The findings of a health research has indicated that the ages and educational levels of mothers and other predictors are key determinants in the survival of sick new-born babies in some districts in the Northern Region. The research, under the Preventing Maternal and Neonatal Deaths in Rural Northern Ghana (PREMAND) Study, also showed that there … Read more
The music of Harry Potter will feature at this year’s Proms, as part of a concert celebrating the 85th birthday of film composer John Williams. Themes from Star Wars, Jaws and Indiana Jones will also be played at the concert, on 20 July. “Will people come dressed as Star Wars characters? I’d be really disappointed … Read more
Friends, family and hundreds of wellwishers gathered in the Hollywood Hills on Saturday to celebrate the lives of beloved celebrity mother and daughter Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher. Comedy actor Dan Aykroyd and singer James Blunt were among the stars who made their way to the Forest Lawn cemetery, where the pair are interred side … Read more
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal from one of eight inmates facing execution next month, as the state rushes to move forward before the expiration date of one of the drugs used to put them to death. The seven-member panel, by a 4-3 vote, declined to take up the case of Jason … Read more
Asian shares rose on Thursday as investors were encouraged by President Donald Trump’s measured tone in his first speech to Congress, which sent Wall Street stocks sharply higher, while growing bets on a U. S. rate hike this month buoyed the dollar. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 0.2 percent, led … Read more
The dollar and U. S. Treasury yields jumped on Wednesday, while stocks were mixed, as investors focused less on U.S. President Donald Trump’s first speech to Congress and more on what they see as a growing chance of a U.S. interest rate hike this month. Trump took a measured tone in his keenly awaited speech … Read more
So Adele trumped Beyonce, then declared her love for her. Beyonce and her unborn twins performed then picked up an award of their own. Chance the Rapper swept the board in the rap stakes and David Bowie won five post-humous awards. Plus Adele smashed a George Michael cover (at the second attempt), Bruno Mars did … Read more
Beyonce might have won a number of awards at the Grammys but she’s yet to win the album of the year at the same awards as Adele beat her to win at the 2017 Grammy Awards. Adele won it 25. Here’s the full list of winners. Album of the Year 25, Adele Record of the … Read more
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” answers the question of whether that galaxy far, far away is big enough to sustain multiple offshoots with an emphatic yes, delivering an extremely muscular and satisfying expansion of what had been, under George Lucas, a rather underdeveloped universe. Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm came with a pragmatic mandate to … Read more
The dollar hit a nine-month high against a basket of currencies on Monday, buoyed by expectations that the Federal Reserve will raise U. S. interest rates this year and that Donald Trump will not become the U.S. president. After three straight weeks of gains, the dollar index – which tracks the greenback against a basket … Read more
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) tasked experts to investigate the depressing deaths of mothers and babies in the Upper East region and the resulting findings have sent heads into a spin. Among the factors responsible for the gross loss of mothers and newborns in the region, alleged abuse of expectant mothers, dished out to … Read more