A US Navy plane has crashed into the sea with 11 people on board. A US Navy statement said the cause of the crash was unknown. A recovery operation is underway. Eleven people, described as “crew and passengers”, were on board when the plane crashed into the sea. Japan said eight of those on board had been found. They offered ...

Zimbabwe’s ruling party, the ZANU-PF, has expelled Robert Mugabe and it is demanding that he resign by today or face impeachment. On Sunday in an address to the nation, Mugabe made no mention of stepping down, and referred to chairing the next ZANU-PF convention in a few weeks. Negotiations between the military and Mugabe, supposedly facilitated by South Africa and ...

ANGELA Merkel’s long reign at the top of German politics is very nearly at an end, according to a senior member of the country’s Green party. Hans-Christian Ströbele, who helped co-found the party that would become the Greens in the 1980s, said he could not envisage the Chancellor staying in her role for much longer. Despite her best attempts to ...

Cristiano Ronaldo broke another Champions League record as holders Real Madrid thrashed Apoel Nicosia to qualify for the last 16. Ronaldo scored twice in the second half to take his tally to 18 Champions League goals in 2017 – the most in a calendar year. Real have been on a poor run but were dominant as they picked up their ...

Only 56 out of the 674 public senior high schools (SHSs) in the country have so far submitted their returns on the funds released to them under the implementation of the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy. None of the well-endowed schools have submitted their returns. No school in the Volta, Upper East and Upper West regions has submitted any ...

Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia believes Ghana has what it takes to overtake the United States of America (USA) and the United Kingdom (UK) in development. He argues that the mindset of some persons that it is not possible is partly to blame for where the country finds itself insisting that when the mentality of the citizenry is reoriented, this ...

Suspected armed robbers have shot and injured two volunteer watchdog committee members at Elmina Zongo in the Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem (KEEA) District of the Central Region. The victims who suffered severe gunshot wounds were rushed to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital where they are said to be receiving treatment. Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for the area, Nana Appiah Korang ...

Four thousand, nine hundred and forty-six school children in eight districts of the Ashanti, Western and the Brong-Ahafo Regions, have benefited from free computer training over the last three months. It was the first time many of them in the Bekwai and Offinso municipalities, Sekyere North, Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai, Bosomtwe, Atwima-Mponua, New Edubiase and Goaso districts were using the computer and the ...

The next step in Ghana’s progress as a nation lies in the development of the infrastructure for high-speed or bullet trains, a renowned pioneer of fibre optic and nano-technology, Dr. Thomas Mensah has said. Dr. Mensah, a chemical engineer, may not be widely known in his own homeland of Ghana, but he is hailed for elevating fibre optics technology from ...

Asamoah Gyan has revealed he was sought after by Real Madrid during his successful spell at Premier League outfit Sunderland before his surprise move to Asia six years ago. The Black Stars captain had a purple-patch form at the 2010 FIFA World Cup finals in South Africa before signing for the Black Cats. He went on to become their key ...