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Month: December 2025

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International

UK and US agree zero-tariff deal on medicine exports

Agreement also calls for health service to increase net price it pays for innovative drugs by 25%Business live – latest updatesThe NHS is to pay 25% more for innovative drugs in return for zero tariffs on exports of pharmaceuticals to the US under a deal with Donald Trump’s government.Industry sources estimate it could cost about £3bn in higher spending on drugs over the next three years but also increase the […]

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International

US-Russia talks may pile pressure on Kyiv to make concessions, says EU foreign policy chief

Kaja Kallas says negotiators should not ‘lose focus that it’s actually Russia who has started this war’Europe live – latest updatesThe EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has said she fears talks between the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, will pile pressure on Ukraine to make concessions with the two men expected to meet on Tuesday.Witkoff, the property developer turned envoy recently exposed for […]

todayDecember 1, 2025

International

Hundreds flee central Haiti after gangs launch large-scale attacks and burn homes

An official confirmed nearly a dozen deaths, including a mother and her child, in Artibonite region over the weekendHeavily armed gangs attacked Haiti’s central region over the weekend, killing men, women and children as they set fire to homes and forced survivors to flee into the darkness.Police made emergency calls for backup, asserting that 50% of the Artibonite region had fallen under gang control after the large-scale attacks targeting towns […]

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International

Trump’s pardon of Honduras’s ex-president shows counter-drug effort is ‘based on lies and hypocrisy’

Why has Trump blown up alleged narco boats in the Caribbean and at the same time decided to let a big time trafficker off the hook?Deadly airstrikes and a military buildup: how the US pressure campaign against Venezuela has unfolded in the CaribbeanHe was a Latin American president accused of colluding with some of the region’s most ruthless narco bosses to flood the United States with cocaine.“[Let’s] stuff the drugs […]

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Local

Understanding oil palm policy trajectory: A historical review of gov’t interventions and their unrealised potential

By Raymond DENTEH; an Agribusiness Enthusiast This article marks the beginning of a three-part analytical series examining Ghana’s oil palm sector through the lens of public policy performance, investment choices, institutional behaviour, and long-term structural outcomes. It provides: Part I: A historical and comparative review of Government-led oil palm policies and investments, beginning with Ghana’s […] The post Understanding oil palm policy trajectory: A historical review of gov’t interventions and […]

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Local

Advans S&L launches new overdraft product to strengthen short-term liquidity for small businesses

Advans Ghana Savings and Loans has officially launched a new overdraft facility designed to provide micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) with rapid access to short-term working capital. The facility, unveiled at a ceremony at Fiesta Royale Hotel in Accra, addresses the longstanding challenge of timely liquidity faced by thousands of small businesses across the […] The post Advans S&L launches new overdraft product to strengthen short-term liquidity for small […]

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Local

WASSCE 2025: Candidates who relied solely on ‘rote learning’ struggled to apply knowledge – WAEC

The Head of Public Relations at the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), John Kapi, has said the decline in performance, particularly in Social Studies and Core Mathematics in the 2025 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) as contained in the provisional results released at the weekend, was a reflection of the significant gap in students’ understanding and the ability to apply knowledge. Speaking in a television interview with TV3 […]

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Local

National Peace Council ‘struggling’ with 300 unresolved conflict cases, amid staffing shortages

The National Peace Council (NPC) has a backlog of unresolved conflict cases across the country, largely due to the lack of adequate staff to handle the cases. As of now, there are over 300 disputes still pending, the Council’s Chairman, Most Rev. Emmanuel Fianu, has revealed. Speaking in a television interview with TV3 on Sunday [Nov 30], Rev. Fianu said the council’s mediation efforts have been hampered by chronic underfunding, inadequate […]

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