100 Percent: Election 2020 Predictions
By Robert Press The biggest race is that of president of the United States. Four years ago I was the...
Month: October 2020
NYS DEC completes elevated boardwalk trail to connect New Yorkers with nature
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner, Basil Seggos, has announced the completion of the much-anticipated elevated boardwalk...
US forces rescue abducted American in Nigeria
The United States forces have rescued an American citizen who was held hostage in northern Nigeria. While disclosing this in...
OIC condemns terror attack at Nice church
The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation has strongly condemned the terror attack at a church in Nice,...
G20 announces global urban resilience fund
The Urban 20, a G20 Engagement Group, has disclosed plan to create Global Urban Resilience Fund in response to the...
US, Russia deploy military reinforcements to Northeastern Syria
The United States and Russian authorities have deployed military forces to Syria. The third military convoy of the Global Coalition...
UK calls on Iranian ambassador over Zaghari-Ratcliffe
The British government has called on the Iranian ambassador following news that imprisoned British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is to...
US sanctions 8 companies over Iran petrochemical sales
The United States Treasury Department has sanctioned eight entities for their alleged involvement in the sale and purchase of Iranian...
USAID to provide $28M for South Asian energy market
The United States Agency for International Development has announced its new activities worth $28 million aimed at advancing regional energy...
EU spells out distribution process for vaccines
European Union officials has stated that the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines among European Union member states will be fair. European...
Habitat NYC expands services to Westchester County
The nation’s leading affordable homeownership nonprofit will listen to the community in designing services, working in partnership with local families...
DEC environmental conservation police officer highligjts recent actions
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Environmental Conservation Police Officers (ECOs) have highlighted recent actions across New York...
DEC announces grants awarded to improve water quality, bolster resiliency in Hudson river estuary
Grants will Help Hudson River Watershed Communities Remove Dams and Restore Habitat for American Eel and River Herring. New York...
Juanita Holmes emerges NYPD Chief of Patrol
Juanita Holmes has emerged the Chief of Patrol for the New York Police Department. This was announced by the New...
US security authorities warn of cyber threat to hospitals, call for maximum protection
US security authorities has warned of an "imminent cybercrime threat" to hospitals and healthcare providers, urging them to increase their...
US opposes emergence of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as Director-General of WTO
The United States has opposed the emergence of Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)....
Bloomberg supporters form new political party, call Democrats, Republicans extremists
Bloomberg for Purpose, an online political platform with over 50 thousand American voters, has been turned to a political party...
US Election: Trump’s loyalist attacks Biden’s supporter
A supporter of Joe Biden, MC Lally Lal, has explained how he and his son were attacked by Donald Trump’s...
Editorial | American Elections: The Last Lapse of Presidential Campaign Flattery
We all know that by this time next week, American people will have decided what the fate and future of...
Trump Supporting Democratic Mayor Justin Taylor: Why Many Pennsylvanians Now Say “The Road to the White House Runs through Carbondale”
A mayor’s endorsement of a presidential candidate in an election year is such a common political occurrence that it rarely...
Iran expresses support for new Bolivia government
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has expressed Tehran’s support for the new Bolivian government and welcomed its “return to democracy”. This...
Spanish doctors begin strike as 267 die from COVID-19
Spanish doctors have commenced thier first national strike in 25 years after the Health Ministry reported 18,418 new daily infections...
Mexico arrests 6 National Guardsmen for murder
Mexican authorities have announced that six members of the National Guard were arrested in connection with the murder of Yessica...
EDUPEACE | #EndSARS: The disaster of disinformation
The most populous African country with over 200 million people, Nigeria witnessed unusual moments of madness last week. The tragedy...
Two Dangerous Children by Wansoo Kim
One child who likes The game of missiles and nuclear tests And the other child who takes pride in The...
Turkey rescues 12 asylum seekers in Aegean
Turkey's coast guard has on 27th October, 2020 rescued a total of 12 asylum seekers. According to the asylum-seekers, they...
Iran prepares proposal for Karabakh conflict’s solution
Iranian top diplomat has announced that his country has prepared a proposal for a permanent solution to the Upper-Karabakh conflict....
US Judge declines bid to replace Trump in rape case
A United States Federal Judge has stated that the Justice Department cannot stand in for US President Donald Trump in...
LANGTIVISM | WRITERS AND THE USE OF PARALLELISM
One important stylistic device in the craft of writing is parallelism. How a writer uses parallelism determines the effectiveness of...
Joe Biden faults rushed confirmation of Coney Barrett, urges Americans to vote wisely
The US presidential candidate, Joe Biden, has faulted the rushed confirmation of Coney Barrett as the new Supreme Court Judge....
US Senate confirms Coney Barrett as Supreme Court judge
The United States Senate has confirmed Amy Coney Barrett as Supreme Court Judge The confirmation on Monday was regarded as...
Pakistan summons Ambassador Marc Barety, expresses concern over Islamophobia
Pakistan has summoned France’s ambassador in Islamabad to express its deep concerns over what it called “systematic … Islamophobic acts”...
Mike Pence warns Biden, Harris against playing politics over vaccine
The United States Vice President, Mike Pence has warned Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Senator Kamala...
GRAMMAR WORLD | FAULTY PARALLELISM: AN IMPEDIMENT FOR MOST USERS
My suspicion was right when I condemned the label of some word classes as CLOSED FREE MORPHEMES. The linguistic implication...
Ocasio-Cortez endorses New York candidates for general election
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed some New York candidates for the general election. The announcement was made through her Facebook...
Khabib shocks world, quits UFC to honor father
Khabib Nurmagomedov has quitted the UFC after beating Justin Gaethje in a lightweight title fight at UFC 254 in Abu...
Spain declares state of emergency, imposes nationwide curfew to control Covid-19
The Spanish government has declared a new state of emergency and ordered a nationwide curfew in an effort to curb...
Belarusian police fire stun grenades to disperse protesters
Belarusian police have fired stun grenades to disperse protesters in the capital Minsk, who demanded the resignation of President Alexander...
How Radio Broadcaster Bruce Morrow Became the Legendary Cousin Brucie
As the story goes, sometime back in 1959 a relatively obscure radio DJ named Bruce was standing in the hallway...
Gunmen storm school, kill 6 children in Cameroon
Gunmen have stormed a private school in Cameroon. According to officials, the gunmen killed at least six children and wounded...
UAE welcomes permanent ceasefire agreement in Libya
The United Arab Emirates on Saturday welcomed the permanent ceasefire agreement between Libya’s warring factions, a Foreign Ministry statement said....
Algeria’s president in self-isolation after Covid-19 outbreak
Algeria’s 75-year-old President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has begun self-isolation because some officials in “upper ranks of the government” are sick with...
US FDA approves Remdesivir as Covid-19 treatment drug
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gilead Sciences' Remdesivir as a treatment for those who have...
Mufti of Damascus assassinated in car bombing
Sheikh Muhammad Adnan Al-Afiouni has been killed in a roadside bombing which is believed to have been a targeted assassination....
Intel stock takes deep dive in premarket
Intel’s shares clutches a greater-than-10% dive in Friday’s premarket buying and selling following the corporate’s third quarter earnings that disclosed...
Covid-19 second wave surges, causes decline in Euro Zone business activity
Economic data has revealed shrinkage in economic activity in the euro zone in October as the second wave of coronavirus...
W20 calls for reduction of women unemployment rate
The second day of the virtual Women 20 (W20) meeting — hosted by Saudi Arabia as part of its G20...
Iran records 6,134 new virus cases
Iran’s health ministry on Friday reported 6,134 new coronavirus cases for the previous 24 hours, bringing the national tally to...
LANGTIVISM | PERENNIAL POSER OVER THE USE OF BETWEEN AND AMONG
By RAHAMAN ONIKE The prepositions among and between have always been subjects of controversy, for many grammarians believe that between...
Arabs demand halt of Iran’s regional interventions
The Arab League Secretary-General, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, has denounced Iran’s military, political, and religious meddling in the Gulf and several...
NYS DEC Forest Rangers highlights recent rescue missions
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Forest Rangers have highlighted its recent rescue missions. The agency works...
US lawmakers calls for boycott of Saudi G20 summit
The United States lawmakers have called on the government to boycott the G20 summit being held in Saudi Arabia’s capital...
NYC Council Members endorse neighborhood health plans recommended by JAPH task force
New York City Council Members, Vanessa L. Gibson and Fernando Cabrera have endorsed Neighborhood Health Plan recommendations put forth by...
PWNY endorses candidates ahead of general election, urges citizens to vote
The Progressive Women of New York (PWN) has announced its first list of endorsed candidates as the crucial 2020 election...
EDUPEACE | Quality education is the solution
By Mahfouz Adedimeji Following the expiration of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the world, through the General Assembly of the...
Sing Sing Prison guard arrested for falsifying documents
The New York State Inspector General, Letizia Taliaferro, and Westchester County District Attorney, Anthony A. Scarpino, have announced the arrest...
NY State labor department releases preliminary unemployment rates
The New York State Department of Labor has released preliminary local area unemployment rates for September 2020. The rates, which...
HOW TAUTOGOUS IS TAUTOLOGY?
By Moshood Alabi Language becomes more interesting to use when one captures a message in few words. Writing or speaking...
EndSARS protest: Biden urges Nigerian government, military to cease violent crackdown
The United States Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden has appealed to the Nigerian government and its military to cease violent...
GPM elects Mayor of Banjul as executive committee member
The Global Parliament of Mayors, which represents the voice of the Mayors, has elected the Mayor of Banjul, the Gambia,...
