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NEW YORK (AP) — Afrobeats may be the hot sound of the moment , but Davido remembers a very recent past when music from Africa wasn’t embraced globally, amid a perception the continent was one of only destitute poverty and primitive lands.

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal panel of medical experts on Wednesday recommended an expansion of RSV vaccinations for adults and a new combination shot as another option to protect teens against meningitis.

NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Michelle Trachtenberg died as a result of complications from diabetes, New York City's medical examiner said Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Nine jurors were picked Wednesday on the second day of jury selection in Harvey Weinstein’s #MeToo rape retrial .

NEW YORK (AP) — Attorneys for hip-hop producer Sean “Diddy” Combs asked a federal judge in New York on Wednesday to delay his May 5 sex-trafficking trial by two months so they can better prepare a defense.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — China-founded e-commerce sites Temu and Shein say they plan to raise prices for U.S.

TORONTO — Artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton has thrown some support behind creative industries, which have been battling tech firms to be compensated for their work.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Nora Aunor, who became one of the biggest stars of Philippine cinema during a career that spanned seven decades, has died. Aunor died Wednesday, according to social media posts from her children. She was 71.

Quebec’s ministry of health says it's on the verge of declaring its measles outbreak over, just as cases reach new heights in other parts of the country. The province says it has not recorded a new measles case since it hit 40 infections on March 18.

LONDON (AP) — Five years after COVID-19 triggered national lockdowns, economic uncertainty and killed millions , the World Health Organization’s member countries agreed on a draft “pandemic treaty” that sets guidelines for how the international commu