Pope begins lengthy trip to Latin America weeks after lung cancer surgery

Pope Leo XIV is beginning a lengthy trip to Latin America just three weeks after surgery for lung cancer – a tour that includes a much-anticipated “homecoming” to Peru where he was a priest for many years. The Vatican says no extraordinary measures are being taken in relation to the Pope’s health, describing him as a “71-year-old who has undergone an operation” not someone with a “permanent medical condition”. It was Leo himself who revealed last month that doctors had disco…

Police to clamp down on noisy motorbike exhausts, illegal lights

Anlo schools celebrate mini Hogbetsotso festival

GSA moves to make certification more valuable to businesses

From Ottoman army escape to Ghana success: The untold story behind the Kalmoni business dynasty

A family’s fear of losing its sons to military conscription in the Ottoman Empire set in motion a journey that would eventually produce one of Ghana’s longstanding automotive businesses, Japan Motors Trading Company. More than a century after his grandfather arrived in the Gold Coast, Salem Kalmoni has recounted how the family’s roots in Ghana can be traced to 1912, when the older generation left Lebanon for West Africa. Speaking on Joy FM’s Personality Profile with Lexis Bi…

New study shows environmental risks in small-scale gold mining in Savannah Region

3 Motorcycle Robbery gang members arrested in Asante Region

California governor commutes sentences for state’s 548 death row inmates

California Governor Gavin Newsom has commuted the death sentences of all 548 people on death row in the state, changing them instead to life in prison. “We can now let these offenders die in obscurity while we forever remember and honour the victims,” he said in a letter. The decision to spare death row inmates is largely symbolic in a state that has not executed an inmate since 2006, though experts say it could save millions of dollars in court costs each year. Only 13 inma…

Calls for Curfew in Hamile to be reviewed heeded

Telecel Ghana Foundation Expands Homecoming To Support Over 500 Patients Nationwide

Mahama Slams US Gun Culture Following Fatal Shootings Of Two Ghanaians In New York

Will Atiku Abubakar be on Nigeria’s presidential ballot after court ruling?

Nigeria’s Federal High Court has sacked the leadership of the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) party – and also ruled that the nomination of its presidential candidate, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, is invalid. A statement from the ADC said the ruling was another desperate attempt to cripple the opposition. Presidential elections are scheduled to take place on 16 January when President Bola Tinubu’s main challengers are again expected to be Abubakar and f…

‎‎Police urge motorists to verify TraffiTech-GH notices before paying fines

The Ghana Police Service has urged motorists and vehicle owners to verify traffic violation notices under the TraffiTech-GH automated enforcement system before making payments to avoid falling victim to fraud. ‎‎Commissioner of Police (COP) Grace Ansah-Akrofi, Director-General of the Ghana Police Service’s Public Affairs Unit, said motorists must follow approved procedures to authenticate violation notices and settle fines. ‎‎In a press release copied to the Ghana News Agenc…

When the patient is left out, healthcare fails

Consider a familiar scene in a clinic in Kumasi or Accra. A woman waits three hours. She gets five minutes. The clinician speaks quickly, largely in English, using terms she does not recognize. She nods. She asks nothing. She leaves with a prescription she cannot fully explain when she reaches home. A week later, the medicine is unfinished. The file is marked non-compliant. The family calls it carelessness. The clinician calls it ignorance. Our paper in Discover Health Syste…

Australia’s oldest department store, David Jones, folds after 188 years

David Jones, Australia’s oldest department store chain, has gone into voluntary administration, putting thousands of jobs at risk. It comes after years of financial struggles for the 188-year-old retailer – known locally as DJs – as customers desert traditional shops for online shopping. David Jones’s physical and online stores will continue to operate while receivers FTI Consulting review the company, said voluntary administrators McGrathNicol. “David Jones is an iconic com…

Telecel rewards customer with brand new Hyundai Creta in Dream Car promo

Firms told to publish salaries in job adverts ahead of new law

Businesses should publish salaries in job adverts now, Prime Minister Andy Burnham is telling firms, rather than wait for a new law to come in that will force them to do so. The government is planning to make pay details compulsory in adverts, with legislation on the issue being brought forward “as soon as possible”. It argues the change will help jobseekers, particularly those applying for their first job, and could help prevent pay discrimination. However, one industry gro…

Second buyer makes rescue bid for Poundland as retailer faces collapse

A second buyer has made a rescue bid for Poundland as the discount retailer teeters on the brink of collapse, with thousands of jobs at risk. London-based Xyra Group has offered to pay off half of Poundland’s outstanding debts immediately, a key sticking point in takeover talks so far. The rest would be deferred. With Poundland close to collapse, US-based owners Gordon Brothers have already rejected a rival bid from an Irish property group which would have saved its 12,000 s…

Ghana and Australia strengthen ties to push for Africa’s permanent UN Security Council seat

Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says Ghana is forging closer ties with international allies to advance Africa’s call for reforms at the United Nations, particularly its demand for permanent representation on the UN Security Council. He made the remarks following bilateral discussions with Australia’s Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Peace, Security and Candidacies, James Buttigieg, on the sidelines of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antig…

UWR: Nandom MCE disburses GH¢496,520 to 89 Persons with Disabilities

The Nandom Municipal Assembly in the Upper West Region has approved GH¢496,520 in financial and material support for 89 persons with disabilities (PWDs) under the October 2026 disbursement of the Disability Fund. The support is expected to help beneficiaries establish and expand businesses, access healthcare and education, acquire assistive devices and address other essential needs to improve their livelihoods. Speaking at the disbursement ceremony at the Nandom Municipal As…