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Ansu Fati packed his bags and headed to Monaco for the next season. Barcelona let their young star leave on a temporary deal that lasts one full campaign. The French club can buy him permanently if he performs well during his time there. Barcelona also gave Fati a new contract that keeps him...

India's top leader just landed on Ghanaian soil for the first time since the 1990s. Narendra Modi stepped off his plane to meet President John Mahama at the airport. The prime minister plans to stay for two full days of important meetings. Ghana has not seen an Indian leader visit for three...

A high school landed a brand new water cleaning system that students designed themselves. Gowrie Senior High Technical School celebrated the project on July 1st with Dutch water experts and local chiefs. The school had been dumping dirty water from dorms straight into the drinking water dam for...

Cabinet bosses want every government office to pay for electricity before they use it. The new rule forces state buildings to install prepaid meters or pay monthly bills on time. Energy Minister John Jinapor told Parliament that this move will help the power company collect more money. The plan...

Ghana's top industry group wants to jump on President Mahama's new economic plan. The Association of Ghana Industries loves the 24-hour economy idea that launched Wednesday. Their leader Seth Twum Akwaboah told JoyNews his members have waited ages for this chance. He thinks the policy will boost...

President John Mahama rolled out his massive Grow24 plan on Wednesday. The ambitious agricultural scheme promises to transform farming across Ghana. Mahama wants to water over two million hectares of land for crops that grow all year long. He says this bold move will bring back the vision of...

Bryan Kohberger changed his mind about fighting murder charges. The 30-year-old criminology student admitted he killed four college students back in 2022. He made a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty. The judge asked him directly if he was guilty of the crimes. Kohberger answered...

Ghana's Energy Minister John Jinapor wants to crack down hard on people who steal and smuggle electricity meters. He told Parliament that criminals have been installing these meters illegally across the country. The Electricity Company of Ghana remains the only group allowed to put in new meters...

Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua kicks off a major political tour across western Kenya starting Thursday. The DCP leader brings along several top opposition names for what they call a liberation mission. Wiper Party boss Kalonzo Musyoka joins the team along with Eugene Wamalwa from...

Intel's new chief executive Lip-Bu Tan has started swinging the axe at his company's chip-making operations. The computer giant decided to dump its glass substrate project after years of development work. Team Blue had built up a strong lead over competitors with this cutting-edge technology...

Microsoft fired thousands of workers across the company during a brutal day of cuts. Xbox bosses rushed to calm fears about their video game projects after the massive job losses hit. Matt Booty from Xbox Game Studios told everyone that more than 40 games are still being made right after two...

Trump wants to copy parts of Biden's old computer chip law for his new plan. The president aims to give sweet deals to tech giants like TSMC when they build more factories on American soil. He used to hate the CHIPS Act and called it a waste of taxpayer money during campaign rallies. The...

Gaming insiders are buzzing about Phil Spencer stepping away from his top job at Xbox. The Microsoft Gaming chief executive might call it quits after the company releases its next gaming console. Sarah Bond currently runs Xbox operations and could take over Spencer's role. TheGhostOfHope broke...

Alexander Afenyo-Markin has had enough of the mess on the Winneba-Kasoa highway. The Minority Leader told Parliament that contractors walked away from the road project because the government refuses to pay them. Thousands of drivers face a nightmare every day as they struggle through the...

Three people walked free from an Accra court after a major university scam fell apart. Joseph Appiah and Stephen Nimako Ansong, both students at the University of Ghana, had teamed up with lecturer Dr. Kwadwo Owusu Ayeh for the scheme. They promised desperate students rooms and beds at the...

A top politician from Ghana's ruling party thinks the country wastes money when people sleep. Henry Osei Akoto says President Mahama's new 24-Hour Economy plan will fix this problem. The government launched this big policy on July 2nd to keep businesses running all day and night. Akoto believes...

Tourism Minister Abla Dzifa Gomashie wants hotels and restaurants to show off Ghana's culture better. She spoke at a new hospitality school opening on Monday and told business owners to make every room feel Ghanaian. The minister believes visitors become Ghana's best advertisers when they have...

Education Minister Haruna Iddrisu wants students at technical schools to work hard during their final tests. He told students that the skills they learn will help Ghana grow stronger as a country. The minister believes these students can start their businesses after graduation. He thinks...

UPSA campus officials have started kicking students out of classrooms over their clothes. The university sent out a tough message on June 30 about student appearance during class time. School leaders said they felt worried about how some students dressed for lectures. The memo came from the Dean...

Legal expert Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare has spoken out against how the University of Professional Studies handles student dress codes. The academic warned UPSA officials about throwing students out of classrooms over their clothing choices. Asare goes by the nickname Kwaku Azar among people...