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Coronavirus: Two British Airways staff test positive for virus
Two British Airways staff have tested positive for coronavirus, Public Health England confirmed to the airline.It’s understood the staff are baggage handlers.A British Airways...
Coronavirus: Queen Elizabeth breaks tradition
Queen Elizabeth wore gloves for an investiture ceremony at Buckingham
Palace on Tuesday in what royal watchers are calling a sign of the
times...
Trump donates $100,000 salary to help fight coronavirus
Donald Trump donated his 2019 fourth quarter salary to the the Department of Health and Human Services as the U.S. faces the escalating coronavirus...
Grammy Awards boss fired
Grammy Awards boss Deborah Dugan has been sacked by the Recording Academy a few weeks after she was suspended over a misconduct allegation.The Academy announced the news...
Full list of 75 countries where coronavirus has been confirmed
The outbreak of coronavirus, which was first noticed in Chinese City of Wuhan at the end of 2019, has now been confirmed in 75 other countries. While...
Photos: Innovative protection against coronavirus
With coronavirus fast spreading across the world with over 8,000 infected persons and over 200 deaths recorded, many are now afraid to the point...
UK’s Prime Minister, Boris Johnson engaged
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds are engaged and are expecting a baby in early summer, the couple have announced.Ms Symonds...
North Korea shoots and kills coronavirus patient
North Korea has brutally executed a coronavirus patient for going out in public, reports claim.Kim Jong-un's dictatorship is dealing with the virus with an...
Two more coronavirus cases in UK bring total to 15
Two further cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the United Kingdom (UK), bringing the total number of cases to 15, England's chief...
Coronavirus hits Prince George, Princess Charlotte’s school
Pupils at Prince George and Princess Charlotte's school are in self-isolation at their homes over fears they may have coronavirus.ALSO READ:Mental Health Expert...
DJ Khaled endorses DJ Switch
American record producer and musician, DJ Khaled has endorsed Ghana's youngest disc jockey, DJ Switch, for her talent and achievements in the global entertainment...
Meet female paedophile who abused 64 babies [Photos]
49-year-old Vanessa George who is believed to have abused as much as 64 babies, is back on the streets after serving her jail sentence. The...
Computer Scientist who invented Cut, Copy and Paste dies aged 74
Larry Tesler, an icon of early computing, has died at the age of 74.Mr Tesler started working in Silicon Valley in the early 1960s,...
Queen Elizabeth bans Prince Harry and Meghan Markle from using ‘Sussex Royal’ label
Queen Elizabeth has reportedly banned the Duke and Duchess of Sussex from using their "Sussex Royal" label after deciding to step down...
NBA All-Star: Jennifer Hudson delivers powerful tribute to Kobe Bryant [Video]
Jennifer Hudson delivered an emotional tribute to late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna "Gigi" Bryant, three weeks after they were killed in a...
Coronavirus: A Cameroon student on how he recovered
When Kem Senou Pavel Daryl, a 21-year-old Cameroonian student living in the Chinese city of Jingzhou, contracted the coronavirus he had no intention of...
Stormzy cancels Asian tour over coronavirus
British rap star Stormzy has postponed the Asian leg of his tour because of the coronavirus outbreak.He had been due to play in locations...
Oscars 2020: The winners in full
This year's Academy Awards have taken place in Los Angeles. Here's the full list of winners and nominees:Best pictureWinner: ParasiteFord v FerrariThe IrishmanJojo RabbitJokerLittle...
Brexit: UK leaves the European Union
The United Kingdom (UK) has officially left the European Union after 47 years of membership - and more than three years after it...
Cancel debts, return stolen items of colonised countries – Ghanaian-born UK MP tells British govt
The Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Streatham, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, has urged the United Kingdom (UK) government to return items forcefully taken from countries...
LeBron James shows off new Kobe Bryant tattoo
LeBron James has a new piece of body art serving as a tribute to Kobe Bryant, complete with imagery of a Black Mamba.Both LeBron and Anthony Davis hit...
Jeff Bezos adds $13.2 Billion to his fortune in just minutes
Jeff Bezos just got a whole lot richer.Shares of his Amazon.com Inc. surged 12% to $2,100 in extended trading at 4:16 p.m. in New York, after the largest U.S....
Did Ghana’s ‘Year of Return’ really attract foreign visitors?
An initiative aimed at encouraging members of the African diaspora to visit Ghana has been described as "a great success" by President Nana Akufo-Addo.The...
I couldn’t walk the next day – Woman, 80, talks about her first sexual encounter with toyboy
Iris Jones, the 80-year-old British pensioner who is planning to marry her 35-year-old Egyptian toyboy despite the age difference between them, has opened...
Angélique Kidjo beats Burna Boy, dedicates Grammy Award to him [Video]
Angélique Kidjo won Best World Music Album for Celia at the 62nd GRAMMY Awards. This marks her fourth win in the category and fourth GRAMMY win overall. During her...
Sex is for straight married couples – Church of England says
The Church of England has today declared civil partnerships between men and women are not as good as marriage.ALSO READ:Abandoned coffin triggers controversyAluta continua –...
Grammy Awards boss ‘has evidence’ votes were ‘rigged’
A crisis at the Grammy Awards has deepened after the chief executive of the organising body, who is currently suspended, said she had evidence...
How a boy became a slave on UK cannabis farm
Ba is slight for 18. His body shrinks into a neat package as he
recalls his experiences. We're sitting in a brightly lit kitchen,...
UK Prime Minister quotes popular Akan proverb at UK-Africa Summit
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, received a loud applause Monday when he quoted a popular Akan proverb to drive home his point that the UK...
Harry and Meghan drop royal duties and HRH titles
Prince Harry and Meghan will no longer use their HRH titles and will not receive public funds for royal duties, Buckingham Palace has announced.The...
Father of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, dead
WWE Hall-of-Famer Rocky Johnson — who paved the way for son Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson — has passed away at the age of 75.The Cauliflower Alley...
Food chain offers Prince Harry a job
American multinational food chain Burger King has given former Duke of Sussex Prince Harry a job offer.The fast-food chain has put forward a sales assistant position...
Man, 71, accused of raping disabled man 100 times
A man, 71, has shocked jurors after it was revealed that he tricked a disabled man so he could rape him more than 100...
‘Evil sexual predator’ jailed for life for raping 136 men
A man convicted of 159 sex offences, including 136 rapes, will "never be safe to be released", a judge has said.Reynhard Sinaga was...
Fans raise concerns about singer Adele’s dramatic weight loss
Music star Adele has shocked fans with her dramatic weight loss.The singer's incredible transformation has received a mixed response from fans.How much weight...
Portrait of the Queen of England and all the heirs to the throne
The Queen is celebrating the new decade with a royal portrait.In the photo taken by Ranald Mackechnie in the Throne Room at
Buckingham Palace on...
Ghanaian recruit to British army dies during training
A 25-year-old Ghanaian, Kamil Iddrisu, has died during training for officer selection into the British army.Citing a coroner’s report the BBC and the Daily...
33-year-old Ghanaian stabbed to death in Croydon
Homicide detectives investigating a murder in Croydon have released the name of the victim. Police were called at 21:18hrs on Sunday, 15 December to...
Leila Djansi’s advice to filmmakers who want to win big abroad [Video]
Renowned filmmaker, Leila Djansi, has disclosed how she lost many movie contracts because of her Ghanaian accent.Speaking in an interview on Daybreak Hitz...
How computers wrote BBC election result stories
For the first time, BBC News published a news story for every constituency that declared election results overnight - all written by a computer.It...