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Los Angeles, March 18 : Music producer-composer Kanye West is the richest Black person in the United States, according to a report in Bloomberg.The 43-year-old’s net worth is close to (Dollar) 6.6 billion, thanks to his sneaker and apparel business,…

Los Angeles, March 18 : Michelle Obama has given actress Viola Davis her stamp of approval, after it was reported that the latter will portray the ex-First Lady of America in a limited series titled “The First Lady”.”I feel that I’m not worthy.I wish…

Ottawa, March 18 : Covid-19 variants are spreading quickly across Canada as some provinces have eased restrictions after cases began to fall last month, according to health authorities.A total of 4,086 “variants of concern” cases have been reported a…

Brussels, March 18 : The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is due to provide an assessment on Thursday of the safety of Astrazeneca’s vaccine against Covid-19 after several countries temporarily suspended use of the jab over fears about side effects.Th…

Yangon, March 18 : New corruption allegations against Aung Sang Suu Kyi, the detained former de-facto leader of Myanmar, were aired on national television on Thursday, as the military seemed to seek to strengthen the case for its February 1 coup agai…

Brasilia, March 18 : Brazil registered a record 90,303 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the nationwide tally to 11,693,838, the Ministry of Health said.In the same period, 2,648 more people died from the disease, increasing the nation…

New York, March 18 : Coronaviruses may be vulnerable to ultrasound vibrations, within the frequencies used in medical diagnostic imaging, said researchers.Through computer simulations, the team modelled the virus’ mechanical response to vibrations ac…

New York, March 18 : About 35 per cent of Americans with a cancer history had an elevated risk of cardiovascular disease in the next decade, compared with about 23 per cent of those who didn’t have cancer, a new study suggests.Based on a risk calcula…

San Francisco, March 18 : Two coronavirus strains first detected in California have been officially defined by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as “variants of concern”.The variants, dubbed B.1.427 and B.1.429, may be about 20 …

Addis Ababa, March 18 : The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reported 30 Ebola virus cases and 15 related deaths so far.In an update on Wednesday, the Africa CDC reporte…