Jerry Rawlings, Ghana’s former leader, dies at the age of 73

The former leader of Ghana, Jerry Rawlings has died at the age of 73. Rawlings seized power twice in Ghana via military troops and is also considered as being the driving force behind a stable democracy in Ghana. He died at a hospital on Thursday morning following a short illness according to a statement by Nana Akufo-Addo, the President of Ghana.

Jerry Rawlings, Ghana’s former leader, dies at the age of 73

BBC apologizes for interview with Cory Booker impostor

New Zealand tsunami warning after magnitude 7.3 earthquake

Export of 250,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Australia blocked by Italy

Thai navy rescue four cats from sinking ship

38 killed in Myanmar’s deadliest day of protest

Germany gives go-ahead to AstraZeneca Covid vaccine for people over 65

Prince Philip undergoes successful heart procedure, to stay hospitalized

In Sweden, man goes on rampage with axe, injures 8; terror motive probed

Xi maps out China’s post-Covid rise, calls US ’biggest threat’ to his country

Buckingham Palace ’perpetuating falsehoods’: Meghan Markle

15 of 47 jailed activists in Hong Kong granted bail

UK says it will fast-track vaccines for Covid variants like normal flu jabs

17% of food wasted at consumer level: UN report

Afghan targeted killings continue unabated, woman doctor latest victim

South Korean transgender soldier expelled from army found dead

Far-right AfD party to be spied on by German intelligence agency

Pope Francis insists on Iraq trip despite rocket attacks and Covid-19

ICC launches ’war crimes’ probe in Palestinian territories

Meghan says she is ’saddened’ by report of bullying allegation against her

World’s first platypus sanctuary built in Australia

Canada’s Covid-19 vaccine panel says 4-month gap between doses fine

10 rockets strike Iraqi base hosting US troops

Covid-19 test centre hit by explosion in Dutch town

6.3-magnitude earthquake hits central Greece

’Fake vaccine network’ broken up by police in China and South Africa