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Verdicts expected for nearly 500 on trial for failed coup in Turkey
(dpa) - A massive trial, one of many, concerning the failed 2016 coup in Turkey nears conclusion on Wednesday when an Ankara court is...
Nearly 250 detained in Belarus protests
dpa/GNA - At least 245 people were detained at protests in Belarus against President Alexander Lukashenko, according to human rights group Viasna.
Opposition groups...
Nearly 42,000 merchants offer GhQR Code in Accra and Kumasi
More merchants are being set up to offer GhQR as Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems (GhIPSS) and its partners step up public awareness...
New United States coronavirus cases at lowest level in nearly 5 months
dpa-AFX/GNA - The coronavirus infection rate in the United States on Monday reached its lowest level in nearly five months, and the numbers...
Ghana records nearly 2,000 new COVID-19 cases in three days
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has for the third straight update announced that the country has recorded more than 600 new daily infections of...
Air pollution killed nearly 5,000 people in Afghanistan last year
dpa/GNA – Nearly 5,000 people died in Afghanistan due to air pollution in 2020, the health ministry told dpa.
They died due to respiratory...
Special Voting delays for nearly an hour in Tema West
Special Voting at two polling stations in Tema West was delayed for almost an hour at the start of polls...
Nearly 100 whales freed in Australia after mass stranding
Six more whales were rescued in a mass stranding on the west coast of Australia's State of Tasmania on Friday, bringing the total number...
Botswana raises limits for domestic borrowing to nearly 3 billion USD
Botswana's National Assembly on Wednesday endorsed the doubling of the southern African country's domestic borrowing to 30 billion pula (about 2.9 billion U.S....
Zimbabwe’s nurses return to work after nearly three months of industrial action
Nurses working in Zimbabwe government health institutions began returning to work on Wednesday after nearly three months of industrial action, following a call by...
Chinese police seize nearly 40 kg of heroin
Local police in the city of Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, nabbed six suspects and seized nearly 40 kg of heroin in a drug...
Zimbabwean schools to reopen on Sept. 14 after nearly six months of closure due...
Zimbabwean schools will reopen for examination classes from Sept. 14 after nearly six months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Brazil reports nearly 50,000 new COVID-19 cases
Brazil reported 49,298 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, raising the total caseload to 3,456,652, the Ministry of Health said Wednesday.
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COVID-19: Ghana makes significant progress with nearly 900 recoveries
A total of 880 COVID-19 patients been declared recovered or discharged by the Ghana Health Service, bringing the total to 21,067.
This leaves the country...
COVID-19: Ghana records nearly 1,000 new infections
Ghana's COVID-19 cases have risen to hit 21,077 after the Ghana Health Service confirmed 992 new infections across the country.
The country's health management body...
Nearly 78 percent of Russians support constitutional amendments
A total of 77.92 percent of Russians have backed the 206 amendments to the country's constitution in a referendum, while 21.27 percent have voted...
Africa’s COVID-19 cases nearly 290,000 as death toll reach 7,693
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent reached 286,141 as of Saturday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases nearly 120,000
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent reached 119,391 as the death toll from the ongoing pandemic surged to 3,589 as...
Nearly 100 returnees escape from Zimbabwe COVID-19 quarantine centers
Zimbabwe police said 99 returning Zimbabwean residents have escaped from quarantine centers throughout the country, as the country tries to contain COVID-19 cases, local...
Bank of Ghana provides nearly US$1 billion to fill budget gaps over COVID-19
Ghana's central bank has provided budgeting support to the government to plug part of the resource gaps created by the COVID-19 outbreak, the governor...
U.S. oil jumps nearly 20 percent amid geopolitical concerns
U.S. oil prices surged nearly 20 percent on Thursday as traders eyed on tensions between the United States and Iran.
The West...
Earnings of German carmaker Daimler plummets by nearly 80 percent in first quarter
Group EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) of Daimler plummeted by almost 80 percent year-on-year to 617 million euros (666 million U.S. dollars) in...
Dow soars nearly 1,300 points, best one-day point gain in history
U.S. equities finished sharply higher on Monday with the Dow surging nearly 1,300 points, as Wall Street attempted to recover from last week's steep...
Gold futures rally around 2 percent after biggest daily drop in nearly 7 years
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange rose around 2 percent on Monday, after suffering the sharpest drop since...
Dow plunges nearly 1,200 points amid risk-averse sentiment
The Dow plunged nearly 1,200 points, or over 4.4 percent, below the 26,000 psychological level on Thursday as market sell-off continued amid risk-averse sentiment.
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German Development Bank grants Tunisia nearly US$30 million loan
The German Development Bank (KfW) granted Tunisia a loan of 27.5 million euros (about 29.9 million U.S. dollars) to finish the Medjerda-Cap Bon Canal...
Nearly US$50 million donated via China Red Cross to curb pneumonia outbreak
As of Saturday, the Red Cross Society of China has received donations of 340 million yuan (about 49 million U.S. dollars) to help fight...
Nearly 2,000 Rwandan refugees repatriated from DRC
A total of 1,919 Rwandan refugees have been repatriated from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), following a Congolese military offensive against armed groups...
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U.S. reopens embassy in Somalia after nearly 3 decades
The United States has announced the reopening of its embassy in Somalia after 28 years when the country plunged into civil war.
Donald...
MTN Ghana Settles Taxes Totaling Gh₵1.5 Billion
Telecoms giant, MTN Ghana, last year, paid a total of GHC1.48 billion in taxes, out of which, GHC1.3 billion went to the Ghana Revenue...