A teenager who was tricked into going to boarding school in Ghana has won a significant legal victory against his own parents. The 14-year-old boy, who cannot be identified, was taken from London to Ghana in March 2024 after being told a relative was ill. In fact, his parents wanted to get him out of […]
Kevin and Jessica Cellura had just 48 hours in December to make an enormous family decision. The couple, who both work as teachers, had to decide if they should take a job offer to teach in Morocco and leave Asheville, North Carolina, with their two youngest children. But the Celluras say their decision was made […]
The alleged anti-corruption scandal that’s currently unfolding in Ghana, concerning media personality Anne Sansa Daly, has cast a bright, international spotlight on a very common, crippling dilemma—the falsification of credentials both in professional and academic spheres. This situation has escalated to the level where Dr. Nana Ayew Afriyie, a member of the opposition New Patriotic […]
Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, known as “Pepe”, has died at the age of 89. The ex-guerrilla who governed Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 was known as the world’s “poorest president” because of his modest lifestyle. Current President Yamandú Orsi announced his predecessor’s death on X, writing: “thank you for everything you gave us and for your deep love for your people.” The politician’s cause of death is not […]
In a momentous occasion for one of the world’s oldest Christian institutions, the Catholic Church has elected its first American pontiff following days of ancient rituals dating back to the era of St. Peter. On Thursday, May 8, after intense deliberation in the Sistine Chapel, Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost emerged as the chosen leader of […]
Adverts from six companies selling liquid Brazilian butt lifts (BBLs) have been banned in the UK for trivialising the risks and exploiting women’s insecurities around body image. All of them appeared on Facebook or Instagram and used time-limited deals to “irresponsibly pressurise” customers into booking, says the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). One ad, for example, […]
The Grand Lodge of Ghana is poised for a historic transition as Right Worshipful (RW) Bro. Dr. Nortey Kwashie Omaboe prepares to assume the role of Grand Master. His installation, set for May 10, 2025, at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra, marks the beginning of a new era of visionary leadership in Ghanaian Freemasonry. […]
Michelle Obama has spoken out against rumours that her marriage to Barack Obama might be in trouble. The former first lady has not accompanied her husband to several high-profile events – including Donald Trump’s inauguration and the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter – fuelling speculation that they might be separating. Without explicitly mentioning these […]
The ketogenic diet is a high-fat, very low-carbohydrate diet that aims to shift the body’s metabolism into a state called ketosis (this is how the diet derives its name). In ketosis, when carbohydrate intake is low, the body shifts from using glucose to burning stored fat for energy. This process involves breaking down fat into […]
For the eighth consecutive year, Finland has retained its position as the world’s happiest country, according to the 2025 World Happiness Report. The report, released annually on the United Nations’ International Day of Happiness, ranks nations based on residents’ self-assessed quality of life, using a scale from 0 to 10. This year, Finns rated their […]
Jay-Z is suing a woman who in February withdrew her legal action accusing the rapper of rape. His defamation action claims she “voluntarily admitted” being pressured into making false claims in what it describes as an “evil conspiracy” to extort money and damage his reputation. The anonymous woman filed her legal action in October and refiled it […]
An American woman whose case was one of the sparks behind baseless claims about Haitian immigrants has been sentenced to a year in prison for animal cruelty. Authorities said that Allexis Ferrell, 27, attacked a cat in Canton, Ohio. Ferrell is a US citizen and the incident happened about 170 miles (270km) away from a […]
