Kofi Kinaata reacted with laughter after he was nominated in the Alternative Comic Act category at the 2026 Ghana Comedy Awards, sparking fan reactions.
Gold was on course for its worst weekly performance in six weeks on July 17, as an escalating military conflict between the US and Iran drove oil prices higher.
Canada's central bank on Wednesday held its key lending rate at five percent, citing the global economic slowdown and easing inflation. The data "suggest the economy is no longer in excess demand," the central bank said, adding the economic slowdown has reduced price pressures for an array of goods and services.
Google on Wednesday infused its Bard chatbot with a new-generation artificial intelligence model called Gemini, which it touts as being able to reason better than ChatGPT and other rivals. Google in September integrated Gmail, YouTube and other tools into its Bard chatbot as tech giants seek to persuade users that generative AI is useful and not dangerous or just a fad.
Italy's governing right-wing parties on Wednesday scuppered an attempt by the opposition to introduce a minimum wage, which would have brought the country into line with the majority of the EU. Members of parliament voted instead to give Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's hard-right government six months to enact measures to make pay in Italy "fairer".
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