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55 The Government of Ghana has approved a major increase in the producer price of cocoa, raising it from US$3,100 to US$5,040 per tonne for the upcoming 2025/2026 season. This is the highest price cocoa farmers in the country have received in years and represents a 62.58% increase from the previous season. The announcement was made by Finance Minister, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, in a post shared on his official social media pages on Monday, August 4. The new price was approved after a meeting of the Producer Price Review Committee (PPRC), which the minister chairs. According to Dr Forson,…

Thousands of US workers hit the picket line at three plants in Illinois and Missouri.Thousands of workers at Boeing plants across the United States that develop military aircraft and weapons have gone on strike.The strike began Monday at Boeing facilities in St Louis and St Charles, Missouri, as well as Mascoutah, Illinois, after failed negotiations over wage increases and other provisions of a new contract.About 3,200 local members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted Sunday to reject a modified four-year labour agreement, the union said.“IAM District 837 members build the aircraft and defense systems that keep…

Adam RittenbergAug 4, 2025, 12:45 PM ETCloseCollege football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.College football fans have several unmistakable traits. Patience is not one of them.Fans and other stakeholders around every program want results without the wait. Their reasoning varies — from long-term history and status, to recent investments, to increased postseason access with a larger College Football Playoff field. Is there a degree of entitlement that triggers impatience in the sport? Absolutely. But college football teams aren’t created equal, and the factors that drive success are pretty clear to those who care the most.The goal here…

Kampala — The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has launched a new electronic imports portal (e-Portal), aimed at streamlining import inspections and reducing clearance times. This should in turn address inefficiencies, which, according to a 2022 World Bank report on African trade logistics, cost Ugandan importers up to 15 percent in operational losses through customs delays. The advanced imports electronic portal is a web-based system integrated with Asycuda World. The switch means that now the issuance of certificates and the management of fees is automated, which enhances transparency and efficiency. The new E-portal can be accessed via the UNBS…

Actor Kevin Costner will be honored with the Eva Monley Award from the Location Managers Guild International (LMGI) at the 12th Annual LMGI Awards gala. The gala will take place on Aug. 23 at the Eli and Edythe Broad Stage. With performances in projects such as “Dances with Wolves,” “The Bodyguard,” “Field of Dreams,” “Yellowstone,” and most recently, “Horizon: An American Saga,” Costner has been recognized with various accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. “Kevin Costner has long understood that locations are more than scenery—they are storytelling tools that shape the emotional…

Fiona CallowBBC News, YorkshireCraig Hawkhead PhotographyPeace Lekuru moved from Uganda to Yorkshire to join York ValkyrieA female rugby player has made history as the first Ugandan national to sign for a women’s super league side.Peace Lekuru, 25, made the trip to North Yorkshire from Uganda earlier this month to join York Valkyrie, which has well-established sporting links with her home country. Ms Lekuru, who plays as a centre or backrower, said she’d found “another family” at the club since relocating, and described the move as dream come true.”I feel like I’m lifting up the flag of Uganda and I don’t…

The Democratic Republic of Congo held a national day of remembrance this weekend for what it calls the “Genocost” – a term used to describe mass deaths linked to the exploitation of the country’s natural resources. President Félix Tshisekedi used the occasion to call on parliament to adopt a resolution recognising the violence in eastern Congo as genocide. “I solemnly call upon both houses of parliament to examine as soon as possible the adoption of an official resolution proclaiming the recognition of genocide committed on our territory,” Tshisekedi said on Saturday. He said the deaths of thousands of civilians in…

Josh ParryLGBT & Identity ReporterGetty ImagesGonorrhoea vaccines will be widely available from Monday in sexual health clinics across the UK, in a bid to tackle record-breaking levels of infections.The jabs will first be offered to those at highest risk – mostly gay and bisexual men who have a history of multiple sexual partners or sexually transmitted infections.NHS England say the roll out is a world-first, and predict it could prevent as many as 100,000 cases, potentially saving the NHS almost £8m over the next decade.The Terrence Higgins Trust, who campaigned for the vaccine to be introduced in the UK, told…

Glory for Manchester United, who lifted the Premier League summer series on Sunday despite twice being pegged back by Everton to draw 2-2 in Atlanta. A degree of relief for West Ham, who beat Bournemouth to finish second in the competition despite all the gloomy prognostications about their campaign to come. In Seoul, meanwhile, there was a very Tottenham moment as they followed the glee of last week’s 1-0 win over Arsenal with a 1-1 draw against Newcastle in which James Maddison was stretchered off with a knee injury described by his manager Thomas Frank as “bad”.It all looks real,…

There are more than a hundred ways to prepare a potato, and thousands of stories have begun with a shot of vodka distilled from this tuber. For centuries, the potato has been instrumental in feeding the world’s growing population. According to one study, the introduction of the potato from the Americas accounted for about a quarter of the population growth in the Old World between 1700 and 1900.Now, science reveals the vegetable’s surprising origins: It emerged 9 million years ago as a result of an unusual hybridization between an ancestor of the tomato and an ancient South American plant. This…