NYC Mayor Adams proposes $102.7B budget for fiscal 2024
Mayor Eric Adams has proposed his massive financial plan, standing at over $102 billion, including funding for affordable housing, public...
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U.S. grants temporary protected status to thousands of Somali immigrants
The United States has extended temporary deportation relief to Somali citizens in the US, with President Joe Biden’s administration saying...
US House celebrates Illinois assault-style weapons ban
Illinois has become the ninth state in the United States to ban the sale of assault weapons, a move hailed...
NYC nurses return to work as 2 hospitals make deal to end strike
A strike involving more than 7,000 nurses at two New York City hospitals has ended after three days when they...
Hochul to unveil a $1 Billion plan to tackle mental illness in New York
Gov. Kathy Hochul has announced that New York will invest $1 billion to address mental health needs.Hochul laid out her...
End of Ebola after 4-month outbreak, Uganda declares
Uganda has declared the end of a nearly four-month Ebola outbreak it struggled briefly to contain but was then able...
House Dems file ethics complaint against George Santos
Two House Democrats from New York have filed a complaint with the House Ethics Committee against fellow New York Rep....
US House GOP kicks off majority with vote to slash IRS funding
House Republicans have made good on a campaign promise by approving a bill that would zero-out funding from the Inflation...
Eric Adams to convert NYC offices to homes after workers slow to return
Mayor Eric Adams has released details of a plan to turn empty offices into brand new apartments to help relieve...
Rwanda can no longer accept refugees from Congo – President Kagame
Rwandan president Paul Kagame has said that the country can no longer accept refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo...
China’s new foreign minister heads to Africa for first trip
China’s new foreign minister Qin Gang has started his term with a weeklong trip to five African countries, its foreign...
Trio swipes $300K after distracting Brink’s truck driver in NYC
A team of New York City thieves have stolen $300,000 from a Brink's armored car in a scheme where they...
President Biden declares emergency in California amid storms
President Joe Biden has declared an emergency in California due to the successive winter storms hitting the state, according to...
Judge scolds Trump legal team, lets James’s lawsuit proceed
A New York state judge has rejected a motion from former President Trump to dismiss a lawsuit filed against him...
Lori Lightfoot, NYC Mayor Eric Adams demand Colorado governor stop bussing migrants to their cities
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and New York City Mayor Eric Adams have sent a joint letter to Colorado’s governor urging...
Kevin McCarthy wins House speakership on 15th vote
After four days of deliberations and 15 votes, Republican Kevin McCarthy has won the speakership of the House of Representatives...
NYCHA to spend $300M to replace about 10% of its aging elevators
The New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA) modernization overhaul has reached a new milestone with its plan to replace 335...
Edwin Chiloba: LGBTQ activist found dead in Kenya
Kenyan police have discovered the body of prominent LGBTQ rights campaigner Edwin Chiloba stuffed inside a metal box in the...
NYC public schools ban access to AI tool that could help students cheat
Public schools in New York City have restricted access to ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot developed by Microsoft’s OpenAI,...
Uber drivers strike in New York after company blocks raises, fare hikes
Hundreds of Uber drivers have gathered outside the company’s headquarters in downtown New York and chants echoed across the 9/11...
Amazon confirms more than 18,000 employees to be laid off
Amazon has announced it will cut more than 18,000 jobs from its workforce, citing “the uncertain economy” and the fact...
Govt seeks to curb pollution with anti-plastic law
In an effort to tackle environmental pollution, Angolan President João Lourenço has set up a task force to draft a...
Coinbase reaches $100m settlement with New York regulators
New York has announced a $100 million settlement with Coinbase on Wednesday over what state officials called significant failures in...
Minister Nureddin Nebati announces cheaper mortgages for mid-income Turks
Turkish Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati has said that mortgages with lower rates and longer maturities would be offered to middle-income...
House adjourns after McCarthy falls speaker votes
The United States House of Representatives has adjourned without a Speaker, following the failure of Republican leader Kevin McCarthy to...
Frank James pleads guilty to Brooklyn subway shooting
Frank James has pleaded guilty to opening fire on a New York City subway car during the morning commute on...
Gov. Jared Polis plans to send migrants to New York, mayor says
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has planned to send migrants to major cities including New York, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday,...
Car crashes into Manhattan restaurant, injures more than 18
More than a dozen people have been injured after a car crashed into an Upper Manhattan restaurant Monday. Thankfully, everyone...
President lifts six-year ban on political rallies
Tanzania’s president Samia Suluhu Hassan has lifted a ban on opposition rallies imposed in 2016 by her strongman predecessor, in...
Kathy Hochul begins first 4-year term in New York
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has sworn in for her first elected term, making history as the first woman elected...
Army kills 2 Palestinians in West Bank confrontation
The Israeli army has killed two Palestinian men during a raid on a village near the city of Jenin in...
Cholera surge in Malawi delays reopening of schools
Malawi has delayed the opening of public schools in its two major cities of Blantyre and Lilongwe, the health minister...
Stampede during New Year fireworks kills at least nine in Uganda
At least nine people, including a 10-year-old boy, have died as crowds rushing to see a New Year’s firework display...
Stampede during New Year fireworks kills at least nine in Uganda
At least nine people, including a 10-year-old boy, have died as crowds rushing to see a New Year’s firework display...
Teen attacks three NYPD officers with machete near Times Square
Three NYPD officers have been hospitalized after a man attacked them with a machete near Times Square on New Year’s...
Police searches for guardian of girl found alone in Bronx
Police are searching for the parents or guardians of a young girl they found wandering alone in the Bronx on...
Court sentences 46 Ivorian soldiers to jail
A court in Mali has sentenced 46 soldiers from Ivory Coast to 20 years’ imprisonment for conspiring against the government,...
NYC nurses disclose 10-day strike plan
The New York State Nurses Association have announced that nurses at eight of the city's biggest private hospitals delivered a...
Biden issues six pardons, most for minor drug offenses
President Joe Biden has issued six presidential pardons, five of whom to people with prior drug convictions and another to...
South Africa mourns victims of tanker blast as death toll jumps to 34
Families and friends of victims of a gas tanker explosion in Johannesburg on Christmas Eve have gathered on Friday morning...
President Joe Biden signs $1.7 trillion bill funding government operations
President Joe Biden has signed a $1.7 trillion spending bill that will keep the federal government operating through the end...
New York’s first legal recreational marijuana shop opens
New York's first legal recreational marijuana dispensary has opened in the heart of Manhattan. More than 100 people crowded into...
Rwanda accuses DR Congo of violating airspace
The government of Rwanda has expressed a concern of continued aggression from the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC).According to a communique...
US announces strict Covid rules on travel after surge in infections in China
The United States has announced the beginning of requiring negative COVID-19 tests or a document of recovery for travelers flying...
George Santos faces federal investigation after admitting to lying on resume
A Republican district attorney in New York has opened an investigation into Rep.-elect George Santos, who flipped a hotly contested...
Ethiopian Airlines resumes flights to Tigray’s capital
Ethiopian Airlines has resumed scheduled flights to Tigray’s capital, Mekele, as the result of a peace agreement signed between the...
US Supreme Court keeps asylum limits in place for now
The Supreme Court has planned to keep pandemic-era limits on immigration in place indefinitely, dashing hopes of immigration advocates who...
Kim Jong Un unveils North Korea’s new military goals for 2023
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has unveiled new goals for his country’s military on the second day of a...
Ethiopian Airlines to resume flights into Tigray region
Ehiopian Airlines has announced resumption of flights to the capital of the war-torn northern region of Tigray starting on Wednesday,...
Rep.-elect George Santos admits fabricating key details of bio
Rep.-elect George Santos has admitted that he lied about his job experience and college education during his successful campaign for...
AG Letitia James invites price gouging complaints
New York Attorney General Letitia James has invited the state’s residents to report any price gouging by stores facing shortages...
Driver dies after vehicle flips in air, explodes, sets fire
A driver has died after he lost control on a Queens expressway early Monday and his vehicle flipped in the...
Federal government delegation heads to Tigray
The government communication service has said a delegation from the Ethiopian federal government is on its way to the northern...
Letitia James joins coalition to file brief regarding gun safety ruling
New York Attorney General Letitia James has recently joined a coalition of 23 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief...
Gov. Hochul deploys National Guard to assist Erie County
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has mobilized the National Guard to Erie County as a massive winter storm batters the...
Zambia welcomes abolishment of death penalty
Zambia President, Hakainde Hichilema, has fulfilled one of his campaign promises by abolishing the death penalty in the country as...
Passenger laptop fire forces plane evacuation at JFK Airport
A lithium battery in a passenger’s laptop has caught fire aboard a JetBlue flight from Barbados to New York on Christmas...
M23 to withdraw from key occupied position in NE DR Congo
The M23 rebel group, who have seized swaths of territory in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo,...
Gov. Hochul signs package aimed to help prevent, treat substance use disorder
Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed a legislative package aimed to help New Yorkers prevent and treat substance use disorder, her...
US House passes massive $1.7 trillion spending bill
The House has passed a sweeping $1.7 trillion spending bill that will keep the government from running out of money...
