On Ghana To Take Action
The quest for climate justice is a global campaign but failing to act local by taking action, as a matter ...
NPP Gov’t Is Cheating Cocoa Farmers
The Minority in Parliament is accusing government of offering cocoa farmers a terrible deal with its decision not increase the ...
Egypt Delivers Fuel To Ease Gaza Electricity Crisis
Egypt began on Wednesday to deliver a million litres of fuel to Gaza, a Palestinian official said, in an attempt ...
Tropical Storm Cindy Sparks US Flash Flood Warning
Weather monitors warned Wednesday of tornados and potentially deadly flash floods as Tropical Storm Cindy in the Gulf of Mexico ...
Tokyo Organisers Fear 2020 Traffic Crisis
Tokyo Olympic organisers have warned of a potential transport crisis during the 2020 Summer Games after a decision to move ...
Vietnam Environment Official Sacked Over Mass Fish Kill
A senior Vietnamese environment official has been fired for negligence over a toxic waste dump that killed tonnes of fish ...
Indonesia Tackles Illegal Mining Boom
Hulking excavators claw at riverbanks on Indonesia's Sumatra island in the hunt for gold, transforming what was once a rural ...
Solar Solution Brings Water To Besieged Syria Town
Solar panels on wheels make for a strange sight on the streets of Syria's besieged Douma, but the makeshift generator ...
Hoteliers To Enjoy Subsidised Electricity Tariffs Soon – Tourism Minister
The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Catherine Afeku, has hinted of government’s plans to subsidise electricity bills for operators ...
Oil Giants Endorse Carbon Tax After Trump’s Paris Exit
Major oil producers, including for the first time ExxonMobil, expressed support on Tuesday for a new US carbon tax, which ...
Grounded Flights, Fires and Power Outages As Temps Soar In US
A scorching heatwave in the western United States has grounded flights, caused fires and prompted power outages, with record temperatures ...
Kofi Annan Calls For Fight Against Snakebites
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has called for a global fight against snakebites and the need to reduce impact ...
The Rise of Tricycles In Waste Management [Report]
Disposal of waste within the capital, Accra, has become a daunting task as most private sanitation service providers seem not to ...
World’s Biggest Fish Market Will Be Moved, Says Tokyo Governor
Tokyo's famed Tsukiji fish market -- the world's biggest -- will be moved to a new location, the city's top ...