The US has officially left the World Health Organization (WHO), which means that one of its biggest donors is no longer giving money. This action comes after an executive order signed by former President Donald Trump, who said the WHO was too “China-centric” during the Covid pandemic. The US Department of Health and Human Services…
After tensions rose when an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, the Trump administration said it would appeal a federal judge’s decision that limits the actions of U.S. immigration agents in Minneapolis. The Department of Justice filed a short notice on Saturday saying that it was appealing an order from Friday that…
Ghanaian PhD students in the UK are in a major crisis because the government has not been able to pay their tuition and stipends through the Ghana Scholarship Secretariat for a long time. Some of these students have even dropped out of their programs. Students are now facing more and more debts, threats of eviction,…
On January 14, 2026, Ambassador Khadija Iddrisu, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met with Taro Kawase, the Director of the First Africa Division of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to improve relations between Ghana and Japan. They talked about trade and investment, education, building capacity, and exchanges between people. Ambassador Iddrisu…
Ethiopian Airlines on Saturday, January 10, officially launched a $12.5 billion construction project for what officials describe as Africa’s biggest airport, the Bishoftu International Airport, which is scheduled for completion in 2030 in the town of Bishoftu, about 45 km southeast of Addis Ababa, with the state-owned airline awarded the contract to design the four-runway…
The World Bank says the global economy is showing greater resilience than expected despite trade tensions and policy uncertainty, with its latest Global Economic Prospects report projecting global growth to remain broadly stable, easing to 2.6 per cent in 2026 before rising to 2.7 per cent in 2027—both upward revisions driven largely by stronger-than-expected performance…
The Trump administration has said it will send “hundreds more” federal officers to Minneapolis after protests broke out when a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the officers would arrive “today and tomorrow” to make sure ICE and Border Patrol agents…
Source: BBC US President Donald Trump has urged oil executives to commit at least $100bn (£75bn) in investment to revive Venezuela’s oil industry following a 3 January raid in which US forces seized leader Nicolas Maduro, but received a cautious response at a White House meeting where industry leaders described the country as currently “uninvestable,”…
Source: BBC News A US immigration officer shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis, which led to protests. Federal officials said Good tried to run over ICE agents with her car, and the mayor of the city called the shooting careless. Videos show ICE agents getting close to Good’s SUV. When it tried…
OpenAI has released a new ChatGPT Health feature in the US that lets people share medical records and data from health apps like Apple Health, Peloton, and MyFitnessPal to get more personalized health-related answers. OpenAI says that the feature has improved privacy protections by keeping health conversations separate and not using them to train its…
