World Archive

A US convict whose talent for art caught the eye of a prison warden, ultimately leading to a review of his case, has been exonerated of murder. Valentino Dixon’s colour pencil drawings of golf courses were featured in Golf Digest –

The remains of the late former Secretary-General of the United Nations Kofi Annan has landed in Accra, Ghana, from Switzerland where he died in August. The Aircraft carrying the body of the former UN Chief touched down at the Kotoka International

The front-runner in Brazil’s presidential election, Jair Bolsonaro, has been stabbed at a campaign rally. The far-right politician was attacked amid a crowd in the south-east state of Minas Gerais. A suspect was arrested. Mr Bolsonaro had surgery for injuries to

A report into the levels of physical inactivity across the globe has found that Uganda is the world’s most active nation. The study, published in the medical journal The Lancet, is a compilation of surveys done in 168 countries. It highlights the

Very little progress has been made in reducing levels of inactivity worldwide, experts have warned. A WHO report estimates that more than a quarter of people worldwide – 1.4 billion – are not doing enough physical exercise, a figure that has

Egyptian authorities have renewed the detention of Al Jazeera journalist Mahmoud Hussein for the 16th consecutive time by a further 45 days. Hussein has now spent more than 620 days in detention, which exceeds the legal period of pre-trial detention allowed

President Akufo-Addo will today, Thursday, August 30, receive German Chancellor Angela Merkel for bilateral discussions as part of her three-nation West African tour. The German Chancellor will on her arrival hold bilateral discussions at the Jubilee House which will focus on

Moroccan authorities arrested 12 suspects and were hunting three others after a 17-year-old girl told police she was gang-raped, tortured, and held against her will for two months. Anger erupted in Morocco after news reports last week that the teenager was abducted, brutalised, and forcibly tattooed. The case sparked