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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has outlined a plan to let artificial intelligence (AI) software review content posted on the social network. In a letter describing the plan, he said algorithms would eventually be able to spot terrorism, violence, bullying and even prevent suicide. He admitted Facebook had previously made mistakes in the content it had removed from the website. But he said it would take years for the necessary algorithms to be developed. The announcement has been welcomed by an internet safety charity, which had previously been critical of the way the social network had handled posts depicting extreme violence.…

US President Donald Trump’s choice for national security adviser has turned down the job offer. Retired Vice-Admiral Robert Harward was widely tipped for the post after Mr Trump fired Michael Flynn on Monday. A White House official said Mr Harward cited family and financial commitments, but US media said the sticking point was he wanted to bring in his own team. Mr Flynn had misled US Vice-President Mike Pence over his conversations with Russia’s ambassador to the US. The latest setback emerged hours after Mr Trump robustly denied media reports of White House disarray, insisting in a news conference that…

Ten (10) prominent persons were elected today, one from each region, to represent the 10 regions on the Council of State membership. They will compliment the 14 others already appointed by President Nana Akufo-Addo to advise him during his four-year tenure as the President of Ghana. President of Groupe Ideal Dr Nii Kotei Dzani has been elected as the Greater Accra Region representative onto the Council of State. The 37-year-old won elections held on Thursday at the Ga West District Assembly Hall in Amasaman. He polled 20 out of a total of 32 valid votes cast. Second to Dr Dzani was…

A 64-year-old woman has successfully given birth to healthy twins – a boy and a girl – in Burgos, northern Spain. The Recoletas Hospital delivered the twins by Caesarean section, the usual method in such rare cases. The unnamed woman had undergone fertility treatment in the US, Spanish media report. The hospital has posted a video clip of the Caesarean delivery. In 2012 the woman gave birth to a girl, who was later taken into care by social services, amid welfare concerns. Social workers said the girl was being brought up isolated, poorly clothed and with bad personal hygiene, the…

The 1986 year group of the Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast has handed over a GH¢180,000 solar-powered water project to the school. The project was part of a gesture to mark the group’s 30 years after leaving school. It is aimed at weaning the school off Ghana Water Company and cut its expenditure on water utility. The project also attracted funding support from some organizations and other old girls not part of the 1986 group. Four mechanized boreholes were drilled to be solar powered to supply water. Three older boreholes were re-drilled as part of the project. Bishop…

The Council of State elections scheduled to be held in the Upper East Region has been put on an indefinite hold as a result of a court injunction. After the five candidates and their family members as well as sympathisers had gathered at the Upper East Regional House of Chiefs, where the polls were supposed to be held, the injunction notice was served the officials of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC). The injunction was filed by the Nabdam Assembly with former lawmaker John Akparibo Ndebugri as their lead counsel. Among the five candidates vying for the single slot to represent…

The process to select the 10 regional representatives onto the Council of State appears to have been beset with withdrawals from a number of candidates. Elections are ongoing after a postponement from Thursday, February 9 by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC). The postponement was to allow for the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) to adequately prepare for the process. But prior to the voting at the respective regional venues, some candidates have written to the Commission to withdraw from the race. Biggest among these persons suddenly not interested in the race is Former Ningo-Prampram Member of Parliament ET Mensah,…

Nigeria winger Asisat Oshoala has left Women’s Super League One club Arsenal Ladies to join Chinese side Dalian Quanjian. The 22-year-old won the BBC’s Women’s Footballer of the Year Award in 2015 before joining Arsenal from Liverpool. She helped the Gunners win the Women’s FA Cup at Wembley in May 2016 and was recently awarded the African Women’s Player of the Year Award. She also played for her country at the 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada. Source: BBC

Former Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Constitueny Enoch Teye Mensah has withdrawn from Thursday’s Council of State elections. The experienced politician scratched himself from the race to get a Greater Accra Region representative on the Council for “personal” reasons. This was contained in a letter dated February 15, 2017 to the Regional Director of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC). The longest-serving Youth and Sports Minister had had his image on the Notice of Poll released by the EC on Monday, February 13. He was one of the 16 candidates successfully passed by the EC to contest the Greater Accra Region…

Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela’s image is on some notesSeventeen banks have been accused of rigging the price of South Africa’s currency, the rand. The country’s Competition Commission has called for big fines against the banking giants, which include HSBC and Barclays, after making a long list of serious and extensive allegations against them. The commission accused the banks’ foreign currency traders of conspiring to fix the price of the rand; sometimes using online chat rooms to coordinate fictitious bids and offers in order to sway the market. A two year investigation concluded there was “widespread collusion” and recommended that the…