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US President Donald Trump has said he would be “honoured” to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, in the right circumstances. “If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would – absolutely. I would be honoured to do it,” he told news organisation Bloomberg on Monday. The previous day he described Mr Kim as a “pretty smart cookie”. The comments come amid escalating tensions over North Korea’s nuclear programme. The White House issued a statement following Mr Trump’s remarks, saying North Korea would need to meet many conditions before any meeting between the two leaders could…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has launched a scathing attack on the Akufo-Addo-led government on May Day, revealing that “for the first time in recent memory, Ghanaian public sector workers have been forced to mark this important day without receiving their monthly salary”. The opposition party says this year’s workers’ day celebrations have been marked in the face of several difficulties “which threaten the wellbeing of Ghanaian workers”. These were contained in a statement of solidarity released on May 1, 2017 by the NDC. It was signed by General Secretary Johnson Asiedu Nketia. “The plight of the Ghanaian worker has…

Pescara’s Sulley Muntari walked off the pitch in protest when a referee booked him after he claimed he was being racially abused during a league match. The 32-year-old former Ghana midfielder asked Daniele Minelli to stop Sunday’s Serie A game at Cagliari. But he was instead booked for dissent in the 89th minute, prompting the former Portsmouth and Sunderland player to leave the pitch in protest. He angrily confronted Cagliari fans, shouting: “This is my colour.” Speaking after the game, Muntari said: “The referee should not just stay on the field and blow the whistle, he must do everything. “He…

Award-winning actor Van Vicker was on Saturday, April 29 elected Vice President of the Ghana Actors Guild at polls at the Art Center in Accra. His campaign, however, to get Abeiku Sagoe as his boss was dashed as the veteran actor was beaten at the presidency by veteran movie director Sam Fiscian. Actress Kalsoum Sinare was elected as Welfare Officer, a position Mr Vicker wanted to go to Papa Nii. Van Vicker picks up the position of Vice President which was originally occupied by Vivian Achor, who was sacked for absenteeism. The newly elected officers have a one-year tenure. Source:…

Government will make the funding of the Zongo Development Fund a law so that there will always be available funds for use, the vice president has said. “We are going to make sure that the funding is captured into law,” Dr Mahamudu Bawumia stressed. “We don’t want any government to come and say there is no money.” Dr Bawumia made this known at the 25th National Da’awa Education Conference of the Ahlussunna Wal Jama’a in Cape Coast, the Central Region. It was held on Friday, April 28 on the theme: ‘Religion as a Guide for Polluted Advancement’. Dr Bawumia expressed…

Barclays says its profits more than doubled in the first three months of the year, boosted by better performance across the board. Pre-tax profit for the first quarter was £1.682bn, up from £793m for the same period last year. Chief executive Jes Staley said it had been “another quarter of strong progress towards the completion of the restructuring of Barclays”. He said there was good reason to feel optimistic about the firm’s prospects. The figure was better than analysts had predicted and comes despite a one-off goodwill impairment charge of £884m on the bank’s stake in Barclays Africa Group, which…

Two persons died on the spot in an accident that occurred at Akyem Anyinase in the Akyemansa District of the Eastern Region Saturday morning, as disclosed by police reports. The reports suggest the accident occurred at about 8:00 am. www.3news.com’s Yvonne Neequaye gathered a commercial Kia bus with registration number GT 4921-15 from Kumasi to Oda had a break failure and rammed into a Toyota Fortuner with registration number GT 6284 belonging to the Kumasi South Hospital. The Hospital’s vehicle had staff said to be heading towards Akyem Wenchi for a funeral. Reports say two persons including an eye specialist…

US President Donald Trump has launched a scathing attack on the media during a rally marking 100 days in office. He told supporters in Pennsylvania that he was keeping “one promise after another”, dismissing criticism as “fake news” by “out of touch” journalists. Mr Trump decided to skip the White House Correspondents’ Dinner – the first US leader to miss the event since an injured Ronald Reagan in 1981. Earlier, big rallies were held against Mr Trump’s climate change policies. At the rally in Harrisburg, the president said the media should be given “a big, fat, failing grade” over their…

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Chamber of Mines Joyce Aryee says the fight against illegal small-scale mining should not be directed at the labourers who descend into the bellies of the earth in search of precious minerals but to those who invest money into it. According to Ms Aryee, those who invest money into the unlawful act, by paying the illegal miners and securing equipment for the purposes, must rather be tackled. She explained that those who labour in the value chain do so because they want to earn a living and are given this by investors. Speaking…

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) says it has found yet another evidence giving credence to its oft-made claim of chaos in the Akufo-Addo-led government. The evidence is the upside-down flag in a picture posted by Flagstaff House, the seat of government, during the short visit of Gambian leader Adama Barrow to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The flag, hoisted just behind the Ghanaian president, had the green on top of the gold and red instead of the red, gold and green layout. The NDC tweeted: That the Ghana flag is turned upside down is yet another manifestation of the chaos…