Madonna has confessed to being jealous of Kylie Minogue, and hinted she’ll headline Glastonbury in a wide-ranging interview with Graham Norton. The revelations came in an almost hour-long discussion about her forthcoming album, Confessions II, which finds the pop star…
In many workplaces in Ghana, personal emergencies are only justified when there’s total immobility. But what does that mean? Ghana’s workplace culture will be the end of us. Stay with me. Last Sunday, I saw a flurry of posts about…
A Ghanaian chiropractor and Chief Executive Officer of Nova Wellness Centre, Dr Naa Asheley Ashietey, has called on Ghanaians to rethink their eating habits, warning that excessive cooking of food may be depriving the body of essential nutrients needed for…
A growing health crisis is unfolding quietly across Ghana, leaving families financially devastated, children out of school, and thousands of patients struggling to access life-saving treatment. While the effects may not always make headlines, the consequences are being felt in…
The Bosome Freho District Assembly in the Ashanti Region has inaugurated 100 street sweepers under its Street Sweeping Programme as part of efforts to improve environmental sanitation across communities within the district. The initiative follows a directive by President John…
Vision for Accelerated Sustainable Development Ghana (VAST Ghana) has called for a comprehensive overhaul of Ghana’s excise tax regime, urging the government to increase taxes on tobacco products, alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages as part of efforts to curb the growing…
US President Donald Trump has said he has ordered an investigation into major energy companies, accusing them of “gouging” drivers by failing to cut fuel prices after wholesale oil costs fell in global markets. Trump wrote on social media that…
Strong earthquakes struck west of Venezuela’s capital on Wednesday afternoon, bringing down buildings in Caracas and causing scientists to estimate “high casualties and extensive damage” to the South American country. A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck about 160 km (100 miles)…
The White House has asked lawmakers to approve $87.6bn (£66.5bn), mostly for “urgent needs” connected with the US war on Iran, a day after Congress passed a resolution rebuking the military action. The bulk of the funding – $67bn –…
Zimbabwe’s upper house of parliament on Wednesday approved a bill to extend presidential terms from five to seven years, allowing current President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in office until 2030. Critics say the bill is a ruse for Mnangagwa to…