China to build modern military on par with US
President Xi Jinping has urged the country's military to make determined efforts to become the world's greatest army by 2027,...
Month: July 2021
Financial Focus: The Joe Biden COVID spike!?
By Professor Anthony Rivieccio MBA PFA I try very hard to make any decision, whether for myself or clients, as...
Breath by Dustin Pickering
“Breath I take and breath I give…” Townes van Zandt Let them assume the worst they will. It is part...
Covid-19: US restricts travel for citizens from Britain, China, others
The US administration has restricted travel for citizens belonging to the European Union, Britain and China and other countries where...
HRW accuses Israeli military of attack against Hamas military
Human Rights Watch has accused the Israeli military of carrying out attacks that “apparently amount to war crimes” during an...
US, NATO pledge to finance Afghanistan’s military to contain Taliban
The U.S. and NATO have pledged to pay $4 billion a year until 2024 to finance Afghanistan’s military and security...
Fiction | Is Zion in the Caribbean? by Stephen Ditmore
Lin-Manuel Miranda, his family and close friends, were on a working vacation in the Dominican Republic when Lin’s collaborator, Quiara...
Governor Cuomo signs legislation, raises age of consent for marriages to 18
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has signed legislation (S.3086/A.3891) to raise the age of consent to be married in New York...
Landslides kill 30 people in Mumbai
Not less than 30 people have died after several houses in two Mumbai suburbs collapsed due to landslides caused by...
UK PM reverses plan to skip quarantine after COVID-19 exposure
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and finance minister Rishi Sunak will both self-isolate in line with national guidance, abandoning heavily...
Financial Focus: Why is the Government sending me FREE Child money?
By Professor Anthony Rivieccio MBA PFA Firstly, it's not free!. As of July 15th, most families are automatically receiving monthly...
2 Bronx men plead guilty for identity theft, fraud in TJX Stores
Two Bronx men have pleaded guilty for their part in a scheme that included using fraudulently obtained credit cards to...
NYS research institute awards health grants to support X syndrome
New York State's Institute for Basic Research has awarded two grants to support groundbreaking research into fragile X syndrome premutations...
NYS OASAS commences awareness campaign against addiction, substance use disorder
The New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) has commenced the new Campaign against addiction and substance...
Branson’s Bêtise by Dustin Pickering
Whether called ‘Fulsom’s Folly’ or ‘Carnagie’s intellectual breadline’, the industrious art of wealth is anathema to workers in dire penury....
2 Bronx men arrested, charged after violent home invasion, shooting in Mount Vernon
Two Bronx men have been arrested and charged after a Mount Vernon Police Department investigation into a violent home invasion...
Mercy by Amrita Valan
I caress, stroke the keyboard My fingers try to feel the Soul of each letter, To describe mercy, Is no...
Luck by Joan McNerney
Wearing designer clothes and sleek jewelry, she traipses along willy nilly throwing golden kismet wherever whimsy calls. Some think luck...
Gambian Windstorms: Government won’t assist affected schools, except those politically connected to authorities — Njie
Scores of schools and homes in the Gambia have been destroyed windstorms. The windstorms, which was reported on Thursday July...
Abiy Ahmed wins Ethiopia election with huge majority
Ethiopia's ruling Prosperity Party has been declared the winner of the national election held last month in a landslide, assuring...
Insecurity: Haiti requests troops from US, UN
Haiti has requested troops from Washington and the United Nations to secure its ports, airport, and other strategic sites. While...
Afghanistan to retake key boarder crossing seized by Taliban
Afghan authorities have disclosed preparation to retake key border crossing which was seized by the Taliban. According to a report...
Financial Focus: After 30 years…
By Professor Anthony Rivieccio MBA PFA On July 1 1991, I became a licenced broker and entered into the wacky...
“I ran a-5 borough movement, not just a campaign,” says Eric Adams as AP declares him winner of Democratic mayoral primary
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, winner of the just concluded Democratic mayoral primary for the New York City, has expressed...
Haiti President Jovenel Moise assassinated
Haiti President Jovenel Moise has been assassinated. Moise was assassinated at his home early Wednesday morning by a group of...
Benediction by Nandita De
Between us and God Constant pleas Humble prayers for forgiveness Countless trespasses of mankind Unconscious of consequences. Now on our...
Iran Denies Links to Attacks on US Forces in Iraq, Syria
Iran has denied US accusations that Tehran supported attacks on US forces in Iraq and Syria. According to a report...
