Ghana’s main opposition party reacted with anger after one of its most influential leaders was sentenced to 20 years in prison, with hard labor, for illegal mining offences. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) alleged that the historic sentencing against Bernard Antwi Boasiako, the party’s Ashanti Region Chairman, was politically motivated. Boasiako, popularly known as “President
Across five countries and 91 days, Christopher Nolan and the cast and crew of “The Odyssey” were pushed to their limits as they worked to bring Homer’s epic to the screen. They filmed in the ocean, on steep mountain passes, through dense forests and sandy beaches, battling wind, rain and scorching sun in an act
An Israeli airstrike killed six members of a family in Gaza City, according to local doctors. Video footage showed the family’s apartment burning overnight in the western neighborhood of Al Sabra. Firas al-Masri’s brother told the BBC that he had been burned alive along with his wife, Salsabeel, and his three daughters and son, Faryal,
The inaugural auction of Hundred players has already taken place and the squads of all eight teams are already in good shape. For the first five editions of the competition, players were assigned to teams through a draft system with a set of salary levels. But following significant private investment in The Hundred, players not
ESPN is making a new round of layoffs, most of which are related to the Disney-owned sports giant’s deal to take over NFL Network, according to a memo from president Jimmy Pitaro. Pitaro revealed the planned job cuts in a memo to staff Tuesday, a copy of which was obtained by Variety. In February, the
Protests have broken out in Italy following the death of a Moroccan-born man while being forcibly restrained by two police officers in the northern city of Bologna. Several thousand people took to the streets on Monday night demanding “justice for Abderrahim Fakir.” A smaller group then split up and clashed with police late into the
