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An elderly man collapsed and died in New York City on Sunday morning shortly after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, officials revealed Monday. The man, who was in his 70s, fell as he left Manhattan’s Jacob Javits Convention Center just 25 minutes after receiving his shot, New York State Health Commissioner …

  South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has eased some restrictions imposed due to coronavirus, including lifting an unpopular ban on alcohol sales. Beaches will reopen and limited religious gatherings will be allowed. The announcement came as Mr Ramaphosa hailed the arrival of the first shipment of vaccines – one million …

The General-Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, today, testified as a witness in Mr John Mahama’s election petition case at the Supreme Court. This follows the submission of his witness statement on Wednesday, January 27, 2021. Some Ghanaians took to social media to share their thoughts …

Ghana has been ranked as one of the countries on the African continent that is heavily indebted to Asian superpower, China. China over the past few years has established itself as one of the world’s economic superpowers and as such the Asian country has become one of the biggest lenders …

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. has been sworn-in as the 46th President of the United States while Kamala Harris has also been sworn in as the vice president of the United States. The President Joe Biden was sworn in by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts while vice president Kamala Harris …

US President Donald Trump has been permanently suspended from Twitter “due to the risk of further incitement of violence”, the company says. Twitter said the decision was made “after close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account”.         It comes amid a Big Tech purge of the online …

The World Bank had earlier projected that Ghana’s economy will grow by more than 3% this year   The World Bank has revised Ghana’s growth downward to 1.4%in its latest Global Economic Prospects report. The development may come as a surprise to analysts, as the Bank had projected growth of 3.4% for Ghana. The report said: “In …

The President-elect of the United States of America (USA) Joe Biden has officially written to President and also president-elect of the 4th Republic of Ghana,  Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo , informing him that he looks forward to the two of them working together to deal with the challenges that the …

The Reporters Without Borders said of all the journalists killed in connection with their work in 2020, 84% were knowingly targeted and deliberately murdered   The second part of the annual round-up of abusive treatment and violence against journalists published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has indicated that a total …

Prophecy is a big thing in Ghana; each year lots of prophets predict things that could occur in the future but not many are relished. 2020 being an election year many prophets predicted which candidate God has revealed would become the next president. However, among many things that the prophets …