Air France says it will only operate 45% of its scheduled flights on Sunday after talks with pilots failed to produce an agreement to end a 14-day strike. More than half of its pilots planned to strike, the airline said. Pilots’ union SNPL offered to end the strike late on Friday if an independent mediator ...
In the past, many wives were homemakers. They stayed at home to take care of the home and the family. Today, however, with the biting economic pressure, most families can’t afford this luxury. The woman must work to contribute to the upkeep of the home. Even in cases where a man can afford everything, many ...
Deputy Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Barbara Asamoah says the country’s new mining law to guide government in its management of the mining and minerals sector will be ready by end of year. The law, when fully operational, will define usage of the country’s mineral resources for national development. The law has faced delays and was initiated in 1999, and went through various stakeholder consultations and independent review in 2001, and currently before cabinet for the necessary scrutiny. Explaining
Hollywood star George Clooney has married human rights lawyer Amal Alamuddin in Venice, in one of the most eagerly anticipated events of the showbusiness year. A host of fellow stars descended on the Italian city’s canals for the union between the film world’s most eligible bachelor, 53, and Ms Alamuddin, 36. The ceremony was celebrated ...
The 2011 National Best Mango Farmer, Kwasi Etu-Bonde, is urging universal banks in the country to change their widely-held perception that the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sector is a risky area to invest in, and rather adopt an innovative approach in dealing with SMEs to ensure growth of the sector while earning their expected returns. Mr. Etu-Bonde said there should be a total paradigm-shift in the way the ‘big banks’ consider their engagement with SMEs, and move to provide business
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India and the United States were natural allies, it echoed another natural ally that the BJP thinks India should have, rather must have. Israel. Narendra Modi's meeting with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin ...
There has been a significant drift of airline passengers toward African World Airlines due to its overall business strategy, customer service delivery, routes flown and frequency of flights, some travel agents told the B&FT. AWA’s model of a five-fold charter comprising qualities of safety, security, reliability, comfort and affordability has been touted by its travel agents as one of the key reasons why airline passengers are shifting their patronage from other airlines to AWA. This was disclosed
An advance team of the newly established UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) will arrive in Accra on Monday, September 29, 2014. The team would be led by the UN Secretary-General Special Representative and Head of UNMEER, Anthony Banbury. A press conference is scheduled to take place at 13:30hrs (1:30 p.m local time) at ...
Mariam Ibrahim, the Sudan woman who escaped a death sentence imposed for renouncing her faith, says she wants to campaign for others who face religious persecution. Speaking to the BBC in the US, where she is seeking asylum, Ms Ibrahim said she hopes to return to Sudan one day. Ms Ibrahim earlier received an award ...
TOBRUK Libya (Reuters) - Libya's Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni and his cabinet took the oath of office on Sunday after lawmakers approved the lineup, but will struggle to rule a country where a rival parliament sits in the capital Tripoli.
A Political Scientist says the financial bailout from the International Monetary Fund may have come  “too late†to salvage the country’s ailing economy. According to Dr. Richard Amoako Baah, the  Head of the Political Science Department at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), the country’s economic problems had spun out of the ...
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