A new bill passed through the US Congress is creating a storm - with President Barack Obama and the CIA warning of its dire consequences.
In passing the law that allows legal action against Saudi Arabia over the 9/11 attacks, Congress over-ruled a veto by Mr Obama for the first time in his presidency.
So why is it so controversial, and what are its wider implications?
What is the bill?
An interesting research has revealed that having more sex increases men's spirituality and belief in God. Apparently, the release of the "love hormone", oxytocin not only promotes social closeness and helps in childbirth, but also triggers increased feelings of religiousness.
The minimum capital requirement for commercial banks in the country could be increased to Gh¢500 million from next year.
This is what JOY BUSINESS has picked up from persons close to reviewing the capital requirement.
A technical committee is already working to determine the appropriate capital levels and the actual time that all the Universal banks in the country should recapitalize to this new proposed levels.
The announcement could be made this year, while implementation could start from 2017.
The minimum capital requirement for commercial banks in the country could be increased to Gh¢500 million from next year.
This is what JOY BUSINESS has picked up from persons close to reviewing the capital requirement.
A technical committee is already working to determine the appropriate capital levels and the actual time that all the Universal banks in the country should recapitalize to this new proposed levels.
The announcement could be made this year, while implementation could start from 2017.
A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at the Kwesimintim constituency in the Western Region, only known as Lucas was on Tuesday morning arrested during the ongoing constituency primary for allegedly bribing delegates.
The accused who is aligned to Joseph Mensah one of the candidates had positioned himself at an obscure place behind the polling centre, was caught in the act dolling out envelopes containing money to some of the delegates.
“The thought of him (Anthony Joshua) against Wladimir Klitschko, it’s a great, great thought.” Eddie Hearn (Anthony Joshua’s manager) told Sky Sports News.
“It’s a fight that he really fancies,” added the experienced boxing promoter.
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a missile fired from a launcher brought into Ukraine from Russia and located in a village held by pro-Russian rebels, international prosecutors said on Wednesday.
The findings counter Moscow's suggestion that the passenger plane, en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur in July 2014, was brought down by Ukraine's military rather than the separatists. All 298 people on board, most of them Dutch, were killed.
The world has lost a giant, Israel has lost an icon and I have lost a personal hero.
Throughout my life and diplomatic career Shimon Peres was a role model. He was the face of our country for decades and shone his face upon the world.
Anyone tasked with representing the State of Israel and the Jewish People, if they take that responsibility seriously, emulates Peres – as a diplomat, leader and human being. Never meet your heroes, they say, but I am grateful to have had a career in which I met and got to know mine. . .
President John Dramani Mahama has expressed his frustration at the delay in the passage of the Freedom to Information Bill.
Although he spoke positively about freedoms Ghanaians were currently enjoying, he said the passage of the Freedom to Information Bill was crucial as it would give legal backing to the people's quest to seek information.
"I believe that it is something that we should complete and make available so that people can have a legal basis for demanding information if there is reluctance to give information," he said.
ACCRA, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Ghana's economic growth slowed to 2.5 percent in the second quarter compared with a year earlier, provisional official data showed on Wednesday, due mainly to a temporary halt in oil production.
Ghana saw sustained GDP growth of above 8 percent until 2013, helped by exports of gold, cocoa and oil, but then slumped because of lower global commodity prices and a fiscal crisis that forced it to secure an aid deal with the International Monetary Fund that began last year.
