Parliament has approved the Tribunals Bill, 2026, which aims to improve access to justice, reduce court case backlogs, and reintroduce tribunals with constitutional safeguards. The Bill now awaits presidential assent from President John Dramani Mahama before becoming law.
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Parliament has approved the Tribunals Bill, 2026, which aims to improve access to justice, reduce court case backlogs, and reintroduce tribunals with constitutional safeguards. The Bill now awaits presidential assent from President John Dramani Mahama before becoming law.
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Economist Professor Festus Ebo Turkson has urged the Mahama administration to use the current period of macroeconomic stability to implement long-delayed structural reforms, citing the supply of crude oil from the Jubilee Field to the Tema Oil Refinery as an example of the kind of change needed to build economic resilience and reduce pressure on the cedi.
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Netflix forecast third-quarter revenue of $12.86 billion and diluted earnings per share of 82 cents, below Wall Street targets of $13 billion and 84 cents; shares fell nearly 8.6% in after-hours trading as the company shifts focus to advertising, live events and video games for growth.
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Trump Media & Technology Group is launching a paid service called Truth API starting 1 August to give Wall Street firms high-speed access to posts from key accounts on its Truth Social platform, aiming to create a steady revenue stream for the loss-making company and capitalizing on how Trump's posts often move global markets.
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Gold was on track for its biggest weekly loss in six as escalating U.S.-Iran clashes lifted oil prices by about 12% this week, adding to inflationary pressures and strengthening the case for higher U.S. interest rates. The metal has lost 3.2% so far this week, outweighing support from softer June U.S. inflation figures.
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Asian stocks stumbled Friday on weakness in semiconductor stocks, with investors rotating into banking after strong lender earnings. Oil prices were set for their sharpest weekly rise in three months amid renewed Middle East tensions.
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Brent crude rose 0.83% to $84.93 a barrel and WTI rose 1.03% to $79.76 a barrel on Friday as US-Iran hostilities escalated and Tehran asked the Houthis to prepare to shut the Red Sea export route, with both benchmarks climbing nearly 12% for the week.
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Economist Prof. Festus Ebo Turkson has described TOR's decision to refine crude from Ghana's Jubilee Field as a major structural reform that could reduce pressure on the cedi and make the economy more resilient. He argued that a stronger cedi would lower inflation, reduce monetary policy rates, and allow businesses to expand.
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Mary Jo Campbell, mother of Kardashian-Jenner "momager" Kris Jenner, has died aged 91. Campbell appeared multiple times on the family's reality programmes including Keeping Up with the Kardashians since 2007.
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FIFA generated a record $7.6bn from Qatar 2022 and is expected to exceed that at the 2026 tournament in the US, Canada and Mexico, with revenues over the four-year cycle approaching $13bn from broadcasting, licensing, sponsorship and ticket sales. While FIFA and corporate sponsors benefit, fans face high costs for tickets and travel.
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The US launched new strikes against Iran for a sixth consecutive night, with Centcom saying the attacks aimed to "further degrade Iranian military capabilities" and that US forces had boarded vessels as part of a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's state media reported US missiles struck near the island of Qeshm, in Bandar Abbas and Bushehr (site of a nuclear power plant), and hit two bridges in Hormozgan province, with the BBC verifying an attack on one bridge west of Bandar Abbas.
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