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The Australian city of Sydney has experienced its hottest weather in 79 years with temperatures hitting as high as 47.3C (117F). In Penrith, west of Sydney, residents sweltered as the town bore the brunt of the heat on Sunday. Severe fire warnings were issued for the greater Sydney area and total fire bans were put in place across the city. Sunday’s temperatures fall short of the scorching heat to hit the area in 1939, when the mercury reached 47.8C. The sweltering temperatures reached in Penrith were confirmed by the Bureau of Meteorology. During the final Ashes Test in Sydney, the…

The Australian city of Sydney has experienced its hottest weather in 79 years with temperatures hitting as high as 47.3C (117F). In Penrith, west of Sydney, residents sweltered as the town bore the brunt of the heat on Sunday. Severe fire warnings were issued for the greater Sydney area and total fire bans were put in place across the city. Sunday’s temperatures fall short of the scorching heat to hit the area in 1939, when the mercury reached 47.8C. The sweltering temperatures reached in Penrith were confirmed by the Bureau of Meteorology. During the final Ashes Test in Sydney, the…

New Year’s Eve 2017 saw WhatsApp users send a mammoth 75 billion messages across the service. That number eclipses any other day in its history with the previous record of 65 million on New Year’s Eve 2016 well and truly smashed. WhatsApp says that of the 75 billion messages sent, 13 billion were photos and five billion included videos. WhatsApp users could have boosted this number even further if an outage hadn’t hit the service on New Year’s Eve. The app was down for around an two hours at its busiest time leaving many unable to send or receive messages. According to website…

Former President John Mahama has accused his successor, Nana Akufo-Addo of running his mouth whilst in opposition, but says the latter is unable to match his words with deeds now that he is in government. For instance, he said, President Akufo-Addo had chastised the Mahama-led administration of failing to pay contractors who executed various government projects. “This is not rocket science”, he said, teasing the president’s promise to pay all the contractors within 100 days in office. But many contractors are yet to receive their pay, former President Mahama said to teeming supporters of the opposition National Democratic Congress after…

The Vice President, Dr Bawumia has dismissed claims that the Free Senior High School (SHS) Programme could collapse due to lack of finances and gave the assurance that there was enough money for its long term implementation. He said the over GH¢1.2 billion allocated to the implementation of the free programme this year, was a clear indication of the Government’s commitment to ensure its sustainability. According to him, the free SHS remained a top priority of the government and as such would continue to channel enough resources to address its challenges as and when they appear. Speaking at the opening…

A plane carrying more than 200 passengers from Chicago to Hong Kong was diverted to Alaska after two of the aircraft’s toilets were vandalised with excrement, officials said. The United Airlines flight was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Anchorage on Thursday evening due to a “passenger smearing faeces everywhere”. Police said the man, a US resident of Vietnamese origin, made no threats. It is not clear what led to the episode taking place. “We received a report of a passenger who had messed up the bathrooms with his own faeces,” Anchorage Airport police spokesman Lt Joe Gamache said.…

A plane carrying more than 200 passengers from Chicago to Hong Kong was diverted to Alaska after two of the aircraft’s toilets were vandalised with excrement, officials said. The United Airlines flight was forced to make an unscheduled landing in Anchorage on Thursday evening due to a “passenger smearing faeces everywhere”. Police said the man, a US resident of Vietnamese origin, made no threats. It is not clear what led to the episode taking place. “We received a report of a passenger who had messed up the bathrooms with his own faeces,” Anchorage Airport police spokesman Lt Joe Gamache said.…

Though we figured this was coming for quite a while, HBO has finally confirmed that there will be no new Game of Thrones in 2018 and, instead, we’ll have to wait until 2019 to see the final season. The announcement came via a tweet from HBO’s PR department and also confirmed that the final season will be made up of only six episodes. Though the official return date hasn’t been announced, we’re on the record as guessing March 2019 and we’re sticking to it. It’s official: @GameOfThrones will return for its six-episode, eighth and final season in 2019. — HBO PR (@HBOPR) January 4, 2018…

Outspoken political commentator Alhaji Iddrisu Bature has died. Alhaji Bature who is also the founder and Editor of the Al-Hajj newspaper died Friday morning, 3news.com gathered. He was on admission at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital where he was receiving treatment after he suffered stroke while in his bath in December 2017. He would be buried in accordance with Islamic tradition in the morning of Saturday, January 6, 2018. Alhaji Bature a known member of the opposition National Democratic Congress died at the age of 60. Source: 3news.com |Ghana

The Speaker of Parliament, Mike Aaron Oquaye has set up a five-member committee adhoc to investigate claims expatriates paid as high as US$100,000 to sit close to President Akufo-Addo at an event. This follows a heated and partisan debate that greeted a motion filed by 80 minority Members of Parliament who demanded the parliamentary probe. Members of Parliament were therefore summoned to sit on the motion on Friday, where the decision to investigate the action by the Trade and Industry Ministry was taken. The ad hoc committee would be chaired by Ameyaw Kyereme, MP for Sunyani East. Other members are…