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Theresa May faces a crunch cabinet meeting later as she tries to win colleagues’ support for a draft Brexit agreement between the UK and EU. Senior ministers will gather in Downing Street at 14:00 GMT amid calls to reject the deal from both senior Brexiteers and some Remain supporters. The PM is also continuing one-to-one briefings with ministers on the plans. Some cabinet members have “deep reservations”, BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says. But the draft is seen as a significant moment in the negotiations between the UK and Brussels. The pound made a tentative rise against the dollar on…

The Black Maidens got off to a flying start at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup with a 5-0 thrashing of hosts Uruguay on Tuesday. The Maidens equalled their biggest win in the competition with that result, having beaten the same opponents by a similar scoreline in their gallant run to Bronze at Azerbaijan 2012. Captain Mukarama Abdulai also made history by scoring a first hat-trick in the tournament. The score was, however, opened by Fusena Mumuni in the 20th minute. Mukarama registered her name on the scoresheet five minutes later, running into the penalty area to beat Uruguay’s…

CNN has filed a lawsuit against President Trump and several of his aides, seeking the immediate restoration of chief White House correspondent Jim Acosta’s access to the White House. The lawsuit is a response to the White House’s suspension of Acosta’s press pass, known as a Secret Service “hard pass,” last week. The suit alleges that Acosta and CNN’s First and Fifth Amendment rights are being violated by the ban. The suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday morning. Both CNN and Acosta are plaintiffs in the lawsuit. There are six defendants: Trump, chief of…

Ghana’s Black Maidens will play host nation Uruguay in the opening game of the 2018 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup on Tuesday at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Uruguay and the Maidens will raise the curtain on the sixth edition of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup with the first four matches featuring on Tuesday. The Estadio Charrua in Montevideo will be the venue for both games in Group A, with New Zealand taking on tournament debutants Finland before the Uruguay-Ghana game. Uruguay will be hoping to become the first host nation of a FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup to…

The freshly inaugurated Governing Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has announced the reopening of the school for Friday, November 16. As a result, lectures will resume on Monday, November 19. This was contained in a statement released on Tuesday, a few hours after the six new members of the Council were sworn into office. New KNUST Council inaugurated as Otumfuo sets up 5-member probe committee KNUST has closed down since Monday, October 22 after riotous students vandalized property and set some ablaze. Demonstrating students torch property at KNUST An inspection by the Ashanti Regional…

Chancellor of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has expressed sadness over the events that led to the school’s closure on Monday, October 22. “It is a pain I do not bear lightly,” he stated. The Asantehene expressed this emotion on Tuesday when six new members of the Governing Council were sworn in at the Manhyia Palace. The members – four to represent government and one each to represent the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) and the Conference of Heads of Assisted Secondary Schools (CHASS) – were led by the Minister of Education,…

Tema-based rapper Medikal has turned heads on social media as his recent posts reaffirms his love affair with actress Fella Makafui and the break-up with Sister Derby. In a post on Instagram on Tuesday, the Too Risky hitmaker stated: “I want the world to know I’m glad I found you and finally fell in love with you after several years of friendship.” He also stated how he wanted to “still stay cool” with his ex but… View this post on Instagram 5 years ago we became friends. you’ve always been hard working and a very strong respectful powerful…

Former President John Dramani Mahama says the next administration of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will ensure that artisanal small-scale mining, also known as galamsey, is regulated to provide sustainable employment for the youth. He says this will ensure that artisanal mining is environmentally friendly to the country’s water bodies, among others. Addressing separate meetings of mining communities in the Upper Denkyira East and Upper Denkyira West constituencies in the Central Region as well as Obuasi East and Obuasi West constituencies in the Ashanti Region on Monday, Mr Mahama said his government resorted to new ways of tackling the galamsey…

Hosts Ghana wrapped up preparations for the 2018 Africa Women Cup of Nations with a 1-0 win over South Africa over the weekend. The exhibition match also opened the Accra Sports Stadium, which has been refurbished for the three-week tournament. Black Queens’ coach Bashir Hayford says the performance of his team keep improving day-by-day as they prepare for the tournament. “The performance is what we are after,” he indicated after the final preparatory game. “You could see I think you clap and clap and clap during the match, for females playing like this is amazing and we going to work…

Fifa has appointed a normalisation committee to run the affairs of Madagascar’s Football Federation (FMF). Football’s world body says it is disbanding the current administration because the FA’s electoral process was “not carried out in accordance with the regulatory requirements applicable to the members of Fifa.” The normalisation committee’s mandate will include organising FMF elections and identifying “legitimate delegates” for the FA’s general assembly. A joint Fifa and Confederation of African Football (Caf) mission will be deployed to Madagascar soon to identify who should make up the new normalisation committee. All members must pass an eligibility check to be carried…