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Roblox to introduce age-based accounts in child safety push
Video game platform Roblox has announced new safety measures that will introduce age-based accounts for younger users as part of efforts to improve online protection and address global concerns over child safety. The company said the new system will use age-check tools and parental verification to assign users into two...
Ghana, Burkina Faso reaffirm commitment to stronger bilateral trade ties amid tomato export challenges
The Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, held a bilateral meeting with the Ambassador of Burkina Faso, who led the country’s delegation, on the sidelines of the 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Yaoundé, Cameroon. The meeting was attended by the Chair...
Eight sentenced to 450 years in prison over anti-ICE riot where officer was shot
Eight people who US prosecutors say have ties to Antifa have collectively been sentenced to 450 years in prison for their roles in a riot outside an immigration detention centre in Texas. A former US Marine Corps reservist, who was convicted of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, was sentenced to 100 years i...
Body of US soldier who went missing in Morocco found and identified
The body of one of two US soldiers who went missing last week during a training exercise in Morocco has been recovered, the US Army announced. The army identified him as 27-year-old 1st Lt Kendrick Lamont Key Jr, a platoon leader and air defence artillery officer from Richmond, Virginia. A Moroccan military search team...
Trump retreat over Hormuz tolls suggests he is struggling to end Iran war
Donald Trump’s latest Iran War demand lasted all of 24 hours – and suggests a president searching for unorthodox ways out of a difficult position. On Monday morning, in a social media post announcing the resumption of an American naval blockade on Iranian shipping, he said that all vessels transiting the Strait of Horm...
Russia and China condemn US over indictment of former Cuban leader
China and Russia have condemned a US decision to charge Cuba’s former president Raúl Castro with murder. The Chinese foreign ministry called on the US to stop using “coercion” and “threats” against its ally, while the Kremlin said the pressure being exerted on Havana “borders on violence”. The US has accused Castro o.....
Toilets and changing rooms must be used on basis of biological sex, guidance confirms
Single-sex spaces – such as changing rooms and toilets – must be used on the basis of biological sex, new guidance from the equalities watchdog has confirmed. This means, for instance, that a trans woman – a biological male who identifies as a woman – should not use female toilets or changing rooms, according to […]
British Airways pilot who raped girl, 12, jailed
A pilot who travelled hundreds of miles to meet and rape a 12-year-old girl he met on Instagram has been jailed. Kwame Yeboah, 30, first made contact with the child in late 2025. She initially told him she was 17 and he travelled from his home in Reading to Wirral, Merseyside, in February. The Crown […]
UK radio station apologises for accidentally announcing death of King Charles
A radio station has apologised for “any distress caused” after accidentally announcing that King Charles had died. The erroneous announcement was made on Tuesday afternoon due to a computer error at Radio Caroline’s main studio in Essex. Station manager Peter Moore wrote on Facebook: “Due to a computer error at our mai...
Air France and Airbus found guilty of manslaughter over 2009 plane crash
Air France and Airbus have been found guilty of manslaughter over a 2009 plane crash which killed 228 people. The Paris Appeals Court found the airline and aircraft manufacturer guilty of corporate manslaughter over the incident, in which flight AF447 between Rio de Janeiro and Paris crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. Th...
We won’t leave any Ghanaian behind – Gov’t begins repatriation from South Africa
Ghana’s High Commissioner to South Africa, Benjamin Anani Quashie, says government has begun plans to repatriate Ghanaians fleeing renewed xenophobic attacks, insisting that no citizen will be abandoned. Speaking on JoyNews’ PM Express, Mr Quashie disclosed that nearly 200 Ghanaians have already expressed interest in r...
South Africa evacuation: No Ghanaian desirous of returning home will be left behind – Ablakwa
Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has assured that no Ghanaian in South Africa who wishes to return home will be left out of the planned evacuation exercise, following recent clarification over reports of a supposed chartered flight. In a Facebook post on Thursday, May 22, the Minister praised Ghana’s Hi...