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....
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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...
US unveils $700m, next-generation B-21 nuclear bomber
The United States has unveiled its latest high-tech strategic bomber – the B-21 Raider – which is capable of carrying...
NY attorney general’s longtime chief of staff quits amid sexual harassment allegations
The chief of staff to New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) has resigned following an investigation into at least...
Rebels massacred 50 civilians in eastern town– Congolese army
The armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have accused the M23 rebel group and its allies...
NY considers more regulation of virtual currency
New York state financial regulators have considered new regulations for virtual currency businesses as the sector has fallen under scrutiny...
Governor Hochul anounces $28M in federal funding to help students prepare for college
Governor Hochul has announced that the state has been awarded $28 million to increase college and career readiness, for over...
South Africa president face impeachment threat over ‘Farmgate’
An independent panel appointed by the speaker of South Africa’s parliament has found preliminary evidence that President Cyril Ramaphosa violated...
New York Sen. Joe Addabbo wants Jets back in Queens
The New York Jets have called East Rutherford, New Jersey their home since 1984 after spending their first 24 seasons...
Construction of 339 mile power line begins in NY
Construction has started on the longest stretch of the Champlain Hudson Power Express — a 339-mile transmission line to bring...
NYC reaches settlement in class-action lawsuit over release delays at Rikers Island
New York City has reached a settlement in a class-action lawsuit over release delays at Rikers Island. Tens of thousands...
Jiang Zemin: Former Chinese leader dies aged 96
Former Chinese President Jiang Zemin has died at the age of 96, Chinese state media reported. Jiang died at 12:13pm...
New York City to start hospitalizing more mentally ill people involuntarily
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced an initiative that would give the city more leeway to involuntarily hospitalize...
Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect pleads guilty to murder
Payton Gendron has pleaded guilty to state charges stemming from the May shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo. Gendron...
Power woes to worsen as Kariba halts generation over low water levels
Electricity shortages that have been plaguing Zimbabwe are set to worsen after an authority that manages the country’s biggest dam...
Supreme court to limit corruption prosecutions
Supreme Court justices has questioned where to draw the line between political influence and political corruption as they heard arguments...
Fullstack Academy Joins Blackstone-backed Simplilearn
Simplilearn acquires New York-based Fullstack Academy Upskilling edtech platform Simplilearn has acquired US-based bootcamp education company Fullstack Academy, as it...
NY Metropolis DA Bragg downgrades 52% felonies to misdemeanors
New York City’s district attorney has downgraded 52% of all felony cases so far in 2022 to misdemeanors, compared to...
President of Uganda extends the quarantine in the Ebola epicentre by 21 days
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has extended a quarantine placed on two districts that are the epicentre of the country’s Ebola...
Suspected Al Shabaab rebels attack Mogadishu hotel used by Somali officials
Suspected al-Shabab fighters have attacked a hotel used by government officials in the Somali capital Mogadishu, a police officer has...
NYC landlords to be denied criminal background checks for tenants
A new law has being seriously considered by lawmakers in New York City could strip landlords of the ability to...
Cristiano Ronaldo receives three-year, $225 million offer from Saudi Arabia club
After Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United parted ways earlier this week, the superstar has been granted the offer of a...
DRC schedules presidential elections for Dec 2023 amid M23 unrest
Congo schedules presidential elections forThe Democratic Republic of the Congo has said it will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on...
Malawi’s Saulos arrested over $280,000 bribery allegation
Malawi has arrested its Vice President Saulos Chilima and charged him with graft over a bribery scandal involving a British-Malawian...
Good Samaritan saves man form NYC subway crash–NYPD
A good Samaritan has helped save a man from the subway tracks at 116th Street in Manhattan on Thanksgiving, the...
US bans new Huawei equipment sales over ‘unacceptable risk’ to national security
The U.S. has planned to ban the sale of communications equipment made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE and restricting...
Amazon workers strike across the world on Black Friday
Amazon workers and labor activists in roughly 30 countries, including the U.S., plan to walk off the job and stage...
NYC Mayor Adams visits Rikers Island on thanksgiving
Mayor Eric Adams has joined correction officers and detainees at the Rikers Island jail facility on Thanksgiving. “We have a...
Ghana plans to ditch U.S. dollars in favour of gold to buy oil
Ghana plans to buy oil with gold instead of U.S.Ghana’s government has started working on a new policy to buy...
East Congo crisis summit issues call for Friday cease-fire
African leaders have declared a cessation of hostilities in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo starting Friday, according to a...
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...
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,...
