Mayor Adams to close Randall’s Island tent shelter for asylum seekers
The city has decided to shut down a tent facility for migrants on Randalls Island, in yet another shift in...
Month: November 2022
Rikers Island officers face fraud charges over fake sick leave: Feds
Three Rikers Island correction officers has allegedly fraudulently took sick leave for months during a jail staffing crisis, prosecutors said...
Production at Williamson Diamonds Mines halted
Petraetra Diamonds has suspended operations at its Williamson mine in Tanzania for up to three months after a wall of...
US special envoy to Libya shares citizens’ frustration over election delays
The US special envoy to Libya, Richard Norland, said on Thursday he shared the frustration of Libyans over...
Tunisian security guard suspected of fleeing with 180,000 Euros
A Tunisian hired as a security guard despite a long criminal record is suspected of fleeing with 180,000 euros...
Malian judge sets conditions for reopening of schools
An influential Malian judge with links to al-Qaeda has set the conditions necessary for the reopening of schools in...
Mayor Eric Adams signs package of child care bills to support working caregivers in New York City
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has signed a package of seven bills designated to help struggling families, working parents,...
Court drops $60M graft case against Ruto’s deputy
A Kenyan court has allowed a request by public prosecutors to withdraw a 7.4 billion shillings ($60m) corruption case against...
Ukraine signs accord with Southeast Asian nations
Ukraine has signed a peace treaty with nations in Southeast Asia, a largely symbolic act that comes as Kyiv seeks...
Democrat Luis Sepulveda re-elected as State Senator for 32nd Senate District in the Bronx
Democrat Luis Sepulveda has been re-elected as the State Senator for the 32nd Senate District in the Bronx. In a...
U.S. charges Haitian gang leaders for 2021 missionary kidnapping
The United States Department of Justice has charged seven leaders of five Haitian gangs for the armed kidnapping of 16...
Bond election results: $4.2B NYS environmental bonds approved
Voters has approved a $4.2 billion state environmental bond act to address climate change while New York City residents also...
Assemblywoman Nathalia Fernandez becomes first Latina elected in district
In a historic victory during last night’s U.S. Elections, Assemblywoman Natalia Fernandez has been elected the next State Senator for...
Jamaal Bowman wins second term in 16th Congressional District, defeats Miriam Flisse
Rep. Jamaal Bowman has declared victory over Republican challenger Dr. Miriam Levitt Flisser after building up an insurmountable lead with...
Nigerian President Buhari congratulates 8 Nigerian-Americans on election victory in U.S midterm elections
Nigerian President, Muhammad Buhari, has congratulated eight Nigerian-Americans on their victory in the U.S. midterm elections. This was contained in...
Nicole Malliotakis defeats Max Rose in NY’s 11th Congressional District
Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican, defeated Democrat Max Rose in a rematch for New York's 11th Congressional District. She spoke about...
Democrat John Fetterman wins Pennsylvania’s race for US Senate
Democrat John Fetterman won Pennsylvania’s pivotal race for U.S. Senate, flipping a Republican-held seat as he recovered from a stroke...
Democrat Kathy Hochul defeats Lee Zeldin in NY governor race
Democrat Kathy Hochul has won a full term to serve as New York's governor as she defeated her Republican opponent,...
Polish politician blames low birthrate on young women drinking
A women’s rights group in Poland has urged people to demonstrate after the country’s ruling party leader claimed that Poland’s...
New Yorkers head to pawnshops for cash to help pay bills
New Yorkers are facing economic issues and they move in large groups to pawnshops for cash in order to help...
Trump’s company appeals judge’s decision to appoint monitor
Former President Trump has appealed a judge’s order that appointed an independent monitor to supervise his company until New York’s...
Nairobi court orders striking Kenya Airways pilots back to work
Hundreds of striking pilots at Kenya Airways have been ordered by a court to resume work by Wednesday while the...
Malawi receives 2.9 mln doses of oral cholera vaccine
Malawi has received 2.9 million doses of oral cholera vaccine as an outbreak continues to spread across the country, the...
NYC Mayor’s Weekly Community Update: Rikers Reform
When I came into office as the 110th Mayor, there was no question that the city’s main jail, Rikers Island,...
Education, cultural institutions major priorities in 2023 Bronx Borough budget
About fifty-nine per cent of the New York year 2023 has been allocated to education. This was disclosed on Monday...
Taiwan to invest 10 mln euros towards chip production in Lithuania
Taiwan, the world's biggest supplier of semiconductors, has disclosed a plan to invest more than 10 million euros ($9.98 million)...
Former Georgia county commissioner convicted of extortion
A federal jury in Atlanta has convicted a former commissioner of the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners today for extorting...
Iran admits sending Russia drones before Ukraine war
Iran has acknowledged for the first time that it supplied Moscow with drones but said they were sent before the...
Ghanaian protesters demand president step down over economic crisis
Hundreds of protesters have marched through Ghana’s capital, Accra, calling for the resignation of President Nana Akufo-Addo amid an economic...
Photos: NYC Mayor delivers remarks at Sr. Halimah Abdul Jalil 3rd annual scholarship fundraiser in Bronx
New York City Mayor, Eric Adams, today delivered remarks at the Sr. Halimah Abdul Jalil 3rd annual scholarship fundraiser in...
Council to improve equity, inclusion, diversity at the FDNY
The City Council has passed a package of bills aimed at improving “the historic lack of racial and gender diversity”...
President Biden to campaign with Gov. Hochul in Yonkers Sunday
President Joe Biden has decided to campaign in New York for Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) Sunday in the final few...
Kenya Airways strike leaves thousands of passengers stranded
Kenya Airways flights has been disrupted Saturday as a strike by its pilots demanding better working conditions grounded over a...
How to Attract Sucess
Dear Destiny Friends, Success doesn’t happen “to” you. It happens because of you. – Grant Cardone. If there’s one word that brings a...
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince launches first Saudi electric vehicle brand
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman announced the launch of Ceer, the first Saudi electric vehicle brand that will...
South Africa gets $497m from World Bank to move away From Coal
South Africa, one of the world’s largest greenhouse-gas emitters, has been granted financing of $497 million to decommission one of...
Iran still poses major cybersecurity threat to Gulf: Experts
Iran poses a very real cybersecurity threat to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries and could target key industries such...
Attorney General James secures $523M from top opioid manufacturer Teva
Teva Pharmaceuticals has reached a settlement Thursday with the New York attorney general to pay up to $523 million for...
Paul Pelosi released from San Francisco hospital
White House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, has returned home after being hospitalized due to serious injuries allegedly inflicted...
NY Judge appoints monitor for Donald Trump’s company
A state judge has granted a request by the New York attorney general for an order appointing a monitor to...
Opioid Crisis: AG James Secures $523 million from Teva Teva Pharmaceuticals
New York Attorney General Letitia James has announced that her office has secured up to $523 million from Teva Pharmaceuticals,...
President Widodo of Indonesia wins 2022 Peace Prize by Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace
President Joko Widodo of the Republic of Indonesia has won the 2022 Imam Hasan bin Ali International Peace Prize presented...
Air pollution in India’s capital hit ‘hazardous’ levels
On Thursday, the smog air pollution in New Delhi hit “hazardous” levels. Smoke from thousands of crop fires in northern...
POTUS condemns violence fueled by political differences, urges voters to save American democracy
President Joe Biden of the United States of America spoke on Wednesday night, condemning the rising violence which is fueled...
Trump sues New York AG Letitia James after she sued him for $250M
Former President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James in Florida on Wednesday, accusing...
Ousted Pakistan PM Imran Khan shot in shin in ‘clear assassination’ attempt
rmer Prime Minister Imran Khan has sustained a bullet injury in his leg after a gunman opened fire where he...
US to drop Burkina Faso from tax-free trade pact
U.S. President Joe Biden has revealed on Wednesday his intent to exclude Burkina Faso from a U.S.-Africa trade pact, citing...
Hochul leads Zeldin by 8 points in New York governor’s race
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s has lead over her Republican challenger, Rep. Lee Zeldin, is widening in the state’s gubernatorial...
Designation of ISIS-Somalia weapons trafficking network
The United States has designated an Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)-Somalia network of weapons traffickers, their associates, and...
Pick n Pay expands Crypto payments in South Africa
The South African grocery retailer Pick n Pay has announced that it has completed the first phase of a pilot...
NY program opens application to help low-income people pay energy bills
A New York program has opened up applications to help the state's residents pay their energy bills. New York's Home...
NY Gov Hochul meets voters, navigates campaign homestretch
Amid rising food, energy and housing prices, it is no surprise that many New Yorkers are ranking the economy as...
Sen Graham must testify in Georgia election investigation, Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) must testify in the Georgia investigation into alleged election...
Rikers Island correction officer stabbed 15 times by inmate in unprovoked attack
A city correction officer at the Rikers Island prison complex have been seriously injured on Monday when a detainee stabbed...
Ukraine war: Kyiv locals queue for water after Russian strikes
Russian airstrikes on Kyiv Tuesday have left Ukraine's capital city without water for about 40% of its residents as Moscow...
NCDC warns Nigeria to avoid travelling to Uganda
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has cautioned Nigerians and other residents in the country against embarking on non-essential...
Increased transparency coming to job postings in NYC
With remote work changing the way we conduct business globally, increased transparency is coming to job postings in New York...
Republican state Senate candidate revealed to have criminal history in NJ
A Republican state Senate candidate has been revealed to have a criminal history record in New Jersey. Located in Brooklyn,...
UAE, US sign $100B energy deal
The United Arab Emirates and the United States have signed an energy deal. This includes a partnership to spur $100...
World Inkers Network with Amarachi Attamah
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