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The Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr. Governs Kwame Agbodza, has registered his displeasure about what he describes as unfair and lopsided contract terms involving a foreign contractor who was paid $30 million for road works after no work done. The Minister during at interview at Joy fm, a local radio station in Ghana said the contract in question was signed under a suppliers’ credit agreement supported by the Indian Exim Bank. He noted that such agreements usually allow foreign companies to bring in their own contractors and resources, but expressed concern about the conditions tied to the deal. According…

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Laurence EdmondsonAug 3, 2025, 03:02 PM ETClose• Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011BUDAPEST, Hungary — As McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown left his team’s motorhome on Sunday evening, he passed a large assembly of journalists waiting for a debrief with team principal Andrea Stella. Just an hour or so earlier, a battle for victory between McLaren’s two drivers — Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri — had come within centimeters of a collision on the penultimate lap of the Hungarian Grand Prix, setting pulses racing both on the pit wall and in the grandstands.”In case anyone didn’t notice,”…

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SAP announced Friday that it has reached an agreement to acquire recruiting software company SmartRecruiters. In a press release, the European software giant said that SmartRecruiters “powerful, user-friendly interfaces and seamless workflows” will complement SAP’s existing HR tools. Muhammad Alam, the SAP executive board member who leads product and engineering, said in a statement that with this acquisition, “Customers will be able to manage the entire candidate lifecycle — from sourcing and interviewing to onboarding and beyond — all in a single system to streamline the experience for recruiters, hiring managers and, in particular, candidates.” The terms of the acquisition…

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Over the past two decades, the posture of the United States towards China has evolved from economic cooperation to outright antagonism. US media outlets and politicians have engaged in persistent anti-China rhetoric, while the US government has imposed trade restrictions and sanctions on China and pursued military build-up close to Chinese territory. Washington wants people to believe that China poses a threat.China’s rise indeed threatens US interests, but not in the way the US political elite seeks to frame it.The US relationship with China needs to be understood in the context of the capitalist world system. Capital accumulation in the…

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The Department of Health, in collaboration with various stakeholders, is joining the global community to celebrate World Breastfeeding Week (WBW), which runs from 1 – 7 August. This initiative aims to raise awareness about the long-term health benefits of exclusive breastfeeding for both mothers and children, as part of ongoing efforts to increase breastfeeding rates in the country. WBW is a global initiative celebrated in more than 120 countries. This movement aims to promote breastfeeding and foster a supportive environment for mothers, ultimately enhancing the well-being of both mothers and their babies. According to the department, exclusive breastfeeding provides several…

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Chris Woakes is poised to slip his left arm out of its sling and return to action just four days after a serious shoulder injury as England, with four wickets in hand, seek the 35 runs required to seal the final Test against India and with it the series.The scans on the shoulder he injured on the opening day may have suggested that Woakes would be out of action for many months, but the 36-year-old is preparing himself to bat if required.“He’s all in, like the rest of us,” Joe Root said. “It’s been that kind of series, where guys…

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DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Rescue operations are ongoing to find dozens more missing, local authorities say.At least 54 African refugees and migrants have died and dozens remain missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to health authorities in Abyan governorate in the south of the country.Abdul Qader Bajamil, director of the health office in Zanzibar, said on Sunday that rescue teams had recovered 54 bodies from the beaches there and surrounding areas, while 12 survivors were transferred to Shaqra Hospital.The boat carrying around 150 people, mostly from Ethiopia, capsized in the Arabian Sea off the coast of…

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Sarah Michelle Gellar is preparing to slay a new generation of supernatural evil creatures. The actress, who led the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer series for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003, recently took to her Instagram to share a video of her training at the gym alongside her new co-star, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, in the forthcoming reboot. “Warrior 1 and 2 We don’t sweat … we sparkle,” Gellar captioned the video (below), which sees them both doing various workouts while sharing a few laughs. Related Stories It was previously announced that Armstrong had been cast to lead the new Hulu series…

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Australia may join more than a dozen other nations in recognising the state of Palestine.Tens of thousands of demonstrators have marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia, calling for peace and aid deliveries in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, where a humanitarian crisis of man-made starvation has been worsening as a result of Israel’s punishing blockade.Pro-Palestinian protesters braved heavy winds and rain on Sunday to march across the bridge, chanting “Ceasefire Now” and “Free Palestine”. Some of those attending the march, which the organisers dubbed the “March for Humanity”, carried pots and pans as symbols of the forced starvation wracking…

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State media says armed groups violated the truce agreed in the predominantly Druze region.Druze armed groups have attacked personnel from Syria’s internal security forces in the restive area of Suwayda, killing at least one government soldier and wounding others, as well as shelling several villages in the southern province, according to state-run Ekhbariya TV.Ekhbariya’s report on Sunday quoted a security source as saying the armed groups had violated the ceasefire agreed in the predominantly Druze region, where sectarian bloodshed killed hundreds of people last month.In response to the renewed violence, the Syrian government said in a statement that “the media…

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