Mexico is restricting television advertising for high-calorie food and soft drinks, as part of its campaign against obesity, the government says. Such ads will be banned with immediate effect on terrestrial and cable TV between 14:30 and 19:30 on weekdays and between 07:30 and 19:30 at weekends. Restrictions will also be imposed on similar ads ...

In the history of taxes, Australia's levy on carbon emissions must go down as one of the most unsuccessful in history. Tony Abbott, Australia's centre-right Prime Minister, finally made good on his pre-election pledge after his government repealed the measure ...

In May, the Danquah Institute raised the alarm that one of the documents that the Electoral Commission has announced as adequate proof of Ghanaian citizenship would compromise the integrity of the Voters Register.

The Ministry of Food and Agriculture has not banned the importation of meat products, Dr Louisa Hannah Bissiw, Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture in charge of livestock, has disclosed.

Street children in Uganda face constant abuse from police and other government officials, a human rights group says. Police beat children with whips and wires, throw them into jail and extort bribes from them, a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. Street boys and girls were also raped by men and older boys, it ...

Brendan Rodgers insists Liverpool did everything they could to keep hold of Luis Suarez prior to his move to Barcelona. The Catalan giants announced on Wednesday that the controversial Uruguayan was “100 per cent” a Barca player, although the striker was conspicuous by his absence at a press conference due to his four-month FIFA ban ...

Ghana may be in danger of incurring the wrath of world football body, FIFA, following Government’s establishment of a Commission to investigate events leading to the country’s abysmal performance at the 2014 World Cup. The three-paragraph letter from FIFA, questioned the Ghana Football Association on the composition and competences of the Commission set up by Government. ...

The unsolicited $80-billion (U.S.) takeover bid by 21st Century Fox Inc. for Time Warner Inc. shows that, at 83, Fox proprietor Rupert Murdoch has lost none of his taste for wheeling, dealing and risk-taking on a grandiose scale. But there is more method than ...

The group,  Concerned Ghanaians For Responsible Governance (CGRG) is asking the government to publish a breakdown of all levies paid per litre of fuel for the sake of transparency. The group has announced its second week of the #RedFriday campaign will discuss the 23% increment in fuel prices by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA). A statement issued ...

High numbers of new Ebola cases and deaths in Africa are prompting increased efforts to contain the deadly outbreak.