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Zaila Avant-garde: Fourteen-year-old makes history to become first African American winner of US Scripps National Spelling Bee
Zaila Avant-garde, a sporting prodigy with several Guinness World Records to her name for dribbling multiple basketballs at a time, won the event by correctly spelling Murraya - a genus of tropical Asiatic and Australian trees. The confident teenager from New Orleans appeared relaxed, peppering pronouncer Jacques Bailly with questions about Greek and Latin roots, and bantering with the judges and moderators before jumping and twirling for joy on stage as she was told she was right and was declared the champion to claim the $50,000 (£36,308) top prize. "I was...[READ MORE]
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Ghana gradually pushing to become the West African automobile hub
The President of Ghana has said the government will continue to create the enabling environment to boost profitability of the emerging automobile industry in the country. He said the vision was to make Ghana a fully integrated and competitive industrial hub for the automotive industry in West Africa and “we are very much on course.” The President was speaking at the inauguration of the Toyota Tsusho Manufacturing Company Limited Assembly Plant in Tema. The US$7 million plant, the first by a Japanese firm in the country, started with the Toyota Hilux pickup model, to be followed by Suzuki Swift model in 2022, an arrangement which is the first of its kind in West Africa. The plant...[READ MORE]
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President of Haiti assassinated at home
Jovenel Moise was killed and his wife is in hospital after his private residence was attacked by an unidentified group of individuals. Haitian President Jovenel Moise has been assassinated at home, according to the country's interim prime minister. A group of unidentified individuals attacked the private residence of Mr Moise, 53, overnight and shot him dead, Claude Joseph said in a...[READ MORE]
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BILL TO STOP PROMOTION OF LGBTQI+ ACTIVITIES TO BE PASSED THIS WEEK – BAGBIN
The Speaker of Parliament says a bill to stop the promotion of activities of...[READ MORE]
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WARREN BUFFETT RESIGNS FROM GATES FOUNDATION, HAS DONATED HALF HIS FORTUNE
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said he is resigning as a trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and has donated half his wealth to philanthropy since pledging 15 years ago to give away his fortune from running Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N). Buffett, 90, said in a Wednesday statement he has been an "inactive trustee" for years at the foundation, but fully supported Chief Executive Mark Suzman and that their goals were "100% in sync." He did not explain why he is resigning, while noting he has given up all directorships outside Berkshire, reducing his workload. Buffett also announced a new donation of more...[READ MORE]
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ASTRAZENECA, SPUTNIK V VACCINES POTENT AGAINST COVID-19 DELTA VARIANT – GHS REACTS
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has rejected claims that the vaccines procured by Ghana are not potent against the new Delta variant of the novel coronavirus. According to a statement signed by Director-General, Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the assertion about the new strain which has now been recorded in Ghana is not backed by data. Describing the claims as false, the June 22 communiqué referred to the Public Health England...[READ MORE]
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COVID-19: DEADLY INDIAN STRAIN DETECTED IN GHANA; SPUTNIK V, ASTRAZENECA VACCINES NOT EFFECTIVE AGAINST IT
The most contagious Covid-19 variant, originating from India, has been recorded in Ghana. Head of the West Africa Center for Cell Biology and Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) of the University of Ghana, Professor Gordon Awendare, confirmed that the Indian variant, also known as the Delta variant, is one of the 45 variants which are currently in Ghana. The Indian strain has caused huge spikes in India and a...[READ MORE]
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REMITTANCE FLOWS TO GHANA HITS $3.6 BILLION
The World Bank Migration and Development Report for 2021 has reported an increase of 5 percent to $3. 6 billion in remittances flows to Ghana despite the lockdown in many of the remittances sending countries. Host countries for Ghanaian migrants include the USA, the UK, Côte d’Ivoire, Italy, Germany, and Canada. The resilience of Ghanaian migrants has been...[READ MORE]
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Approximately, eight million structures listed within six days to 2021 Census
The Chief Census Officer, Professor Samuel Kwabena Annim Sunday announced that more than eight million structures out of 11 million targeted have been chalked and listed within six days. The chalking and listing of structures started on June 14 and expected to end on June 23, 2021, which formed the first phase of the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC). The...[READ MORE]
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GHANA GOV. IS TO USE $3BN ESTIMATED TO RECLAIM ILLEGAL LANDS WHILES BURNING EXCAVATORS
Over US$3 billion is estimated to be used to reclaim lands destroyed by illegal mining activities, General Secretary of the Association of Small Scale Miners, Godwin Armah has said. It is in this light that the Association of Small Scale Miners says it’s unacceptable for the government taskforce to burn excavators which will be used to reclaim the lands. Mr. Armah told Joy Business the present approach...[READ MORE]
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