The WMO Hurricane Committee has retired the names Beryl, Helene and Milton from its Atlantic basin name list and John from the eastern Pacific basin name list because of the death and destruction these storms caused in 2024.Hurricane Beryl was the earliest Atlantic basin...

CMC – Ghana’s former foreign affairs and regional integration minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has taken up the position of Commonwealth Secretary General, pledging to advance the values of the Charter of the 56-member grouping at a time of growing global tensions and shifting alliances.Botchwey,...