By Christabel DANSO ABEAM and Sandra Agyeiwaa OTOO The World Bank has identified public-private partnerships (PPPs) as a key financing mechanism to help Ghana bridge an estimated annual infrastructure financing gap of          US$37.2billion, as rapid urbanisation intensifies pressure on transport, housing, water, sanitation, energy and other essential services. According to the World Bank’s Ghana Sustainable […] The post PPPs

Pope Leo XIV has called on European leaders to rise to the “momentous challenge” of handling migration as he visited the Italian island of Lampedusa. The pontiff urged Europe to help new arrivals integrate better and improve conditions in their home countries, during a mass on the island, which receives tens of thousands of migrants […] The post Pope urges Europe

Severe weather has disrupted celebrations of the United States’ 250th anniversary of independence, including in Washington, DC, where a thunderstorm delayed a speech from President Donald Trump by almost two hours. Trump, addressing a crowd of thousands after Saturday’s delay, described the milestone as “one of the most joyous and glorious” in the nation’s history. […] The post Severe weather

A major oil terminal in Russia’s north-western city of St Petersburg was struck overnight by Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The Ukrainian president described it as key “infrastructure that generates revenue for Russia’s war”. Ukraine also said a major Russian naval base in the region was hit. St Petersburg Governor Aleksandr Beglov said the city […] The post Ukraine

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