A teenager in India shocked his parents and relatives when he woke up on the way to his own funeral. Kumar Marewad was rushed to hospital at the weekend after he came to on the way to the ceremony in Managundi Village, Dharwad, in the state of Karnataka. The 17-year-old had been bitten by a […]
South Korean special prosecutors on Monday said acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn has yet to respond to their calls over extending investigation into a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye. South Korea’s opposition parties urged Hwang to approve the extension while the ruling party said “it cannot be extended indefinitely.” Also […]
President Nana Akufo-Addo will today, Tuesday, February 21, 2017, deliver his maiden state of the nation address before Parliament in accordance with Article 67 of the Constitution. His address will present an outlook of the state in various sectors of the economy, as inherited from the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) government led by John Mahama. […]
Five people have died after a light plane crashed into a shopping centre in Melbourne, Australia. The charter flight appeared to have had a “catastrophic engine failure” shortly after taking off from the small Essendon Airport, said Victoria Police Assistant Commissioner Stephen Leane. Everyone on board is believed dead. “At this stage the advice we […]
After leading several onslaughts on the erstwhile John Mahama government over what was then described as its draconian policies, President Akufo-Addo has vowed to continue with the implementation of tough policies necessary for the long term interest of Ghanaians. Perhaps, drawing inspiration from former President Mahama’s resolute stands on some unpopular decisions his government took […]
President Akufo-Addo and members of the governing New Patriotic Party must apologize to Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Mrs Charlotte Osei, for unjustifiably demonizing her in the lead-up to the December 2016 elections, Managing Editor of The aL-hAJJ, Alhaji Bature Iddrisu, has demanded. According to Alhaji Bature all the NPP sponsored allegations against the EC […]
Mr Freddy Blay’s dream of clinching the ruling New Patriotic Party’s National Chairmanship slot with the backing of President Akufo-Addo has suffered a major jolt as credible information reaching The aL-hAJJ indicates that the President has now thrown his weight behind Upper West Regional Chairman, Alhaji Abubakari Abdul-Rahaman for the National Chairman post. The NPP’s […]
Reports of disquiet at the seat of government over Yaw Osafo Marfo’s over exuberant ‘coordination of the economic Ministries’ rear its ugly head last week when Ministers and leading members of the governing New Patriotic Party used the Senior Minister’s claim that government will use the Heritage Fund to fund its free SHS policy as […]
German carmaker Mercedes-Benz started recalling 59 vehicles in China on Tuesday due to defective electronic power steering, according to China’s quality watchdog. The recall affects 29 cars made between July 4, 2013 and March 3, 2015, as well as another 30 vehicles of different models manufactured between June 16, 2014 and June 27, 2015, according […]
Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s biggest car manufacturer, on Tuesday broke away from the country’s largest business lobby composed of conglomerates called chaebol here over the presidential scandal that fueled calls for the break-up of the lobby group. A Hyundai official told Xinhua that the company officially offered to abandon its membership of the Federation […]
Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the City Hall here on Monday, also the President Day, as part of the nation-wide “Not My President’s Day” rally to voice opposition against U.S. President Donald Trump. “We are here just to show the rest of the world that what made America great originally is still here […]
It is bad news for Australian rabbits as the New South Wales Department of Primary Industries are set to release a killer virus on the state’s population in March. Originating in China during the 1980’s, Calicivirus will target the introduced species which have plagued farmers and caused great damage to much of Australia’s native flora. […]
A delegation of 14 leading U.S. companies visited Cambodia to engage with government officials and other stakeholders on expanding U.S.-Cambodia trade and investment ties, said a U.S.-ASEAN Business Council press release on Tuesday. Led by Michael Michalak, regional managing director of the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council, the delegation is comprised of representatives of U.S. companies such […]
Authorities at the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) have rebuffed claims by Doctors at the facility that they are being provided with expired anesthesia drugs. Some Doctors at the hospital have threatened to withdraw anesthesia services after patience suffered multiple complications following what they claimed as the international provision of expired anesthesia drugs. In a letter […]
37 researchers from nine African countries including Ghana are going to benefit from a programme to generate knowledge to help combat continental climate change. The countries, under the auspices of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS) and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) and with support from other partners from Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, South […]
Italy’s most important political party moved closer to fracturing after former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi stepped down Sunday as the Democratic Party’s general secretary, setting up a showdown between his allies and the party’s old guard. The polarizing Renzi, who was prime minister for nearly three years ending in December, is looking to once again […]
U.S. President Donald Trump now has been in White House for a whole month since he was inaugurated on Jan. 20, and it seems like an almost daily tug-of-war between Magic Realism and Hallucinatory Realism in the country. Magic Realism means using magic ways to describe the reality, while Hallucinatory Realism means using realistic ways […]
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