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Open this photo in gallery:McGill University in Montreal on October 13. The Quebec government is raising tuition for out-of-province and international students starting in 2024.Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian PressWhen Quebec’s ruling CAQ party lost a by-election to the separatist Parti Québécois on October 2, a chastened Premier Francois Legault did the best he could and he went to find a new windmill to tilt. He found one of the three English-speaking universities in the province.Last Friday, his government unveiled changes to university tuition policy that will have a surprising effect: Starting in the fall of 2024, annual tuition for new out-of-province…

A farmer has become the talk of the village after bravely fighting off a giant python that tried to eat his dog.John Tego, a resident of Sowodadiem in the central region, said the giant snake wrapped around his dog and broke his bones.But moved by his faithful dog’s suffering, he attacked the 18-foot-tall python with a machete and eventually subdued it.A 33-year-old farmer from the village of Sowodadiem in the Assin North district of the Central Region became a local hero after returning home with the carcass of a python he claimed had tried to eat him and his dog.John…

Two decades ago, Republicans controlled Colorado’s political landscape, from the governor’s office to the state legislature and congressional delegation. Wealthy Democratic donors have teamed up to reverse their party’s fortunes, funneling their money through a series of political nonprofits and political committees to organize voters to try to dominate the airwaves. One of those dark money groups was ProgressNow Colorado. The strategy worked. Democrats took control of the legislature and gained control of two additional congressional seats in 2004. In 2006, they won the governor’s office. With the exception of 2014, the party has only expanded its power since then.…

Ahead of the climactic quarter-finals of the 2023 National Science Mathematics Quiz (NSMQ), Presec Legon supporters were confident they could easily secure the last spot in the semi-finals. However, Tuesday night witnessed a fierce clash of intelligence and knowledge that challenged their expectations as they faced strong opposition from Accra Academy and GSTS. The first match was held in an atmosphere filled with anticipation and excitement. Presek Legon made it through the first round with 28 points and maintained a narrow lead, while Accra Academy were close behind with 26 points. Meanwhile, GSTS accumulated 11 points. Accra Academy showed their…

Hours after the failed vote to elect the next speaker of the House of Representatives, former House Speaker Paul Ryan discussed the deadlock among Republicans in the search for a successor to Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) at a Policy Institute forum Tuesday night. .During the event, which was moderated by Harvard Kennedy School and Economics Professor Karen E. Dynan, Ryan criticized the current state of national politics in relation to the economy and the growing national debt.”You have unserious policy that is incapable of addressing the drivers of our debt, which are basically our entitlement programs,” Ryan said.”It’s all populism…

Independent states in the Pacific region have the lower levels of the political representation of women in the world. Less than 7% of Pacific politicians are women, compared to 27% globally. The absence of women’s voices in political decision-making has existed rises consistently in regional forums, although progress has been slow. However, in November 2022, a milestone was reached: for the first time, there was at least one elected woman in every Pacific parliament. This seems to validate a common ‘give it time’ sentiment – that women’s political representation in the Pacific is set to gradually increase. However, the reality…

I am really saddened by the President’s reference to who voted for him and who did not vote for him in his speech to the victims of the Akosombo dam leak. In moments of such man-made disaster, I expected a comforting and compassionate word without innuendo: “If it’s a matter of measuring who votes for me and who doesn’t vote for me, I shouldn’t be here, . ..” The least I expected from our President, whose survival as President depends on every tax payer’s money, would address the psychologically traumatized citizens by citing the voting pattern of the victims. This…

The National Communications Director of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Richard Ahyagba, has weighed in on the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) over its stand on support for the victims of the Akosombo and Kpong dam spill. President Nana Akufo-Addo, on Monday, October 16, courted controversy when he subtly reminded some victims of the Akosombo dam spill at Mepe in the Volta Region that he had visited them to commiserate with them, regardless of the fact that the residents there make him not vote for his party. Many criticized the President characterizing his comment as unpresidential and insensitive. The…

In the last week of September, news broke that a 60-year-old woman was killed in her home in northern Ghana by a young male relative. “All I know is that she is suspected of witchcraft,” said Zakari Iddi, the woman’s brother-in-law. he said Citi Newsroom. The killing comes after recent efforts by Christian leaders and the Ghanaian government to protect the lives of those like the victim, often elderly men or women, who have been accused of witchcraft and then abused, exiled or killed. This year the Parliament of Ghana passed a bill unanimously criminalizing all charges of witchcraft. The…

Former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has revived his bid for the presidency of Ghana. Mahama’s party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), last week endorsed him to lead it in Ghana’s 2024 elections. He won over 98% of the vote during the NDC primaries. The 2024 vote will be Mahama’s third attempt at the presidency since winning in 2012. The ruling New Patriotic Party will hold its own primaries in November, while the presidential election is scheduled for December 7, 2024.Image: AP photo/image alliance Does Mahama have a realistic chance? The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is expected to choose…