Female traders call for flood resistant markets
By Priscilla Oye Ofori/ Eunice Hilda A. Mensah Accra, May 19, GNA— Female traders in the Accra Central Business District have called for flood resistant market infrastructure to…
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World
World Health Organization in financial crisis after US withdrawal
Geneva, May 19, (dpa/GNA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is facing a shortfall of $1.7 billion over the next two years, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva on…
Economy
ECOWAS Trade Ministers urged to harmonise standards to boost regional trade
By Jibril Abdul Mumuni, GNA Abuja, Nigeria, May 19, GNA – Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, the Minister of Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, has called on her counterparts in the…
Business
SSNIT opens Spintex branch in expansion drive
By Francis Ntow/Ebenezer Annan Accra, May 19, GNA – The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), on Monday, May 19, opened a new branch at Spintex, Accra…
Politics
Asante-Akim Central Assembly unanimously endorses Rev. Ebenezer Ekow Aidoo as MCE
By Yussif Ibrahim Konongo-Odumasi (Ash), May 19, GNA – Rev. Ebenezer Ekow Aidoo, the President’s nominee for the position of Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Asante-Akim Central, has…
Social
A Journalist shares her narrow escape from yesterday’s devastating flood.
Accra, May 19,GNA- I was enjoying a troski(trotro) ride from Shiashie to Madina in Accra when the rain started. It wasn’t too heavy then, when we got to…
Court & Crime
Court of Appeal grants injunction order in SALL Case against John Peter Amewu and Speaker of Parliament
By Joyce Danso Accra, May 19, GNA-The Court of Appeal sitting in Koforidua has granted an interlocutory injunction brought by Professor Margaret Kweku and others from the SALL…
Education
OWASS 73rd Anniversary: Minister advocates Digital and Social Skills integration in Talent Development
By Daniel Adu Darko Kumasi, May 19, GNA – The Minister for Works, Housing and Water Resources, Mr. Kenneth Gilbert Adjei, has called for a deliberate integration of…
Health
Consultant Rheumatologist urges public to seek early diagnosis of Lupus
By Patrick Ofoe Nudzi Accra, May 19, GNA – Dr Maame Boatemaa Amissah-Arthur, Consultant Rheumatologist, Nuffield Clinic says early diagnosis of Lupus disease is key in managing its…
Features
Fighting the Demons Within – A Community at War with Drugs
By Issah Mohammed Accra, May 19, GNA – A 14-year-old boy, consumed by guilt, could no longer look his teacher in the eye. His punctuality dropped, and when…
Foreign Features
Documentary ‘Xi’s Passion for Reading’ released
April 24 – China Everything recently released a documentary titled “Xi’s Passion for Reading,” a compelling documentary that explores the literary journey of Chinese President Xi Jinping and…
Sports
Prisons Director-General pledges commitment to revamp prisons sports
By Francis Ofori Accra, May 19, GNA-Mrs Patience Baffoe-Bonnie, the Director-General of the Ghana Prisons Service, has pledged her commitment to prioritize sports as a major tool in…
Entertainment
“He was my music hero” – KK Fosu eulogises close friend Dada KD
By Simon Asare Accra, May 19, GNA – Ghanaian Highlife star KK Fosu has eulogised his fellow musician Dada KD, stating that his impact in the music industry…
Africa
World Health Organization in financial crisis after US withdrawal
Geneva, May 19, (dpa/GNA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) is facing a shortfall of $1.7 billion over the next two years, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva on…
Americas
Severe US storms kill at least 27 in Kentucky, Missouri
Washington, May 19, (dpa/GNA) – Severe storms have claimed the lives of at least 27 people in the US states of Missouri and Kentucky, authorities there said on Saturday. In Kentucky,…
Asia
Indonesian volcano sends cloud of ash 3,500 metres into sky
Jakarta, May 18, (dpa/GNA) – Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, a volcano in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted on Sunday, sending a thick column of gray ash approximately 3,500 metres into the…
Europe
EU leaders welcome Nicușor Dan’s presidential victory in Romania
Bucharest, May 19, (dpa/GNA) – European leaders reacted with relief and support after the centrist, pro-EU mayor of Bucharest, Nicușor Dan, won Romania’s presidential election, defeating right-wing nationalist George Simion in…
Middle East
UN emergency aid chief: New Gaza aid supplies a ‘drop in the ocean’
Tel Aviv, May 19, (dpa/GNA) – UN emergency relief coordinator Tom Fletcher warned on Monday that the limited aid deliveries recently allowed into the Gaza Strip fall far short of what…
US economy on edge with uncertainty over tariffs
Talk of tariffs combined with fears of inflation sent the U.S. stock market tumbling Monday and again on Tuesday, a day of give and take between U.S. President Donald Trump and the premier of Canada’s most populous province, Ontario’s Doug Ford, on fraught trade relations between the United States and Canada.
Ukraine agrees to US ceasefire proposal
The United States praised Ukraine Tuesday for accepting a ceasefire offer and taking a step forward on the path to ending the war with Russia. Moscow is expected to weigh in next on the American proposal. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias reports.
Writers, artists adapt AI technology to gain creative control
Artificial intelligence companies train their AI models using the works of writers, artists and creatives who typically aren’t credited or compensated. Instead of fighting AI, some tech companies are encouraging creators to take advantage of it.
Malawi lions get birth control in effort to save their prey
In Malawi's Majete Wildlife Reserve, conservation experts are testing birth control methods on lions. The goal of the wildlife management effort is to control the lion population to ensure antelopes and other prey species continue thriving.