Lifestyle
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UK: 28-year-old carries twins in separate wombs; a ‘1 in 50 million’ case
A woman in the United Kingdom is carrying two babies — twins — in separate wombs in what doctors have termed a “one in 50 million” case. The woman, 28-year-old Kelly Fairhurst from Braintree, Essex i…
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Plan International Ghana kicks off health, sexual, gender right campaign
Plan International Ghana has launched a Sexual and Reproductive Health Right/Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SRHR/SGBV) campaign as part of activities towards the implementation of its “COVID-19 Ge…
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Unilever to rename ‘Fair & Lovely’ skin cream in fight against racism
The Indian and Bangladeshi arms of consumer giant Unilever said Thursday they will rename their locally marketed “Fair & Lovely” skin-lightening cream in the face of global anti-racism protests. The …
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HINTS: Six ways to stay safe if earthquakes occur
Earthquakes, just like other natural disasters, have since been a part of the Ghanaian history with records indicating that the earliest earthquake experienced was in 1615 with a magnitude greater th…
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COVID-19 Contact Tracing App Questions You Wanted Answers To
There always seems to be one thing or the other making waves in consumer tech. While the war against facial recognition is still ongoing in some regions, we have a possible new concern. In the form o…
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Be bold enough to educate your children on adolescent reproductive health – Activist
Gender activists have called on parents and caregivers to be bold and proactive to educate their children and wards on gender and adolescent reproductive health issues. They said it behoves on parent…
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A ‘ring of fire’ solar eclipse to hit Africa, India, China, on Sunday
Skywatchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and southern China will witness on Sunday the most dramatic “ring of fire” solar eclipse to shadow the Earth in years.…
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[Watch]: I sleep with pastors; I need someone to sponsor my education – sex worker
A commercial sex worker in a disguised interview on SVTV Africa disclosed that she sleeps with pastors. Speaking to DJ Nyaami, she said, some men of God come for her service as a sex worker, in excha…
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G-Money gives Telcos a run for their money
According to the World Bank, Ghana is the fastest-growing mobile-money market in Africa with close to 12 million customers at the end of 2019. Currently, the mobile money subsidiary of MTN is the dom…
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ETHIOPIA: Citizens intensify tree-planting campaign
Braving a heavy downpour, hundreds of farmers spent a full day planting 20,000 acacia seedlings on a barren hillside outside the town of Buee in southern Ethiopia last year. They were responding to a…