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Warsaw: Poland’s intelligence service has detained eight individuals on suspicion of planning sabotage. The suspects were apprehended in various parts of the country in recent days, Prime Minister Donald Tusk posted on X on Tuesday. According to Ghana News Agency, Romania’s security agencies were also involved in the operation. The suspects are said to have scouted military facilities and parts of critical infrastructure, intelligence coordinator Tomasz Siemoniak stated. Additionally, they are alleged to have prepared means for carrying out acts of sabotage and attacks. Siemoniak’s spokesman revealed that among the suspects is a 21-year-old Ukrainian, who was arrested on October

Vatican city: Pope Leo XIV has met representatives of an organization of abuse victims for the first time, since he assumed his role as head of the Catholic Church. The pontiff received the international victims’ initiative Ending Clergy Abuse (ECA) at the Vatican, the Holy See announced on Monday. According to Ghana News Agency, ‘This was a deeply meaningful conversation,’ said Gemma Hickey, the chair of the ECA. ‘Survivors have long sought a seat at the table, and today we felt heard.’ The Catholic Church has been rocked by abuse scandals for decades. At the beginning of his pontificate, Leo,

Accra: The Volta Regional Coordinating Council (VRCC), led by the Volta Regional Minister, Mr. James Gunu, has reaffirmed its commitment to deepening bilateral trade and investment ties between Ghana and China. The tie was strengthened during the China (Guangdong)-Ghana 24-Hour Economic Policy and Business Cooperation Exchange Conference. According to Ghana News Agency, the high-level conference brought together Ghanaian government officials, Chinese investors, and prominent traditional leaders, including Togbe Afede XIV, Agbogbomefia of Asogli State. The event served as a platform to explore new frontiers of cooperation under Ghana’s flagship 24-hour economy initiative. Delivering his remarks, Mr. Gunu highlighted the strategic

Aden: Four soldiers were killed in an attack by al-Qaeda elements targeting government-affiliated forces in southern Yemen, a government source told dpa. The attack occurred in the al-Mahfad district of the southern Abyan province, an area largely controlled by the Southern Transitional Council (STC). According to Ghana News Agency, the STC forces managed to detonate two car bombs before the al-Qaeda members reached their brigade site. Six al-Qaeda suicide bombers were also killed in the ensuing clashes, the source reported. In a statement, STC military commander Nasr al-Yafei confirmed the death toll and stated that the brigade’s forces have eliminated

Gaza: The Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas has handed over the body of another person, presumed to be one of the hostages taken in the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks on Israeli communities near Gaza. The Israeli army announced that the coffin had been handed over to employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), who were on their way to transfer it to the military. A forensic institute in Tel Aviv will then establish the identity of the person killed. According to Ghana News Agency, under the ceasefire agreement, Hamas must hand over a total of 28

Dodi-papase: Justice Berina Komla, a 19-year-old resident of Dodi-Kpomkpa in the Kadjebi District, has been laid to rest after spiritual rituals were performed by a fetish priest from Dayi Kwanta in Togo. The young man was struck dead by lightning while working on farmland near Dodi-Papase. According to Ghana News Agency, the Environmental Health Officer of the Dodi-Papase community was contacted to facilitate a suitable burial site in line with public health and sanitation protocols after the spiritual rites were completed. The tragic incident occurred at approximately 1345 hours on Friday, October 17, while Komla was uprooting a palm tree.

Tokyo: Japan’s staunchly conservative former interior minister, Sanae Takaichi, was elected by parliament on Tuesday as the country’s first female prime minister. The 64-year-old succeeds the comparatively liberal Shigeru Ishiba, who recently announced his resignation following election defeats for their Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). According to Ghana News Agency, Takaichi owes her election to the LDP’s new coalition partner, the conservative neoliberal Japan Innovation Party (Ishin). The opposition camp could not agree on a joint candidate. Despite being the largest party, the LDP, even with the Innovation Party, is just short of a majority in parliament, meaning that it will