NY lawmakers approve $32,000 pay increase
New York State lawmakers have approved a $32,000 pay increase for themselves.The Democratic-led state Assembly and Senate in a rare...
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January 6 panel unveils report, describes Trump ‘conspiracy’
The U.S. House January 6 committee investigating the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol has released its final report...
Federal Government approves $2B extra budget for flood damage
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has approved 819.5 billion naira ($2 billion) supplementary budget for 2022 to help deal with widespread...
NY’s first legal pot dispensary to open in Manhattan on Dec. 29
The first legal adult-use cannabis sales in the state has set to start Dec. 29 at Housing Works Cannabis Co.,...
New York’s MTA approves budget with anticipated 5.5% fare hike
The board of the MTA has adopted a $19.4 billion budget Wednesday that leaves a $600 million hole to be...
UN eases DR Congo arms embargo
The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution that eases a weapons embargo on the Democratic Republic of Congo,...
Elon Musk to resign as Twitter CEO
Elon Musk has said he will step down as chief executive of Twitter after finding a replacement. “I will resign...
Mayor Adams, Dr. Vasan issue ‘tridemic’ health guidance amid holiday season
Mayor Eric Adams has encouraged New Yorkers to continue to take health precautions as he announced new tools to help...
$1.2B affordable housing development breaks ground in BK
As part of a building boom in East New York, Gov. Kathy Hochul and local leaders broke ceremonial ground Monday...
Ex-NYU admin siphones $3.5M in grants
A former New York University finance director has been indicted for fraud. The Manhattan district attorney’s office alleges Cindy Tappe...
NYC not prepared for migrant surge-Mayor Adams
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has said that the city cannot deal with another influx of migrants this winter,...
Elon Musk Twitter poll ends with users seeking departure
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has conducted a poll on the platform asking if he should step down from leading the...
Rwanda migrant plan lawful, High Court rules
The UK government’s plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is legal, two High Court judges has...
Messi breaks record, wins World Cup with Argentina
After winning the 2022 World Cup final, Lionel Messi has surpassed Lothar Matthäus (Germany) for the record of most FIFA...
North Korea releases 2 ballistic missiles in resumption of testing
N Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles capable of reaching Japan North Korea has test-fired a pair of ballistic missiles with...
African National Congress gathers to vote on new leader
Delegates of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) has gathered on Sunday to choose a new party leader, pitting...
Justice for imprisoned, killed protesters in Iran-New Yorkers demand
New Yorkers have protested in front of the home of the Iranian ambassador to the United Nations. More than 100...
France ends Morocco visa restrictions
France’s foreign minister Catherine Colonna said Paris has restored normal consular relations with Morocco following a year-long dispute linked to...
Nurses begin voting to authorize strike over contract negotiations
Thousands of New York City nurses have begun voting to authorize a strike over contract negotiations. The New York State...
NYPD stops holding people to check for warrants
The New York City police department has reached a legal settlement that requires it to abandon a practice in which...
Mayor Adams facilitates solat space at City Hall for Muslim employees
The Mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, has facilitated a solat space at City Hall for his Muslim employees....
Inflation rises to 21.47% as World Bank reduces growth forecast to 3.1%
The World Bank has cut Nigeria’s 2022 growth forecast to 3.1% from a previous forecast of 3.8%. In its latest...
House passes referendum to ‘decolonize’ Puerto Rico
The U.S. House has passed a bill that would allow Puerto Rico to hold the first-ever binding referendum on whether...
Gov. Kathy Hochul bans retail sale of dogs, cats, rabbits
Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation aimed at cracking down on puppy mills.The bill was passed by the Legislature earlier...
US, Africa firms seal additional $15B of deals at Washington Summit
U.S. President Joe Biden has announced an additional $15 billion in new investments for Africa as part of his administration's...
Federal government sues over Gov. Doug Ducey’s shipping container wall
The U.S. government has sued Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and the state over the placement of shipping containers as a...
SUNY cheapens tuition for refugee students
Top officials at New York's public college and university system have granted in-state tuition for refugee students who are from...
Eskom CEO André de Ruyter resigns
South African state power utility's chief executive André de Ruyter has resigned, the country's government-owned public broadcaster SABC and local...
Mayor Adams establishes investment to support preschool special education, expand access
Mayor Eric Adams has said that New York City will finally give children with disabilities the support they deserve in...
City comptroller discloses NYCHA, capital projects, job creation
The office of city Comptroller Brad Lander has announced that a new committee of public housing residents will help create...
US commits $55bn to Africa over next three years
The White House has said ahead of the US-Africa Leaders summit that it was pledging $55 billion in economic, health,...
New York announces new agency to combat antisemitism
State and national leaders in New York City have vowed to crack down on antisemitism, comparing record rates of Jew-hatred...
Over 100 attend community human rights breakfast organised in Rockland
Over one hundred non-profit, religious and local leaders attended the community human rights breakfast organised by County Executive Ed Day...
China to lift travel tracking app as it relaxes ‘zero COVID’
China has planned to lift tracking some travel on Monday, potentially reducing the likelihood people will be forced into quarantine...
S. Africa’s Aspen receives $30 mln grant for vaccine manufacturing
Aspen Pharmacare APNJ.J has wrapped up pacts to secure funding of $30 million from the Gates Foundation and the Coalition...
UAW reaches tentative agreement with the New School, calls off strike
The New School has reached a tentative contract agreement with its part-time faculty this weekend, ending a strike that lasted...
Japanese company’s lunar lander launches to the moon
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has blasted off early Sunday from Cape Canaveral, boosting a commercially developed Japanese moon lander...
NYSP warns residents of holiday phone scam
New York State Police has warned and reminded New York residents this holiday season that NYSP does not solicit citizens...
Biden to back African Union spot in G20 at US-Africa summit
President Joe Biden next week has planned to announce U.S. support for the African Union's admission to the G20 group...
American journalist Grant Wahl dies after collapsing at Qatar World Cup
American sportswriter Grant Wahl has died while covering the Netherlands and Argentina World Cup match in Qatar on Friday night....
Uber sues NYC Taxi & Limo Commission to block driver wage hike
Uber Technologies Inc. has sued the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission to block an increase in rates it...
Tunisians protest against Saied ahead of parliamentary elections
Hundreds of Tunisians have taken to the streets to protest against President Kais Saied a week before parliamentary elections are...
UK unveils next-generation fighter to be built with Italy, Japan
Japan, Britain and Italy have said they would jointly develop a next-generation fighter jet in a project that held scope...
Face masks returns to forefront amid triple threat of Covid-19, flu, RSV
New York state health and education officials have sent a letter to school districts with recommendations, including wearing masks indoors,...
Democrats propose permanent $1,500 state child tax credit to reduce rising poverty
Democratic lawmakers has introduced new legislation to increase the state child tax credit for working families in efforts to address...
Letitia James defends probe of sex harass allegations against chief of staff
New York Attorney General Letitia James has defended herself against allegations she dragged her feet investigating sexual harassment allegations against...
Hochul approves notification law for New York nursing homes
Governor Kathy Hochul has signed new legislation Wednesday, requiring residential healthcare facilities to update residents as well as their family...
Israeli energy firm signs joint natural gas exploration deal with Morocco
Israel’s NewMed Energy has announced it has signed a deal with Morocco and Adarco Energy for offshore natural gas exploration...
Adams announces employers, mediation program to help domestic workers
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York City Department of Consumer and Employee Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Vilda Vera Mayuga...
Trump companies convicted on all charges in Manhattan criminal tax fraud case
A jury in New York has found two Trump Organization companies guilty on all charges of tax fraud and other...
West African monetary union to grow 5.7% in 2022
The growth rate within the countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), has amounted to 5.7% in...
Judge drops corruption charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Benjamin
A federal judge has thrown out bribery and fraud charges against former New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, saying the...
U.S. expands deportation relief to some 264,000 Haitians
The U.S. government on Monday has broadened a program that allows certain Haitian immigrants to live and work in the...
New York attorney general’s office faces questions over investigation that led to resignation of top aide
The office of State Attorney General Letitia James has been called to provide more details about an internal sexual harassment...
Nigeria resumes Abuja-Kaduna train service attacked by gunmen
A train service linking Nigeria’s capital Abuja with the northern city of Kaduna has resumed operations eight months after it...
Trump claims grounds for “termination” of U.S. Constitution
Former US President Donald Trump has called for the termination of the Constitution and termed the 2020 election 'massive fraud'....
New York Health Commissioner Mary Bassett to resign
New York State Health Commissioner Mary Bassett, a longtime public servant who took over the agency last year, has been...
Robbers escape with $10,000 from NYC smoke shop
Armed robbers have made off with $10,000 from a Queens tobacco store, police said. The NYPD is now looking for...
Rebel commander discloses 65% of fighters ‘disengaged’ from Tigray
The commander-in-chief of the Tigray rebel forces has said that 65 percent of his forces have “disengaged”, a month after...
DRC declares three days of mourning after ‘massacre’ of over 100 people
Three days of national mourning has began in the DR Congo on Saturday after the alleged massacre of civilians in...
