Rugby can grow from a niche sport to be as big as football in China and eventually rival the cash-rich Chinese Super League in popularity, the head of the sport in the world’s most populous nation said. Wang Liwei, head of the Chinese Rugby Football Association, said China’s President Xi Jinping was a rugby fan … Read more
For Diaeddin Al Zamel, the call to save Syria at a EU-UN conference in Brussels was not supposed to be a punch to the gut. The gathering was meant to be an all-too-typical plea for aid from rich donors — but then came the text message from the world’s bloodiest battleground. A source on the … Read more
From making illegal cross-border deliveries to China in a minivan to buying a fleet of Boeing aircraft, the boss of SF Express has ridden a wave of online shopping to become one of the country’s richest men. Though secretive and media-shy, founder Wang Wei has found himself thrust into the spotlight after the listing of … Read more
On the baked sands of northern Mexico, barefoot tribeswomen chant and dance in clouds of incense, calling on the eagle to save them from US President Donald Trump’s border wall. The US-Mexico frontier runs through more than just the deserts of Sonora and Arizona. For the Tohono O’odham with their eagle totem, it divides their … Read more
Further cross-examination of Akua Donkor, founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) and failed presidential hopeful, in the case in which she is accusing four persons, including her driver, of robbery, took a dramatic turn yesterday. This time round, Akua asked private legal practitioner, Vincent Aikins, to drop the English language and speak Twi for … Read more
Chiefs of Banda Ahenkro have condemned a faceless group threatening to maim and possibly kill non-indigenes. They have also issued stern warning that planned action of the group is criminal and would be countered with full force. The chiefs and people of Banda Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo region having disassociated themselves from the group want the … Read more
Chiefs of Banda Ahenkro have condemned a faceless group threatening to maim and possibly kill non-indigenes. They have also issued stern warning that planned action of the group is criminal and would be countered with full force. The chiefs and people of Banda Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo region having disassociated themselves from the group … Read more
The UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Wednesday said its troops were pressing ahead with a search for two foreign experts who were kidnapped in the violence-wracked central Kasai region. “The search is ongoing … both by the UN and by the government” for the foreign experts and their four Congolese … Read more
A retired Supreme Court Judge, Justice V. C.R.A.C Crabbe has called on Parliament to allow some Parliamentarians who have a difficulty expressing themselves in the English language to contribute in their local dialect. According to Justice Crabbe, there shouldn’t be any difficulty in allowing Members of Parliament contributing to debates in their local languages via … Read more
Two United Nations workers from peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been kidnapped by unknown assailants in the central Kasai region. The government of DRC said in a statement one of the victims was Michael Sharp, an American, and the other Zaida Catalan, a Swede. The UN lists Catalan as Chilean, … Read more
Two experts from the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been kidnapped in the violence-wracked central Kasai region, UN and Congolese sources said Monday. The two have been missing since Sunday, according to Charles-Antoine Bambara, the spokesman for the MONUSCO peacekeeping mission. One of the victims is a US national, the … Read more
The Executive Director for the African Center for Parliamentary Affairs has supported calls for Members of Parliament (MPs) who are deficient in the English language to be commended and not ridiculed. He believes that hiring interpreter services for such MPs – as many are calling for – would further open them up for further ridicule. … Read more
A Berlin court on Wednesday began hearing a case against a former Iraqi soldier charged with war crimes after he allegedly posed for photographs with the severed heads of two IS jihadists. The 28-year-old, identified by the court as Rami K., was photographed in March 2015 holding the severed heads by their hair. The accused … Read more
A Berlin court on Wednesday began hearing a case against a former Iraqi soldier charged with war crimes after he allegedly posed for photographs with the severed heads of two IS jihadists. The 28-year-old, identified by the court as Rami K., was photographed in March 2015 holding the severed heads by their hair. The accused … Read more
Bimbilla Regent, Yakubu Andani Dasana, has criticised the Northern Regional House of Chiefs for its silence on the recent clashes that claimed the lives of at least 10 people. He said the fatal clash would not have taken place in the first instance had the House intervened in the chieftaincy dispute. Speaking to members of … Read more
In just two seasons, Indonesian Muslim designer Anniesa Hasibuan has made the hijab her trademark — and dazzled New York fashion week’s catwalk this week by styling it with flowing, iridescent gowns fit for a princess. Like in her New York show last fall — which cemented her status as a rising star — all … Read more
Despite a convincing victory to kick start the 2016/2017 Ghana Premier League season,Ebusua Dwarfs head coach Ricardo Da Rocha has already described the league as combative. The Brazilian manager who has been in charge of the Cape Coast based side for three months managed to steer Dwarfs to a 3-1 win over newly promoted side … Read more
The stunning postcard-perfect vista surrounding Misael Lopez in this town about one hour from Madrid belies his constant anxiety, even fear. That’s because the former legal adviser to the Venezuelan Embassy in Iraq is revealing secrets he says his government doesn’t want disclosed. “I’m concerned about my safety and my family’s safety everywhere I go,” … Read more
The Trump administration is standing firm over its ban on immigration from seven countries despite court rulings and mass protests against it. In a statement, President Trump said visas would once again be issued once “the most secure policies” were in place, and denied it was a Muslim ban. The move has been widely condemned. … Read more
The Trump administration is standing firm over its ban on immigration from seven countries despite court rulings and mass protests against it. In a statement, President Trump said visas would once again be issued once “the most secure policies” were in place, and denied it was a Muslim ban. The move has been widely condemned. … Read more