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From smart IDs to AI hubs, digitisation can fast-track growth and close the gap with global peers like South Korea. Ghana and South Korea gained independence around the same period, and their developmental trajectories are often compared. For five centuries, Ghana has been part of the Gold Coast, and the mineral is still the country’s most valuable export. But South Korea, initially the poorer country, now has an income level nearly nine times that of Ghana. What prompted their divergent paths? At independence, South Korea had few natural resources. After the 1950-53 Korean War, the poverty-stricken country focused on food…

Israel’s military has stepped up attacks on Gaza City as part of its expanded operations aimed at seizing the last major population centre in the enclave, forcing tens of thousands of starving Palestinians to flee again.The Gaza City neighbourhoods of Zeitoun, Sabra, Remal and Tuffah have particularly borne the brunt of the Israeli bombardments in recent days as a spokesperson for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said Israel’s plans to forcibly displace Palestinians to southern Gaza would increase their suffering.Thousands of families have fled Zeitoun, where days of continuous strikes have left the neighbourhood devastated.…

A prominent Sudanese human rights group has accused the country’s army and security forces of torturing people to death and operating “execution chambers”.The Emergency Lawyers group said it had documented hundreds of arrests in the capital Khartoum. It said that in the “worst cases”, some captives had later been found dead with evidence of torture.The Sudanese army recaptured the city from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in March, against which it is fighting a bitter civil war that has killed tens of thousands in two years.The army did not respond to the BBC’s request for comment on Sunday.Throughout the…

Academy Award-winning director Paolo Sorrentino (“The Great Beauty”) is readying the world premiere of his latest film, “La Grazia,” which will compete for the Golden Lion at this month’s Venice Film Festival. But as for future plans, the Italian auteur was non-committal during a masterclass Sunday at the Sarajevo Film Festival — although he braced the audience to expect the worst. “I don’t like to have objectives. I don’t love the idea that I have to do new things,” the director said. “I stay at home without doing anything, and then suddenly something comes up in my mind that becomes an…

Mike ClayAug 16, 2025, 06:58 AM ETCloseMike Clay is a senior writer for fantasy football and the NFL at ESPN. Mike is a member of the FSWA Hall of Fame. His projections power the ESPN Fantasy Football game, and he also appears on “Fantasy Football Now” and the Fantasy Focus Football podcast.Fantasy football drafts are all about collecting the best possible values, but we all know those special players exist whom we badly want on our squad.Whether it’s the young, up-and-coming wide receiver on our favorite team, a sleeper running back no one is talking about or this year’s big…

Nigel Farage is “failing a generation of young women” with his plans to scrap the Online Safety Act, Angela Rayner has said, arguing the move would cause an increase in the prevalence of “revenge porn”.The comments by the deputy prime minister are the latest criticism of Farage from the government, with Labour launching a parallel series of attack adverts on the Reform UK leader, including one showing him alongside the misogynist influencer Andrew Tate.In a press conference at the end of last month, Reform promised to scrap the act, which had just come into force, saying measures intended to push…

The case is the latest instance of abrupt termination of high-profile corruption cases by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, which is fast becoming a familiar pattern under the President Bola Tinubu administration. The Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos has struck out the N20 billion fraud case against former Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) Managing Director, Ahmed Kuru, after the federal government withdrew the charges in what is becoming a pattern under the President Bola Tinubu administration. Delivering the ruling on Monday, the trial judge, Rahman Oshodi, granted the application for discontinuance, following…

Tareq Hailat talks about the US decision to halt visas for Palestinians from Gaza, including children in need of medical

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature19 min Better from Wharton – Palace are the better side now – taking the ball, lending it out, receiving it back, and guiding a terrific pass in behind for Mateta, whose first touch takes him into the box and he’s in! But he can’t quite get it out of his feet so must shoot from around him, lashing straight at Sanchez, who blocks to safety.Share17 min “Thank God for VAR,” reckons Niall Mullen. “That sort of shocking injustice is exactly why it was introduced in the first place.”Now…

Protesters have clashed with riot police in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, and other cities, on the fifth consecutive night of demonstrations against the government of right-wing President Aleksandar Vucic.Clashes also broke out in Belgrade late on Saturday after police stopped demonstrators heading for the governing Serbian Progressive Party’s (SNS) headquarters.Late on Saturday, thousands gathered in the central city of Valjevo to show their growing anger against the government, while a small group of masked young men attacked the empty offices of the governing SNS party, setting them alight.They subsequently clashed with riot police, with protesters throwing fireworks and rocks as the…