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Dr. Cynthia Kudji and her daughter Jasmine have made history as they become first mom and daughter to complete medical studies the same year. While...

World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday warned that spraying of disinfectant on the streets as practised in some countries, does not eliminate the new coronavirus...

Former US President Barack Obama has criticized the response to the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging America. Obama's statement is widely regarded as a rare public rebuke...

Ara Zobayan, the pilot of the helicopter that crashed while carrying Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, to a basketball tournament in California did...

Global COVID-19 death toll has exceeded 300,000 as the disease continues to wreck havoc around the world.  According to Worldometer, mortality rate has increased to...

Former top US health official, Rick Bright, has told Congress the country could face its "darkest winter in modern history" because of the coronavirus. Bright...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced a four-day holiday for private sector employees to celebrate Eid al-Fitr which is expected to last from...

 Saudi Arabia has on Monday  announced that it would be adding to existing oil output cuts by reducing production by another 1 million bpd...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has announced that Nigeria and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa will lose about $200bn in incomes by the end...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, on Tuesday said he tested positive for the coronavirus. Pescov confirmed that he was receiving treatment in hospital. “I...

The Democratic Party may on Tuesday advance new ways of allowing delegates to vote and nominate Joe Biden for 2020 US presidential race. The ongoing...

A fire at a hospital in Saint Petersburg, Russia on Tuesday killed five coronavirus patients who had been attached to ventilators. A source in Russia’s...

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has announced that it will triple its Value Added Tax and stop monthly handout payments to citizens due to...

The Grammy Award winning R&B singer, Betty Wright, is dead. She died on Sunday, May 10, 2020 in Miami, FL, aged 66, from cancer. Born...

Britain ’s coronavirus lockdown will stay in place until at least June 1 , Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, said on Sunday , as he...

A second White House worker – reportedly the vice president’s spokeswoman – has tested positive for coronavirus, officials said on.Friday. President Donald Trump has been...

France reported another 243 coronavirus deaths on Friday, raising its total death toll to 26,230. According to French authorities, the number of patients in intensive...

The United States has suffered its highest ever rate of job losses, in one month. With shops and factories closed nationwide due to the coronavirus...

International Labour Organisation has projected a 56 per cent increase in poverty levels among the world’s informal economy workers in low-income countries due to...

There was palpable concern for the health of U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice-President Mike Pence on Thursday after a White House staff was...

Nigeria, the most populous African country, currently has the fifth highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the continent with 3,145 infections while it...

Russia recorded more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases for the fourth day in a row on Wednesday. The country has now surpassed Germany to become...

Chinese State Media has accused United States President Donald Trump of trying to divert attention from his own "incompetence" with allegations of China's complicity...

US President Donald Trump on Sunday aimed a dig at former president George W. Bush, who in a video called for compassion and solidarity...

An international non-governmental organisation, The Press Emblem Campaign, based in Geneva, Switzerland, said 55 journalists have died from the coronavirus disease in 23 countries...

US presidential candidate, Joe Biden, has emphatically denied sexually assaulting a former staff member. Biden said the incident she claimed occurred in 1993 “never happened.” “They...

Japan on Wednesday confirmed 202 new cases of  COVID-19 in the country, increasing the total infections to 14,097, according to the latest figures from...

Former Democrat flagbearer, Hillary Clinton, has endorsed Joe Biden for president. Clinton foreshadowed her support earlier in the day on Twitter with a message that...

More than 1 million people in the United States have been infected by the coronavirus as of Tuesday. This is coming at a time some...

British Airways is set to slash up to 12,000 jobs as part of a restructuring plan forced on the carrier by the fallout from...