Eurozone private sector shrinks for second month

  Brussels, Aug. 23, (dpa-AFX/GNA) - Eurozone private sector output contracted for the second straight month in August as a downturn in manufacturing continued and the service sector ground to a near-halt, flash survey results from S&P Global showed on Tuesday. The flash composite output index slid to 49.2 in August from 49.9 in July. However, the reading […]

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Inflation wipes away savings Germans accumulated during pandemic

  Munich, Aug. 23, (dpa/GNA) - Inflation has wiped away the savings accumulated by Germans during the pandemic, the Munich-based Ifo Institute said on Tuesday.   Private households in Germany saved around €70 billion ($69.5 billion) more between April 2020 and March 2021 than in an average year, Ifo economic research head Timo Wollmershäuser said.     However, […]

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Accra Senior Open Tennis Championship to mark 20th Anniversary in November

  Accra, Aug. 23, GNA – This year’s edition of the Accra Senior Open Tennis Championship will mark the 20th anniversary of the championship. The championship has been scheduled to take place at the Clay Court of the Accra Lawn Tennis Club from Monday, November 24 to December 03. The annual tennis tournament is expected to […]

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Ukrainian Premier League resumes six months after invasion

  Kiev, Aug 23, (dpa/GNA) – Half a year after Russia’s invasion, the Ukrainian men’s football Premier League resumed on Tuesday, when Shakhtar Donetsk took on Metalist Kharkiv. It was a 0-0 draw, held in Kiev’s Olympic Stadium. Shakhtar have not played in Donetsk for years, with Russian separatists fighting there long before the invasion. […]

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Pakistani troops set to help with World Cup security in Qatar

Islamabad, Aug 23, (dpa/GNA) – Pakistan will send troops to help with security at the World Cup in Qatar later this year, officials in Islamabad said on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, arrived in Doha for an official visit. A formal agreement is likely to be signed during the two-day trip, an official at […]

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Ex-Bundesliga referee slams video review system

Berlin, Aug 23, (dpa/GNA) – Former Bundesliga referee, Jürgen Jansen, has heavily criticized the use of the video assistant review system (VAR) in Germany. Last weekend was the five-year anniversary of its implementation in the Bundesliga, and Jansen believes there is still a lot of work to do. In Eintracht Frankfurt’s 1-1 draw with Cologne […]

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Academic City University College gets Presidential Charter in 2023

  The Academic City University College will receive a Presidential Charter in 2023. Professor Fred McBagonluri, the President Academic City University College, said the Charter will build confidence in parents across the sub-region and lead to the creation of a new and dynamic workforce. The President announced this at the inauguration of the University College […]

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Educational think-tank CAPCOE warns against examination malpractices

  Tema, Aug. 23, GNA-The Campaign Against Privatisation and Commercialisation of Education (CAPCOE), has warned against any act of examination malpractices as the West African Examination Council (WAEC) begins the 2022 senior school certificates examination. A statement signed by Mr Richard Kwashie Kovey CAPCOE Convener and made available to the Ghana News Agency in Tema, […]

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