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Sotheby’s expected the Apex to fetch between $4 million and $6 million, but the price quickly shot up as telephone bidders flooded the sale. Photo: Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFPSource: AFPThe largest stegosaurus skeleton ever found, nicknamed Apex, sold for a record $44.6 million at auction in New York on Wednesday, Sotheby’s said.Estimated to be 150 million years old, Apex is said to be “among the most complete skeletons ever found,” according to the auction house.It is 11 feet (3.3 meters) tall and 27 feet long and counts 254 fossil bone elements out of a total of about 319.The previous auction…

President Akufo-Addo President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said his government has constructed more roads than the combined efforts of the Mills Mahama administration. President Akufo-Addo made this statement at the groundbreaking ceremony for the dual-laning of the Anwiankwanta-Ahenema-Kokobeng Road on July 15, 2024. President Akufo-Addo, speaking at a gathering of local officials, residents and stakeholders, detailed the massive improvements made to the country’s road network since 2017, saying the total length of roads completed under his leadership stands at a staggering 12,830 kilometres. This figure stands in stark contrast to the 4,636 kilometres of roads completed during the Mills/Mahama administration…

Telecel Ghana CEO Patricia Obo-Nai, CEO, has highlighted the critical role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and data science in shaping the future of Human Resources (HR) practice. Sharing examples of AI-based solutions being integrated into the telco’s HR function, he said the technologies adopted by Telecel Ghana have proven instrumental in improving recruitment, performance management and employee experience. “Having a digitally savvy organization is a key part of our strategy as we deploy AI deeper into our business. “We’ve been on this AI and data science journey for over five years and are reaping the benefits of integrating AI technology…

Lauri Markkanen is among the players eligible for a contract extension. • Download the NBA app The offseason isn’t just about new contracts. It’s also a time for contract extensions. Jayson Tatum has already signed the longest contract in NBA history, a five-year, $314 extension that begins next summer. He wasn’t the only starter secured by the champion Boston Celtics after the following season. They also inked Derrick White to a four-year, $118 extension. More deals could be on the horizon. Extensions (and potential extensions) can be divided into two groups… Rookie Extensions Players selected in the first round of…

A radio presenter Nana Poku Piesie has been arrested for confessing to having a relationship with a teenage girl in the past.Nana Poku Piesie made the confession while speaking on Kumasi-based Sompa FM a few days agoPopular councillor, George Lutherodt condemned the man’s actions while also calling on the Ghana Police Service not to be too harsh on him because he has shown remorse for the action he took many years agoA few days ago, a Ghanaian man openly confessed to having a relationship with a 14-year-old girl on Kumasi’s Sompa FM.This issue sparked public outrage on social media with…

Until 2017, Professor Dimie Ogoina’s experiences with mpox were strictly theoretical. But all that would change in September of that year when he encountered the first clinical case of the disease in an 11-year-old boy at the Nigerian University Delta Teaching Hospital (NDUTH) in Bayelsa, Nigeria.It was the first confirmed case of the disease in Nigeria since 1978, but also the beginning of an unfolding epidemic. With DecemberOgoina had managed a significant proportion of the more than 200 cases reported across the country that year – and the majority of his patients were young, male adults between the ages of…

Dukovany NPP will receive two reactors from South Korea’s KHNP. Photo: MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/FileSource: AFPSouth Korean power giant KHNP has won a billion-dollar tender to build two nuclear units at a Czech power plant, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Wednesday.KHNP beat France’s EDF in the tender starting in 2022 for a new reactor at the Soviet Dukovany power plant.But Prague later said it was seeking bids for a total of four new units: two for each of its two nuclear plants in Dukovany and Temelin.”The Korean bid was better in all the criteria evaluated,” Fiala told reporters.”We have decided…

Ghana’s first President, Dr Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah, was ranked first in a GhanaWeb poll to choose the best president in the country’s history.The poll was conducted from Thursday, 11th July 2024 to Sunday, 14th July 2024 following a public debate on the achievements of Dr Kwame Nkrumah following claims by the Vice Presidential Candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh (NAPO), that the current President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has performed better than all previous Presidents, including the country’s first President.The survey, which was participated in by about 17,000 GhanaWeb readers, asked them which…

From fashion to family – Paris 2024 isn’t just about medals For Carsten Warholm, the reigning Olympic champion in the 400m hurdles, the excitement revolves around what will happen on the track. “What do I expect the most?” he asked rhetorically. “Run!” “Hopefully, if I don’t have a heart attack from the obstacles, I’ll have plenty of time to see things later in life. But for now, I’m at work. You know, I have a purpose,” he said. Warholm was fresh off winning gold in the men’s 400m hurdles at the European Athletics Championships when he spoke to Olympics.com. And…

d. lightglobal provider of transformative home products and affordable financing for low-income households, announced the closing of a new securitization facility that will purchase Claims of $176 million in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The new funding is provided by an asset management company with a focus on social impact African frontier capital. Details d.light will use the facility to scale its PayGo consumer finance offering to bring solar-powered products to more low-income households and communities without access to electricity. The facility is multi-currency and will enable access to reliable, renewable energy for around six million people in the three countries…