Manchester United is nearing a deal for Inter Milan winger Ivan Perisic, according to a report. Inter had reportedly been demanding £50 million for the Croatia attacker with United unwilling to meet that price. But the Manchester Evening News claims Perisic’s advisers are now confident he will move to Old Trafford this summer, with the opportunity of playing Champions League ...

One of the oldest political parties in the country, the Convention People’s Party (CPP), turned 68 years old on June 12, 2017. The party assumed the reins of government in the First Republic under the country’s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah. During its nine years in power from 1957 to 1966 before the party was overthrown in a military coup ...

Sila Sutharat, a roasted chicken street vendor from Phetchaburi, Thailand, has come up with an ingenious way of cooking chicken. Instead of an oven or a charcoal barbecue, he uses 1,000 mobile mirrors that concentrate sunlight into a strong beam. He basically cooks meat with over 300 degrees Celsius of natural sunlight. Like most other street vendors, Sila used to ...

Alvaro Morata’s agent has revealed that Manchester United has made a “very important offer” for his client, according to reports. Jose Mourinho gave United’s CEO Ed Woodward a list of players he wanted the club to sign this summer, with a striker likely to be high on the list after releasing Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Real Madrid forward Morata, 24, looks to ...

The Minority in Parliament has challenged the management of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), to publish full details of the internal audit that allegedly uncovered payroll fraud of about GH¢51 million. According to them, the computerized system put in place by the previous management cannot be manipulated for fraudulent activities hence the allegation by the new management that the fraud ...

It’s an unfortunate part of life: Some people cheat. And, while no one wants to be the person who was cheated on, people have a sick fascination with what goes down during cheating, when it happens, and how it happens. Now, a new survey is looking to answer some of those questions. For the study, UK website Superdrug Online Doctor ...

DAKAR, June 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – People smugglers and criminal gangs in Libya are using social media to broadcast the abuse and violence they inflict on African migrants in their captivity and demand ransoms from their families back home, according to the United Nations. In a video posted on Facebook, hundreds of emaciated Somalis and Ethiopians, including several children, ...

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, June 15 (Reuters) – His broken arm is in a bamboo splint, his torso pock-marked with shrapnel and his jaw wired together by a Nigerian army surgeon. But 38-year-old vigilante Dala Aisami Angwalla is undaunted by two nearly fatal brushes in the last year with Boko Haram, one involving a landmine, the other an ambush, and is determined ...

The estranged wife of incoming Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has been shot dead two days before his inauguration. Lipolelo Thabane, 58, was travelling home with a friend when both women were shot by an unknown assailant, the police say. The police add the motive is unknown and an investigation is continuing. The couple had been living separately since 2012 ...

The spotlight and controversy surrounding the Central Regional town of Denkyira Obuasi will linger for a long time after a mob lynched Major Maxwell Mahama on suspicion he was an armed robber. The story is told of how the people moved to the present location after being compelled to abandon their old abode. The reason? Buildings and other structures had ...