Manchester City becomes ‘most expensive team in Europe’ after investment deal
The owner of English Premier League champions Manchester City is selling a major stake in the club for US $500 million (€454 million) – in a deal said to break a new record in sports valuations. A statement by Silver Lake, an American private equity firm, says the deal is equivalent to just over 10% of the […]
270 million people are migrants, who send home a staggering $689 billion
The number of international migrants in 2019 is now estimated at 270 million and the top destination remains the United States, at nearly 51 million, the UN migration agency said on Wednesday. In its latest global report, IOM noted that the overall figure represents just a tiny fraction of the world’s population, although it is […]
Albania rocked by another earthquake amid deadly devastation – USGS
Albania was rocked by a 5.5-magnitude tremor on Wednesday, a day after its strongest earthquake in decades killed at least 26 people and injured over 650 more. The latest quake struck at 16:45 CET, 19km southwest of Mamurras — close to the coastal city of Durres that was worst-hit by Tuesday’s devastation — according to preliminary […]
President Akufo-Addo confers citizenship on 126 Africans in Diaspora
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has conferred Ghanaian citizenship on 126 members of the African Diaspora. This follows thorough background checks by the Ministry of Interior. A brief ceremony at the Jubilee House, on Wednesday, President Akufo-Addo charged them to jealously protect the image of Ghana which they are now citizens by registration. A Circuit […]
