A hiker has been found alive and “really well” after spending five days lost in the Australian bush. Julio Ascui, 50, had not been seen since Friday when he posted a selfie in the Grampians National Park, in the state of Victoria. Authorities and relatives spent days searching for him. They traced the start of the bushwalker’s journey by using ...

he Transport Ministry says it is yet to arrange for a meeting with various driver unions over their threat to increase lorry fares, XYZ News has learnt. A deputy minister for the sector, Titus Glover, in an interview on News wire on Radio XYZ said the ministry was unaware of the development. “Before that [increment] is done, there should be ...

Afia Schwarzenegger, the woman who was caught red-handed committing adultery in her matrimonial home has come for Berla Mundi, accusing the young presenter of dating two married men. It’s obvious that Afia Schwarzenegger has decided to come after Berla simply because she didn’t like comments Berla and her guests passed on her adultery scandal on ‘The Late Afternoon Show’. In ...

The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has declared the defeat of the “sedition” in the country, referring to a wave of anti-government protests. Maj Gen Mohammad Ali Jafari made the announcement as tens of thousands of people attended pro-government rallies called to counter the unrest. It began last Thursday in the city of Mashhad and has seen 21 people killed. ...

Egypt’s top imam has endorsed a ban on trading in Bitcoin by declaring it “forbidden” by Islam. Sheikh Shawki Allam, the Grand Mutfi, said the digital crypto-currency carried risks of “fraudulence, lack of knowledge, and cheating”. Bitcoin began last year below $1,000 (£737) but reached nearly $20,000 before the end of the year. Then it lost more than 25% of ...

Ghanaian international afro music star and humanitarian activist Rocky Dawuni is reflecting on the year 2017 and the many successes he chalked. The musician who is currently cooling off in Ghana for the holidays revealed to Spyderlee Entertainment TV’s Presenter Pamela Boateng during the just ended MUSIGA Presidential Grand Ball held at the State Banquet Hall that 2017 was a ...

Ethiopia’s prime minister has announced the release of all political prisoners and the closure of a notorious detention centre which allegedly used torture to extract confessions. Hailemariam Desalegn told a press conference charges would also be dropped for those still awaiting trial. The move was designed to allow political dialogue, he said. Ethiopia is accused by human rights groups of ...

A team of Google researchers has created psychedelic stickers that can fool image recognition software into seeing objects that are not there. Using a toaster as an example, the team produced colourful computer-generated patterns by sampling hundreds of photographs of the appliance. When the patterns were put next to another item, such as a banana, many neural networks saw a ...

FIFA are investigating Rhian Brewster’s claim that England team-mate Morgan Gibbs-White was racially abused during the Under-17 World Cup final against Spain. Liverpool teenager Brewster made the allegation in a powerful interview with the Guardian last week. The 17-year-old Londoner told the newspaper he has either personally experienced racial abuse or witnessed it on a football pitch seven times, including ...

Government has downplayed a gloomy projection by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) the local currency, the cedi may hit GH¢6 to a dollar by 2022. Deputy Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah says the administration is unfazed by the report because some measures have been put in place to avert such an occurrence. He told Joy News Wednesday, the EIU report ...