Efforts to close gender gaps in pay and work force participation slowed so dramatically in the past year that men and women may not reach economic equality for another 170 years, the World Economic Forum said on Tuesday. Statistics just a year ago ...

Women around the world work an average of 39 days per year more than men do, which breaks down to a full 50 minutes more per day, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2016. Current trends suggest it will take another ...

Fires are raging across parts of the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais, three days into a French operation to demolish it. It was unclear who set the dozens of fires overnight and in the morning. The clearance began on Monday and about 4,000 migrants ...

Migrants are seen in silhouette as they gather near flames from a burning makeshift shelter on the second day of the evacuation of migrants and their transfer to reception centers in France, as part of the dismantlement of the camp called the 'Jungle ...

The fate of the President's nominee for the position of deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, John Kwabena Bless Oti, is likely to be determined by Parliament through the ballot. Oti Bless' ministerial appointment has remained in ...

The fate of the President's nominee for the position of deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, John Kwabena Bless Oti, is likely to be determined by Parliament through the ballot. Oti Bless' ministerial appointment has remained in ...

Women around the world work an average of 39 days per year more than men do, which breaks down to a full 50 minutes more per day, according to the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2016. Women also currently have access to only 59 ...

The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said it will be magnanimous enough to allow the largest opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) win one seat in the Volta Region in the impending December 7 Parliamentary election. According to the party, ...

The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said it will be magnanimous enough to allow the largest opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) win one seat in the Volta Region in the impending December 7 Parliamentary election. According to the party, ...

The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said it will be magnanimous enough to allow the largest opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) win one seat in the Volta Region in the impending December 7 Parliamentary election. According to the party, ...

The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said it will be magnanimous enough to allow the largest opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) win one seat in the Volta Region in the impending December 7 Parliamentary election. According to the party, ...

The Dreamworld theme park, in the Australian state of Queensland, is to reopen on Friday, three days after an accident on a ride killed four people. The Gold Coast park said it hoped the reopening would begin the "healing process" and that all entry ...

People stand on a hill as smoke rises from amidst the tents after fires were started in the makeshift migrant camp known as "the jungle" near Calais, northern France, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. Firefighters have doused several dozen fires set by ...

While gender gaps in education as well as health and survival have nearly closed overall, the Swiss non-profit group said inequalities in economic participation and political empowerment remain "wide open" around the world. File photo. Image by: NEIL ...

Two men and two women were killed on Tuesday in an accident at a water ride at Australia's biggest theme park, Dreamworld on Queensland's Gold Coast. Two children aged 10 and 12 watched their mothers die along with two men after their raft struck ...

Several allegations of serious safety issues at the Dreamworld theme park have emerged as investigators probe a ride malfunction that killed four adults, including two mothers who died in front of their young children. A raft carrying six people ...

The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has said it will be magnanimous enough to allow the largest opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) win one seat in the Volta Region in the impending December 7 Parliamentary election. According to the party, ...

India has closed its gender gap by 2% in a year and its gap now stands at 68%. (Representative photo). Geneva/ New Delhi: India has been ranked low at 87th place globally in terms of gender equality despite a jump of 21 places from last year, largely ...

South Africa is withdrawing from the Rome Statute which established the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Minister of International Relations and Co-operation, Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, signed the Instrument of Withdrawal on 19 October, following a ...

“We cannot fulfill all the demand that is out there right now,” said CFO Luca Maestri. Apple said it was caught off guard by how many people want to buy its biggest smartphone, the iPhone 7 Plus, and the miscalculation may hit profits this holiday season.