South Africa’s Anglican Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu says he supports assisted dying for the terminally ill. Writing in Britain’s Observer newspaper on Sunday, Tutu explained that he had been convinced the humans had the right to decide on their own fate, after a 28-year-old terminally ill South African took his own life because doctors were unable to end his life. “Some people opine that with good palliative care there is no need for assisted dying, no need for people to request to be legally given [......]

Starting Monday July 14, 2014, petroleum products fuel prices will be increased by 20% according to latest figures from the National Petroleum Authority (NPA). This will be the third time the NPA has increased fuel prices this year. The price of petrol (premium) saw the highest increase of 23.08 percent. This means a litre of the commodity, which currently sells at Ghc2.73 per litre, from Monday will sell at Ghc3.36 a litre. Kerosene saw an increase of 23.75 percent and diesel 22.01 percent. Diesel currently sells [....]

It seems conclusions have already been drawn that this remains which was discovered is that of Castro. No solid evidence is in to prove that is the actual body of Castro which has been found but it seems people have started believing what they want to believe. This said body was found along the Sakumono beach near Tema last Saturday has heightened hopes that they could be those of the hip-life musician, Theophilus Tagoe, aka Castro. A police sources has, however, stated that it is unlikely that the body of [....]

Sanele Masilela is now nine and his wife, Helen Shabangu, is 62 years old. Yesterday's wedding was held to introduce the groom to the bride's family in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga. According to an agreement between the two families, much of last year's formal wedding needed to be repeated before the couple changed into traditional gear for the second part of the ceremony. The traditional marriage took place in Mkhuhlu township, where Shabangu has a home. Last year, their white wedding [.....]

Brazil’s football confederation (CBF) will not renew national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari’s contact, local media reported early Monday, just hours after Germany defeated Argentina to win the 2014 World Cup. Scolari said that he would let the CBF decide his fate after his team lost the game for third place 3-0 to the Netherlands on Saturday, and after being crushed by Germany in a humiliating 7-1 defeat on Tuesday. Tuesday’s performance was the country’s worst defeat since losing the 1950 final game to [.....]

Rapper Will.i.am has scored his 10th UK number one single, as It’s My Birthday tops the official chart. The song, featuring 17-year-old singer Cody Wise, follows hits such as Scream and Shout, This Is Love and I Gotta Feeling, with his band Black Eyed Peas. The Voice judge knocked last week’s number one, Ariana Grande’s Problem, down to number two, while Ella Henderson’s Ghost fell to three. In the album chart, Ed Sheeran spent a third week in the peak position. His second album, X [......]

Decisions on whether a footballer can return to the pitch after a head injury should be taken by an independent doctor, and not the player or coach. An editorial in The Lancet Neurology says these decisions should not be made “by those with a vested interest”. FIFPro, the footballers’ union, has called for an investigation into concussion protocols. This follows players being allowed to play on after appearing to be concussed during the World Cup. “Because signs and symptoms of concussion can [.....]

There were reports of heavy explosions near the airport in Tripoli At least seven people have been killed and 30 hurt in clashes between rival militias at Libya’s airport near the capital, Tripoli, officials say. Rebels from the Zintan region who control the international airport have been attacked by a rival group trying to take over the area. Flights have been suspended amid reports of heavy shelling and gunfire. Libyan leaders have struggled to bring stability to the country since Muammar Gaddafi was removed [.....]

South Africa’s engineering and metal workers union has rejected a 10 percent pay-raise offer from employers, calling on its 220,000 striking members in the sector to intensify strike action. Irvin Jim, general secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers in South Africa (NUMSA), the country’s biggest trade union, said the workers would continue with indefinite strike action. “We are making a very clear statement that [....]

The Ghana Refugee Board (GRB) says it has received intelligence report that some Ivorian refugees living in refugee camps in the country are planning mayhem over irregular food rationing. The Programme Coordinator of the Board, Mr. Tettey Padi, therefore warned the disgruntled Ivorian to refrain from the act to avoid a brush with the law. Even though the political upheaval in Cote d’Ivoire has ended, there are 9,631 Ivorian refugees and 1,077 asylum seekers living in camps at Ampain, Egyeikrom [.....]

Government’s policy of converting polytechnics into technical universities will take-off in September 2016, to help reposition them as strategic institutions for the training of highly-skilled human resource to drive the nation’s socio-economic development. Dr George Afeti, former Secretary General, Commonwealth Association of Polytechnics in Africa and former Rector, Ho Polytechnic, said government would soon place a bill on the conversion of polytechnics into technical universities [....]

An unidentified man was on Thursday found hanging in a church building at Bukankyi in the Ashanti Region, the police announced. The deceased, believed to be in his mid 30s, was found hanging in the Inspirational Assemblies of God Church. It is believed that he hanged himself at the sacred place during the night where nobody was around to see him. What influenced the man to end his life could not be immediately ascertained.He did not leave behind any suicide note before allegedly taking his life in [....]

The Lagos State government had claimed the attack was not caused by a bomb The extremist group, Boko Haram, has claimed responsibility for a deadly blast that killed at least two people at a fuel depot in Lagos June 25. The explosion followed an earlier one same day at Emab plaza in Abuja, in which over 20 people were killed. The Lagos State government, and the police, denied the blast at Apapa was caused by a bomb, claiming it was a fire incident caused by a canister. In a new video reported [.....]

On the day of the Final, the winners of the FIFA World Cup Trophy outshine everything and everyone else. For the fourth time in the history of the FIFA World Cup, Germany have laid hands on the most prized trophy in football. But away from the action itself, a number of outstanding players have been recognised with individual awards, spearheaded by Argentina’s Lionel Messi, named the tournament’s best player by FIFA’s Technical Study Group. And James Rodriguez of Colombia was able [....]

The Juventus midfielder has been rewarded for his strong performances, finishing ahead of his compatriot and the Dutch attacker Paul Pogba has been handed the Young Player award following his fine performances for France at the World Cup. The Juventus midfielder played a key role in les Bleus' run to the quarter-final, impressing in the group stages before putting in a man of the match performance in their 2-0 round-of-16 win over Nigeria. The 21-year-old made five appearances at this summer's [....]

It seems only yesterday that Brazil were kicking off the 20th Fifa World Cup with a thrilling, if somewhat controversial, 3-1 win over Croatia in Sao Paulo. Some five weeks and 64 games later, football's greatest tournament has reached its climax with Germany defeating Argentina by a single extra-time goal at the Maracana. There has been an abundance of star performers on show in South America, making it a very difficult job picking a team of the tournament, but below is Goal's final selection [.....]

The Bayern Munich star's goal in the second half of extra-time was enough to separate the two teams and give Joachim Low's men the world crown Mario Gotze's 113th-minute volley fired Germany to World Cup glory with a 1-0 win over Argentina at the Maracana. The tournament's outstanding team failed to repeat the fluency and brilliance of their 7-1 semi-final romp against Brazil, but Joachim Low's team found one more sumptuous moment during the second half of extra time. Bayern Munich [....]

Start preparing for a summer getaway with your friends and family to Chicago. The “Windy City” will be thrown into a historic cultural frenzy on July 26 2014 as the Ghana National Council of Metropolitan Chicago takes Ghanafest to another classy level. The festival starts from 11 A.M to 10 p.m. On this weekend you will definitely not want to miss out on witnessing both Ghana’s current sensational musician, Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr., known by his stage name Shatta Wale (formerly Bandana) [....]

From very reliable contacts in the US, the Ashantis living in the United States of America have snubbed the Asante Overlord. The normal pomp accorded him whenever he visits the US since his ascendancy to the Golden Stool, has virtually evaporated into the thin air on his latest visit or arrival. The pageantry of the Ashantis decorating their cars with Ghana flags, their cars hooting, people carrying and wearing Ashanti memorabilia and paraphernalia to welcome him to the US never occurred this [.....]