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The government is expected to be defeated later when it asks MPs again to agree to a snap election. Opposition MPs have refused to back the call for a 15 October poll, insisting a law aimed at avoiding a no-deal Brexit must be implemented first. That legislation is expected to get final approval on Monday, but ministers have said they will “test to the limit” what it requires of them. Boris Johnson has been warned he could face legal action for flouting it. The government has described the law – which would force the PM to seek a Brexit delay…

Mark Sanford, a former South Carolina governor, has become the latest Republican to challenge President Trump in the party’s primary contest. “I’m here to tell you now that I am going to get in,” Mr Sanford, a long-time Trump critic, said in an interview announcing his candidacy. He is the third person to challenge Mr Trump for the nomination. It is seen as near impossible that anyone will take the Republican mantle from the president. No sitting president in the modern era has lost the race to be nominee for their own party, and Mr Trump remains very popular with…

Rafael Nadal won his 19th Grand Slam title after holding off Russian Daniil Medvedev’s exhilarating fightback in one of the greatest US Open finals. Spain’s Nadal, 33, won 7-5 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4 against the fifth seed in New York. Nadal, seeded second, was cruising at two sets and a break up, only for Medvedev to force a decider. But Nadal stopped his momentum to clinch a thrilling win in four hours and 50 minutes – just four minutes shorter than the longest US Open final. Nadal’s victory moves him within one of Swiss rival Roger Federer’s all-time leading tally…

Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed sadness at the news of the passing of former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe. Comrade Mugabe, as he was affectionately known, died on Friday, September 6 in a Singaporean hospital. Zimbabwe ex-President Robert Mugabe dies aged 95 Mr Mahama, whose reign as Ghana’s leader saw Mr Mugabe also ruling Zimbabwe, said despite his flaws, the late leader “will always be remembered as a great fighter for freedom and a dedicated Pan Africanist”. He tweeted on Friday a few hours after the news of Mugabe’s death went viral. https://twitter.com/JDMahama/status/1169975105935597568?s=20 Mr Mahama praised Mugabe for his…

Fifty students from Ghana were among 1,600 students from Asia, Africa, and South America to successfully complete the annual AgroStudies project in Israel on Monday, September 2. The AgroStudies training is a joint project organized by Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Agriculture. In Ghana, the project is a collaboration between the Embassy of Israel, the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, and AgroStudies of Israel. The students spent about 12 months in Israel during which they received training from various agronomists and agricultural instructors. They were trained in fields such as irrigation, aqua culture, fruits and vegetables with…

Two-time Olympic 800m gold medallist Caster Semenya has joined a South African women’s football team. The 28-year-old is unable to compete without taking testosterone-reducing drugs following a rule change by the IAAF, athletics’ governing body. It means she cannot defend her 800m World Championship title in Doha this month – though she is fighting the rule change through the courts. She is now training with Gauteng-based women’s football club JVW. The three-time world champion, who announced in July that she would not be defending her 800m world title, cannot starting playing for JVW until the 2020 season, having joined outside…

Karpowership Ghana Company Limited has resumed operations after a successful commissioning in Takoradi in the Western Region. The power ship went off on Thursday, August 17 to be relocated from Tema in the nation’s capital. The relocation of the 470MW plant was in line with government’s strategic policy for  Natural Gas from the western enclave to be utilized. Karpowership said in a statement prior to the relocation that the move was aimed at saving the government millions of dollars annually. Karpowership off; relocates to Sekondi On Friday, September 6, Karpowership Ghana announced that the commissioning is complete. “The 470MW power…

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s first post-independence leader, has died at the age of 95. He died after battling ill health, his family confirmed to the BBC. Mr Mugabe was ousted from power in a military coup in November 2017, ending his three-decade reign. Zimbabwe’s education secretary Fadzayi Mahere tweeted: “Rest In Peace, Robert Mugabe.” He was born on 21 February 1924, in what was then Rhodesia. He was imprisoned for more than a decade without trial after criticising the government of Rhodesia in 1964. In 1973, while still in prison, he was chosen as president of the Zimbabwe African National Union…

A third year student of the University of Ghana Medical School has reportedly committed suicide. Joseph Opuni is said to have taken his life after failing his courses and therefore billed for repeat. He seemed to have made an effort to study harder, nonetheless. https://twitter.com/joseph_opuni/status/1123981470870249475?s=20 Though the cause of death is yet to be verified, Master Opuni nicknamed Mobb Deep, is said to have contemplated suicide based on his posts on social media. https://twitter.com/joseph_opuni/status/1114896810877816834?s=20 https://twitter.com/joseph_opuni/status/1116318207529377794?s=20 https://twitter.com/joseph_opuni/status/1142547649909968904?s=20 Source: 3news.com|Ghana

The Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has taken on the Office of Special Prosecutor in what it describes as an attempt to discredit it in an oil misappropriation case. In a letter to the CID, the Special Prosecutor, Martin Alamisi Amidu, accused the Directorate of failing to supply it with a 2011 docket on a probe into the misappropriation of a $15 million oil deal. The CID, however, says the dockets on the case have gone missing for the past eight years. Director DCOP Nana Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah says that dockets are not in the records…