2015-01-27 Ghana Health

Presbyterian Health Service distributes equipment to health workers   
BusinessGhana
The Presbyterian Health Service has distributed personal protective equipment (PPE) to front line health staff of the Ebola Isolation Unit at the Bawku Hospital. Frontline health staff of Widana, Woriyanga and Garu health centres, who also received the PPE, ...

2015-01-27 Ghana Sports

Vancouver Sun   

Eugenie Bouchard falls to Maria Sharapova in Aussie quarters   
Vancouver Sun
MELBOURNE, Australia — Canada's Eugenie Bouchard was eliminated from the Australian Open on Tuesday after a 6-3, 6-2 loss to Russia's Maria Sharapova in the quarter-finals. Five-time Grand Slam winner Sharapova put the brakes on Bouchard's quest ...

2015-01-27 Ghana Entertainment

Irish Examiner   

'Birdman' soars but Keaton brought to earth at SAG Awards   
Irish Examiner
Birdman topped the 21st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning best ensemble cast, even though star Michael Keaton was upset by Eddie Redmayne in the most outstanding actor category. Oscar favourites Julianne Moore, Patricia Arquette, and JK ...

2015-01-27 Ghana Sci/Tech

Full-Time Whistle   

Mountain-sized asteroid that flew past earth had own moon   
Business Standard
NASA has released radar observations of the 325 meter-wide asteroid that flew safely past Earth, showing that the asteroid had its own moon. Asteroid 2004 BL86 was over 3 times the Earth-moon distance i.e. 1.2 million kilometers, Discovery News reported.
Keep your eyes on the sky for asteroid appearance   CTV News
Giant asteroid set to buzz Earth   The Nation
asteroid comes unusually close to Earth   Stuff.co.nz
Christian Science Monitor   
Forbes   
Discovery News   
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Moneycontrol.com   

Microsoft's core goes soft with focus on cloud transition   
Moneycontrol.com
Shares of the world's largest software company fell more than 4 percent after hours on Monday, as it forecast a slight sequential dip in commercial licensing sales this quarter, and only a modest increase in cloud-based revenue over the quarter just ended.
Sluggish Windows sales still hurting Microsoft profit   The Age
Why Microsoft Is Making Less Money From Windows   TIME
Microsoft Profit Falls on Sluggish Windows, Currency Pressure   NDTV
The Seattle Times (blog)   
Variety   
TechCrunch   
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Engadget   

I just saw the first movie from Oculus, and it is the future   
The Verge
You'll have to excuse me. I'm going to sound a little excited now. Earlier today Oculus announced Story Studio, its in-house production team dedicated to producing virtual reality movies. We've been seeing VR narrative experiences for years at this point, and ...

2015-01-27 Ghana Business

Times LIVE   

Euro maintains gains, Asia stocks advance after Greek election outcome   
Economic Times
HONG KONG: The euro extended its gains against the dollar Tuesday while Asian equities climbed on hopes Greece's new government will be able to negotiate a bailout deal with the EU and IMF that will avoid it leaving the eurozone. Regional investors took ...

2015-01-27 Ghana World

New York Times   

Saudi Succession Hinting at Shift in Foreign Role   
New York Times
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the interior minister of Saudi Arabia, arrived at a meeting of security chiefs from across the Arab world in Marrakesh, Morocco, last March to deliver a call to arms: It was time, he declared, for a concerted ...

2015-01-27 Ghana Africa

Daily Maverick   

Vas(t) uncertainties: What future for our corruption fighters?   
Daily Maverick
Grootes is the host of the Midday Report on Talk Radio 702 and 567 Cape Talk, and the Senior Political Correspondent for Eyewitness News. He's been part of the political hack pack since before the Polokwane Tsunami, and covers politics in a slightly ...

2015-01-27 Ghana Ghana

Citifmonline   

Representation Of Two People On Behalf Of Minority Parties Is Not Imposition- EC   
Peace FM Online
Moves to have representation of two people in the electoral reforms committee on behalf of minority parties, isn't an imposition the Electoral Commission has observed. Christian Owusu Parry, who is the Acting Head of Public Affairs of the Commission stated ...