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President Donald Trump’s travel ban on 26 European nations has come into force in the US, as part of a contingency plan to tackle the coronavirus crisis. The ban applies to non-Americans who have been in the Schengen border-free travel area within 14 days of travelling to the US. The UK, the Republic of Ireland and returning US citizens are not affected. Mr Trump also declared a national emergency, freeing up to $50bn (£40bn) in relief funds. There are nearly 2,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the US, and 43 deaths. Mr Trump’s administration has faced criticism for its failure…

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is stepping down from the company’s board to spend more time on philanthropic activities. He says he wants to focus on global health and development, education and tackling climate change. One of the world’s richest men, Mr Gates, 65, has also left the board of Warren Buffett’s massive holding company, Berkshire Hathaway. Mr Gates stepped down from his day-to-day role running Microsoft in 2008. Announcing his latest move, Mr Gates said the company would “always be an important part of my life’s work” and he would continue to be engaged with its leadership. But he said:…

An unimpeachable source within the Western Region leadership of the ruling New Patriotic Party has suggested to 3news.com that there could be yet another change to the list of persons who have qualified to contest in the party’s upcoming parliamentary primaries. The source explained there is huge pressure on the Parliamentary Elections Appeals Committee of the party to reinstate some aspirants who were disqualified by the F.F Anto Vetting Committee for the Western Region. This attempt, our source indicated has caused a worrying division among the regional executives as both sides have taken entrenched positions. Already the list of names…

The First Lady of the Republic of Ghana, Rebecca Akufo-Addo, has announced the cancellation of the International Women’s Day High Level Event scheduled to have come off on Friday, March 13. This was contained in a press release on March 13, 2020. The event was to be held at Labadi Beach Hotel in the evening. According to the Office of the First Lady, the cancellation was due to the confirmed cases of coronavirus in Ghana declared by the Health Minister on Thursday. “The Office of the First Lady entreats all Ghanaians to take good care of themselves,” the statement said.…

Elite football in Britain has been suspended until at least 3 April as a result of the spread of coronavirus. All games in England’s Premier League, EFL, FA Women’s Super League and Women’s Championship are postponed. The Premier League said play will start on 4 April subject to “conditions at the time” but BBC sports editor Dan Roan says resuming on the date is privately deemed “almost impossible”. Matches in Scotland,Wales and Northern Ireland are also off. England’s international friendly matches against Italy on 27 March and Denmark four days later are off. The EFL, which hopes to resume play…

Magna Cum Laude student Edward Gordon has declared his intention to contest the upcoming presidential elections of the Students’ Representative Council (SRC) of the University of Cape Coast (UCC). Having attained huge numbers in the approval ratings over the last month, many believe the third year student of the Faculty of Law will be the solution to what students have sought. He pursued his first degree at the same university, where he read Bed. Arts (English and Religion and Human Values) and became a Teaching Assistant at the Department of English. He has nurtured a lot of people on campus…

The Federal Government, on Friday, said the second confirmed case of coronavirus in the country no longer had the virus in his system and would be discharged from the treatment centre in Lagos. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, said this while giving an update on the virus in Abuja. He said the person, who had contact with the index case, had no symptoms of the COVID 19, adding that he had not been sick while in isolation. He also said the index case, an Italian who is receiving treatment in Lagos, would also be discharged next week. He…

The leadership of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) have visited ailing actor William Addo at the Odo Pee Healing Centre in Mankessim, where he is receiving treatment for glaucoma. The team presented an undisclosed amount of money for the upkeep of the actor, known popularly as ‘Akpats3’. The actor is optimistic the visit will make a lot of difference in speeding up the healing process. The gesture followed a TV3 report on the plight of the actor. Watch the full report by Konxept Worae below: https://www.instagram.com/tv/B9q-NL_FYPf/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Source: 3news.com|Ghana

The Referees Committee of the GFA has suspended Referee Imoro Osman and Assistant Referee Joshua Anane for six match-days for their performance in the Division One League match between Tema Youth and Nania FC. Nania FC in their petition to the GFA accused the Referee for wrongly ruling out a goal for offside and also for general poor officiating in the said match. After studying a video footage of the match, the Committee found that the referee and his Assistant 1 erred in ruling out the Nania FC goal because the player who scored the goal was clearly onside when…

Authorities at the Port of Takoradi in the Western Region are preparing two separate holding bays to handle any case of COVID-19. One of the bays is inside the Port while the other one is at the GPHA Hospital. Conducting 3news.com round the first holding bay, Head of Health Services for Port of Takoradi Dr. George Tawiah Tidakabi said: “The first holding bay which is at the wharf has five separate rooms. “I mean they are independent from each other. The estate department is currently taking stock of all what will be needed for it to become fully functional. So,…