Crypto assets worth $740M recovered in FTX bankruptcy
The company tasked with locking down assets of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading said it has recovered $740 million...
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Investigators seize 32,000 fentanyl pills at JFK airport hotel in Queens
Two California men have been arrested at a Hampton Inn at John F. Kennedy Airport Monday allegedly in possession of...
Germany decides to end military mission in Mali by May 2024
Germany has decided to withdraw its troops from the UN’s peacekeeping mission in Mali by May 2024, a government spokesman...
Gov. Hochul signs partial cryptocurrency mining ban into New York law
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed into law a two-year moratorium on issuing or renewing air permits for one...
Mayor Adams defends cuts by citing ‘economic tsunami,’
Mayor Eric Adams has intended to tighten the city’s budget again. A deficit of billions is expected for next year....
Uganda to deploy 1,000 troops to Congo to fight rebels
Uganda’s army have said on Monday that it will send 1,000 troops to neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by...
City Council takes on New York City school bus shortcomings
The NYC Council has held a joint oversight hearing Monday on the Department of Education's handling of transportation. School is...
More bike lanes, pedestrian spaces coming to NYC next year, DOT says
The New York City Department of Transportation has announced plans to expand bike lanes and public spaces in 2023. The...
Hochul orders police to increase ‘monitoring’ in wake of Colorado LGBTQ nightclub shooting
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has said police will increase surveillance and protection for hate crimes targets following threats against...
New York regulators to propose adult use cannabis rules, approve first 36 shops
New York state's Cannabis Control Board is expected to approve its first set of marijuana retail dispensary licenses at a...
World’s longest-ruling leader holds vote to extend rule of tiny African state
The world’s longest-serving president has sought re-election to continue his 43-year rule in Equatorial Guinea. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo,...
Musk brings back Trump’s Twitter account
Elon Musk has allowed former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Twitter account to be restored after users on the social media...
Emmanuel Macron accuses Russia of feeding disinformation in Africa
Emmanuel Macron has accused Russia of feeding disinformation to further its “predatory project” in Africa, where France has had military...
Biden celebrates 80th birthday as democrats eye younger leaders
United States President Joe Biden has celebrated his 80th birthday. The president who turned 80 Sunday has become the first...
First Deputy Mayor Lorraine Grillo to depart Adams administration
First Deputy Mayor Lorraine Grillo has decided to leave Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, City Hall announced Friday — the third...
Adams signs bills to address New York City’s rat problem, but tenants are skeptical
Mayor Eric Adams has signed legislation to address the city's growing rat problem. Friday's news conference had almost as many...
Ghana minister ‘sorry’ for economic crisis, fends off criticism
Ghana’s Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta on Friday has said he was “truly sorry” for the country’s economic hardships but defended...
Workers at over 100 US Starbucks stores strike on ‘Red Cup Day’
Workers at over 100 unionized Starbucks stores around the US have walked off the job, coinciding with Starbucks’ Red Cup...
NYC pitches $24 minimum wage for UberEATS, Door Dash workers by 2025
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP)has issued a report outlining its planned wage floors for...
Civil servants plan to march to Treasury
South African civil servants have planned to march to the National Treasury in the administrative capital Pretoria and in the...
NYC FC strike agreement to build new ‘US$780m’ stadium in Queens
New York City officials have reached an agreement to build the city's first professional soccer stadium in Queens.The 25,000-seat stadium...
Donald Trump 2024: Ex-president discloses presidential run
Former President Donald Trump has officially announced he is running for president in 2024, marking his third bid for the...
Cocaine worth $450,000 seized from wheelchair wheels in New York– Feds
A woman has been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle nearly half a million dollars’ worth of cocaine into the...
Republicans nominate Kevin McCarthy for House leadership
House Republicans have nominated Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the current minority leader, as their candidate for speaker of the House on...
Feds should take over NYC jails, say defense lawyers
New York City’s largest legal aid nonprofit has ramped up its efforts for a federal takeover of the Big Apple’s...
NYC mayor announces reforms to NYC housing vouchers
Facing both a housing crisis and a homeless crisis, Mayor Eric Adams has announced a series of reforms on Monday...
Jobless rate rises as UK prepares to tighten belts again
The United Kingdom unemployment rate has edged up to 3.6 per cent but remains close to the lowest level in...
Nana Akufo-Addo fires junior finance minister over corruption allegations
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday has fired Charles Adu Boahen, minister of state for finance, after allegations of corruption...
Concerns over e-bike lithium-ion battery fire safety prompts hearing in NYC
The New York City Council has planned to hold a hearing on e-bikes and battery safety after recent fires, including...
New York Democrats urge Hochul to push out state party chair
Members of the New York State Democratic Committee have urged Gov. Kathy Hochul to drop Jay Jacobs as the state...
Ethiopia warring sides agree to provide humanitarian access to ‘all in need’
Ethiopia’s government and Tigrayan rebels have agreed to facilitate immediate humanitarian access to “all in need” in war-ravaged Tigray and...
Biden’s Border chief quits amid tension over migrant crossings
The commissioner of Customs Border Protection has resigned Saturday after saying he had been pressured to step down by Homeland...
Adams announces third relief center for asylum seekers in NYC
Mayor Eric Adams has announced the opening of a fourth Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Center that will accommodate male...
Former Falls Church doctor, Robert Cao, pleads guilty to unlawful distribution of substance
Dr. Robert M. Cao, 39, of Lafayette, Louisiana, and previously of Falls Church, Virginia, has pleaded guilty in the U.S....
Donald Trump files lawsuit to fight Jan. 6 committee subpoena
Former President Donald Trump has sued the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in an...
NY Judge halts pot dispensary licenses in parts of New York
A federal judge has temporarily blocked New York from issuing recreational marijuana dispensary licenses in Brooklyn and parts of upstate...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
