Actor Sylvester Stallone has said he is “flattered” by reports that Donald Trump may offer him an arts post – but would prefer a role helping veterans. Several publications suggested last week that the president-elect would offer the star a top job in the arts. In a statement, Stallone said he was “incredibly flattered to … Read more
Bernard Hopkins’ legendary 28-year boxing career came to a crumpling end Saturday night, when Joe Smith Junior punched him out of the ring in round eight of a farewell bout. Hopkins, a month shy of his 52nd birthday and participating in the 67th and final fight, hit his head onto the forum floor and out … Read more
US doctor Henry Heimlich, who invented the manoeuvre used to help victims of choking, has died aged 96. Dr Heimlich died at a hospital in the US city of Cincinnati early on Saturday following complications from a heart attack he suffered on Monday, his family says. Dr Heimlich invented the lifesaving technique, which uses abdominal … Read more
President Barack Obama has said that he ordered Russia’s Vladimir Putin to “cut it out” in a conversation about email hacking ahead of the US election. Implying that the Russian president knew about the hacks, Mr Obama said: “Not much happens in Russia without Vladimir Putin.” The president said he had warned Mr Putin of … Read more
President Barack Obama on Friday all but named Russian President Vladimir Putin as behind Moscow’s alleged attempts to meddle in the US election, vowing retaliation for the moves and defending himself against criticism his administration acted too slowly. Without directly answering whether Putin ordered up the cyberactivity that US intelligence says was meant to bolster … Read more
By Tony Pobee-Mensah Before I start, let me say, especially for the sake of those who will assume that I am NDC before they even finish reading this article, that If Mahama knew that the people he had appointed were corrupt and he kept them on the job, then he deserves the loss of the … Read more
Marx wrote : “all the events and personalities of great importance in world history occur, as it were, twice… the first time as tragedy, the second as farce.” Karl, not Groucho, Marx. We entered the realm of farce. The voters rejected that. We are experiencing a reprise of the political paralysis of the 1970s, stagnation … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump has taken a fresh swipe at China just two days after a controversial phone call with Taiwan’s president that upended decades of diplomatic protocol. Trump, in two tweets late Sunday, accused China of keeping its currency artificially low and of military posturing in the South China Sea — home to a tense … Read more
President Mahama in his desperate attempts to win the overwhelming support of the people of the Northern, Upper West and Upper East regions, the people of his tribal extraction, decided to maliciously play the tribal bigotry or card. He tells them, “I pity Dr. Mahammudu Bawumia for the NPP will use him and dump him … Read more
Remember prosperity? Want it back? Here’s the secret formula, which has always worked and would work again: Cut marginal tax rates and restore integrity to the dollar. Donald Trump campaigned on meaningful marginal tax rate cuts and implying, with his offstage praise of the gold standard , a solid instinct for monetary integrity and how … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump has selected Sen. Jeff Sessions to be his nominee for the next attorney general, an official close to the transition process told CNN Friday. The official said the offer had been made officially but it was unclear as of Friday morning whether Sessions had accepted. Sessions, 69, is currently serving his fourth … Read more
The results of the US Presidential election 2016 took the public, and many pollsters and pundits by surprise; they were stunned, I was too. Though the media had informed us that the race was close, it reported that Hilary Clinton had about 70% chance of winning and was far ahead in the electoral votes. The … Read more
Trump – The world just got more dangerous! K1: But Koo, how at all could the Americans do this? K2: What did you expect? That they would remember how afraid you are of the fact that drones would get into the hands of the tempestuous Donald Trump? Since when did Americans take note of the … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump promised to bring jobs back to America’s Rust Belt by getting tough on Mexico and China. To do that, Trump threatens to use tariffs. His argument: if he makes doing business in China and Mexico too expensive, he’ll convince companies to bring their jobs back to states like Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. … Read more
The hypocrisy called America, and Africans who don’t want to know better I have received a few messages about my comments on the US elections. I thought my comments were very polite and intellectually insightful, but a few messages I got from my American and African American friends, plus Africans who live in America (and … Read more
Rudy Giuliani and Chris Christie — two Donald Trump loyalists rumored to be under consideration for top law-enforcement positions in the incoming administration — demurred Thursday when asked about the President-elect’s resolve to follow-up on his campaign promise to put Hillary Clinton in jail. “I think it’s a tough decision,” Giuliani told CNN’s Chris Cuomo … Read more
As Election Day approaches, each candidate has a path to victory. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are poised to fight late into the night Monday as they barnstorm across battleground states on the final full day of campaigning. As Election Day approaches, each candidate has a path to victory. Clinton is better positioned than Trump … Read more
The 13th year of the demise of the late Ghanaian music icon, Terry Bonchaka was commemorated yesterday 30th October,2016 at the La cemetery where he was buried in Accra. As part of the activities to mark the commemoration,the manager of the late Terry Bonchaka,Reagan Mends,together with the Boomgi Man (Bonchaka Look-alike)and some friends of Bonchaka … Read more
In my article four years ago on the US presidential election of 2012, I mentioned several factors that could determine the winner. The candidates, Baraka Obama and Mitts Romney, were known politicians and each had a political record to review and judge. Moreover, their individual party was united and determined to win. Although the polls … Read more
Could Owusu Bempah be behind the alleged plots to assassinate Akufo-Addo? “These are matters that must be dealt with spiritually not physically and, so, I don’t know why they (the police) have invited me” (Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah). It has widely been reported in the media that, Rev. Owusu Bempah, the founding overseer of the … Read more