BBC SportAndrew Castle: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal's Wimbledon exit clears way ...MetroRoger Federer's defeat to Sergiy Stakhovsky is a worry for his many fans. It's a fact that the seven-time Wimbledon champion is losing matches he would not have lost in his 20s, and it could be said that his supreme sporting powers are diminishing fractionally, ...Getting to Know Sergiy StakhovskyNew York Times (blog)The Weirdest day at WimbledonIrish IndependentWith Roger Federer out, the order of Wimbledon is falling apartNational PostThe Independent -Wall Street Journal -Telegraph.co.ukall 709 news articles »

New York TimesBuilding a new energy profileHindustan TimesCarbon emissions may be about to make a return to the climate change policy arena following United States President Barack Obama's speech pledging carbon caps for the US power sector and further support for renewables. On the face of it this hardly ...Obama Shares Plan for Action on Climate ChangeNational GeographicIN THE NEWS - The Current Truth Network Washington, DCPeople's Cube (satire) (blog)Climate change While Congress sleepsThe EconomistIn These Times -Huffington Post -Natural Resources Defense Council (blog)all 1,857 news articles »

A British parliamentary inquiry hears that more than $650m worth of European Union aid to Africa may have been badly spent.

BDliveNelson Mandela Remains In A Critical ConditionGetty ImagesPRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 27: Supporters of former South African President Nelson Mandela gather as they wait to hear news of his condition outside the Heart Hospital where Mandela is being treated for a lung infection June 27, 2013 in Pretoria, ...Nelson Mandela's condition improves slightly amid growing sense that his death ...The ProvinceDaughter says Nelson Mandela still there , raps media ' vultures 'India TodayANC electioneering outside Mandela's hospitalMail & Guardian OnlineChannel News Asia -ITN -News24all 1,341 news articles »

Washington PostWhat does it mean when Justice Scalia loses it?Fortune (blog)The indefensibility of the Defense of Marriage Act lays bare the unworkability of the justice's judicial philosophy. Why Scalia doth protest too much. By Roger Parloff. 130627135040-antonin-scalia-620xa. FORTUNE -- History will say that the federal Defense of ...The 10 Dumbest Things Ever Said About Same-Sex MarriageRollingStone.comBarney Frank to House GOP: Thanks for getting DOMA struck down!MSNBCAcross US, Supreme Court gay rights ruling celebratedChicago TribuneNew Zealand Herald -Businessweek -San Jose Mercury Newsall 7,526 news articles »

Montreal GazetteBrazil's President Rousseff pushes plebiscite amid new protestsStraits TimesBRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff met on Thursday her allies and the opposition to work out details of a plebiscite on political reform as street protests flared anew, albeit on a smaller scale. After talks with Justice Minister Eduardo ...Protester Confirmed Dead at Confederations CupABC NewsBrazilian protester confirmed dead in Belo HorizonteSI.comBrazilian protesters target Confederations Cup matchCTV NewsThe Economist -Newsday -Mirror.co.ukall 546 news articles »

CBS NewsJohn Boehner On DOMA Ruling: MehHuffington PostWASHINGTON -- House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) wasn't celebrating when the Supreme Court struck down the Defense of Marriage Act on Wednesday. But he's not exactly brimming with outrage and demanding that Congress resurrect the law, either.The 10 Dumbest Things Ever Said About Same-Sex MarriageRollingStone.comBarney Frank to House GOP: Thanks for getting DOMA struck down!MSNBCAcross US, Supreme Court gay rights ruling celebratedChicago TribuneNew Zealand Herald -San Jose Mercury News -Washington Postall 7,505 news articles »

The ProvinceNelson Mandela's condition improves slightly amid growing sense that his death ...The ProvinceConcerned supporters gather Thursday outside the Pretoria hospital where former South African president Nelson Mandela is being treated. Photograph by: Themba Hadebe , AP. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Nelson Mandela's health improved ...Daughter says Nelson Mandela still there , raps media ' vultures 'India TodayANC electioneering outside Mandela's hospitalMail & Guardian OnlineMandela remains in critical condition in hospitalChannel News AsiaNews24 -Montreal Gazette -The New Age Onlineall 1,332 news articles »

Nelson Mandela's condition has improved, but still remains critical, says South African President Jacob Zuma.

NewsdayProtester confirmed dead at Confederations CupNewsdayBELO HORIZONTE, Brazil - (AP) -- Authorities confirmed the death of a protester Thursday, the day after tens of thousands took to the streets and clashed with police as Brazil played Uruguay in the Confederations Cup semifinals. Police said about 20 people ...Brazil's protests The cries are answeredThe EconomistRiots! What riots? FIFA's official World Cup champagne announced amid ...Mirror.co.ukBrazil's Congress Enters Third Day of Reform DriveWall Street JournalDaily Mail -Herald.ieall 529 news articles »

US President Barack Obama has begun a week-long tour of Africa in Senegal, on trip that will also see him visit South Africa and Tanzania.

AN UNLUCKY biker found himself in a hole lot of trouble when his bike got wedged in a drain. Stunned Pan Wang suffered severe cuts

New York TimesObama Shares Plan for Action on Climate ChangeNational GeographicIn a speech at Georgetown University Tuesday, President Barack Obama outlined a long-awaited executive strategy—comprised mostly of initiatives already underway—to curb greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020.Obama's pledge on climate change still ambivalentMarketWatchFacilitating International Climate Action through President Obama's Climate ...Huffington PostCongressional Chorus of Climate SupportNatural Resources Defense Council (blog)The Week Magazine -Environmental Defense Fund (blog) -Gristall 1,840 news articles »

Aljazeera.comObama in Senegal on Africa tourKansas City StarCarolyn Kaster — AP U.S. President Barack Obama is welcomed by a Senegalese honor guard as he arrives at the presidential palace in Dakar, Senegal, Thursday, June 27, 2013. President Obama landed in Senegal Wednesday night to kick off a weeklong ...Democracy is Messy Business: Obama's Trip to AfricaIn The CapitalObama clashes with African host over gay rightsMarietta Daily JournalObama calls Goree Island visit 'powerful moment'ThecoastalsourceAljazeera.comall 739 news articles »

Watch live as Ghana are currently playing the United States in a must-win match at the U20 World Cup in Turkey.

PoliticoObama calls Goree Island visit 'powerful moment'Beatrice Daily SunPresident Barack Obama is calling his visit to a Senegalese island, from which Africans were said to have been shipped across the Atlantic Ocean into slavery, a "very powerful moment." Obama says visiting Goree Island on Thursday with his wife, Michelle, ...Obama clashes with African host over gay rightsEast Oregonian (subscription)Obama: Mandela a hero to the worldDenver PostObama, in Africa, Praises US Ruling on Gay MarriageNew York TimesABC7Chicago.comall 745 news articles »

Accra, June 27, GNA - The Scottish Development International, Scotland’s investment promotion agency, has revealed a 6 per cent growth in sales of oil and gas exports from Scotland to Africa in 2011/2012.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]An ambitious project that seeks to recruit students for industrial attachment, thereby, giving them exposure and experience at the workplace has been launched in Accra.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Jubilee partners have built a $3.5 million technical training centre at the Takoradi polytechnic in the Western Region.

[Ghanaian Chronicle]Takoradi -THE Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Akwasi Opong Fosu has stated that rapid urbanization was fast becoming the pre-eminent development challenge in the management of our country's cities and towns.