en-gh-hotdailynews: 2015-08-16

2015-08-16 Ghana Health

Doctors' strike: Extension conducive for renegotiations - MP
GhanaWeb
The Deputy Ranking Member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on health, Collins Ntim has welcomed the decision by the General Assembly of the Ghana Medical Association not to resign en bloc. According to him, the decision presents a good ...

2015-08-16 Ghana Sports

Graphic Online

Court dismisses case against GFA Congress
Graphic Online
The GFA Extraordinary Congress will come off as scheduled on Tuesday, August 18, after an Accra Fast Track High Court dismissed a case brought against the Association by Mr John Quayson. Mr Quayson, who was the plaintiff in the case, was seeking the ...

2015-08-16 Ghana Entertainment

GhanaWeb

Seth Kwame Boateng is 2015 Journalist of the Year
GhanaWeb
Multimedia's Seth Kwame Boateng has been adjudged the 2015 GJA/Prof. PAV Ansah Journalist of the Year for his 'Locked and Forgotten' documentary about the plight of remand prisoners in Ghana. “God has been indeed good. I am grateful to God. It is a ...

2015-08-16 Ghana Sci/Tech

Fleetwood Today

No seat belt? Then smile for the camera...
Fleetwood Today
Don't just watch your speed... Police cameras are now being used to catch motorists using a mobile phone while driving. 11:00 Saturday 15 August 2015. 0. Have your say. Drivers who use a mobile phone at the wheel or do not wear a seat belt now risk ...
Ask Policeman Dan: Can You Stop Me for Not Wearing a Seat Belt?   Twin Falls Times-News
Compulsory wearing of seat belts and helmets   Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
Camera crackdown on no-belt drivers   Longridge Today
98FM
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BusinessDay

Global population to surpass 11 billion by 2100 fuelled by growth in Africa
BusinessDay
The world's population is on track to rise to 11.2 billion people by 2100, up from 7.3 billion this year, the United Nations announced Monday. Even by 2050, the U.N. expects 9.7 billion people to inhabit the planet. John R. Wilmoth, director of the ...
Why India will blossom into globe's next growth engine   New Zealand Herald
Tiffany Jenkins: Fertility is down across the world   Scotsman
UN population report foresees rapid global aging   Lifesite
Ghana Dot
The Budapest Report
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News24

Climate change 'set to fuel global food crisis'
News24
Doha - Global food shortages will become three times more likely as a result of climate change according to a report by a joint US-British taskforce, which warned that the international community needs to be ready to respond to potentially dramatic ...
Risk of food shortages to rise with climate change   CBS News
Extreme weather poses risk of more food shortages, civil unrest - UK/US report   Reuters
Global warming increases 'food shocks' threat   BBC News

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SlashGear

Apple patents iPhone Edge style side-display
SlashGear
While no Apple patent necessarily guarantees a final product, today's for a curved display is particularly interesting - especially now that, as of this week, Samsung has launched three "Edge" devices. Apple's patent suggests that the company either ...
Samsung loses again to Apple Inc in the ongoing patent war   The Next Digit
Samsung Galaxy S6 Takes On Apple (AAPL) iPhone - Again   LearnBonds
Samsung is not backing down, will face Apple in the Supreme Court   Times Gazette
Casper Star-Tribune Online
Clapway
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The Australian Financial Review

US National Security Agency feeds big appetite for security start ups
The Australian Financial Review
Edward Snowden, probably the most famous former NSA contractor, looms large over all of the security start-ups. Getty. by Hannah Kuchler. Skilled engineers charged with tracking weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East, US government-backed ...

2015-08-16 Ghana Business

Starr 103.5 FM

Ghana has a hopeful economy - Terkper
Starr 103.5 FM
The Finance Minister Seth Terkper has assured Ghanaians the economy is on the right course, despite the challenges the West African nation is going through now. Terkper is optimistic “the next three years” will bring a lot of hope for Ghana since the ...
Gov't institutes measures to save economy   GhanaWeb
Ghana's economy will see a turnaround next year – Terkper   Ghana Business News
Economy in coma: Seth Terkper is "disgraceful" - NPP UK   Pulse.com.gh

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Ghana Business News

Bank of Ghana, Bankers Association plan GH¢200m SME Fund
Ghana Business News
Bank of Ghana3. The Bank of Ghana and the Ghana Bankers Association are in discussions to establish Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) equity fund to support the growth of companies and to spur export development. The fund is envisaged to have a ...

2015-08-16 Ghana World

CBC.ca

China explosions death toll rises to 112
CBC.ca
New, small explosions rocked a disaster zone in the Chinese port of Tianjin on Saturday as teams scrambled to clear dangerous chemical contamination and found several more bodies to bring the death toll to 112 in massive blasts earlier in the week.
China blasts death toll rises to 112, with 95 missing: Xinhua   Reuters
Chinese officials say death toll from Tianjin blasts rises to 112, with 95 missing   Washington Post
China's Tianjin Port Blast Toll Rises to 112: Reports   NDTV
ABC News
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NDTV

40 Migrants Found Dead in Sea Rescue
New York Times
ROME — The crew of an Italian Navy ship that responded to a distress call on Saturday morning from a boat carrying hundreds of migrants discovered the bodies of more than 20 people piled on top of one another in the boat's hold, Italian officials said.
40 migrants suffocate on overcrowded boat off Italy   Times of India
40 Migrants Die off Italy as Europe Faces 'Worst Crisis Since World War II'   NDTV
'40 Migrants Die In Mediterranean'   The Guardian Nigeria (satire) (press release) (blog)
Zee News
Channel News Asia
BBC News
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Reuters

Britain says to protest to Ecuador over Assange asylum
Reuters
LONDON Britain said on Thursday it would make a formal protest to Ecuador over its decision to provide asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in its London embassy and so prevent his extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes. "Ecuador must ...

2015-08-16 Ghana Africa

The News

Suicide Bomber Kills 3 in Nigeria
New York Times
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device strapped to her body near a market in the northeastern Nigerian State of Borno, killing at least three people, police and civilian vigilante sources said on Saturday. No one claimed ...

2015-08-16 Ghana Ghana

Citifmonline

Call off strike – Kufuor appeals to doctors
Citifmonline
Former President, John Agyekum Kufuor has appealed to the striking doctors to return to work while they continue negotiations with government. He has also urged the striking doctors to be considerate and attend to the plight of the masses who have been ...

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