Barack, Michelle Obama unveil official portraits in White House ceremony
Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama has returned to the White House on Wednesday for the...
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Solomon Islands PM accuses Australia of interference
The Solomon Islands' prime minister has accused Australia of interference over its offer to help fund an election he controversially...
Steve Bannon faces state indictment in NY, to surrender on Thursday
Former Trump White House Strategist, Steve Bannon, has been indicted in New York and is expected to surrender to state...
Biden to meet with China’s Xi Jinping at G-20 summit
President Biden has scheduled a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the November G-20 summit in Indonesia. “If he’s...
Daylight Africa Week launched in Senegal as AU-20 commemoration holds in Gambia
Daylight Africa Week has been officially launched in Dakar, Senegal. The AU-20 commemoration is scheduled to hold in The Gambia....
Boris Johnson bids farewell to 10 Downing Street
Boris Johnson bids farewell Boris Johnson’s era has officially come to an end and his farewell speech earlier today shed...
California governor signs fast-food bill with potential $22 an hour minimum wage
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday has signed a nation-leading measure giving more than a half-million fast food workers more...
Judge grants Trump’s motion to appoint special master in Mar-a-Lago FBI raid
A federal judge on Monday has granted former President Donald Trump’s request to appoint a special master to review the...
John Sullivan departs post as U.S. ambassador, set to retire
John Sullivan, the United States' ambassador to Russia has left his post and will retire, the US Embassy announced Sunday....
Liz Truss is the U.K.’s next prime minister
Britain's Conservative Party has announced its new leader is Liz Truss, who has served as foreign minister for the past...
Turkey’s inflation hits new 24-year high beyond 80%
Turkey’s annual inflation has climbed to a fresh 24-year high of 80.21% in August, a bit below expectations according to...
NASA not to go for Artemis I launch in early Sep after 2 failed attempts
The US space agency has decided not to attempt the launch of the Artemis I Moon mission in early September as the...
Texas governor says rape victims can take Plan B morning-after pill
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has said this week that rape victims in his state can take Plan B, a pregnancy-preventing...
US airlines cancel, delay thousands of Labor Day weekend flights
Hundreds of flights were delayed on major U.S. airlines ahead of the Labor Day holiday. According to the cancellation tracker...
Judge shoots down Steve Bannon’s bid for new contempt of Congress trial
Former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon has been denied a new trial by a DC federal judge Friday following...
Umrah pilgrims can use any airport in Saudi Arabia, ministry explains
The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has clarified that there are no specified airports for the arrival of pilgrims in...
NYC sues Starbucks for firing union organizer
New York City’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection has planned to sue Starbucks for violating the city’s “just cause”...
New Saudi airline to be named ‘RIA’, says report
The most-awaited new airline in the region has launched by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund might be named “RIA”, according...
Putin snubs Gorbachev’s funeral
Vladimir Putin will not attend the funeral of Mikhail Gorbachev, the Kremlin has said in a snub of the former...
CDC signs off on updated Covid-19 boosters
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has signed off Thursday on the recommendation...
Obamas’ official portraits set for White House unveiling after Trump snub
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden has planned to host former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama next...
Turkey raises electricity, gas prices by 50% for industry, 20% for homes
Turkish authorities has raised electricity and natural gas prices for households by around 20% and by around 50% for industry...
McDonald’s fights California’s fast food bill
California lawmakers want more control over how fast food chains treat workers. Restaurants, including McDonald's, are fighting back. Earlier this...
China’s humanitarian assistance for flood victims reaches Pakistan
China's aid for flood victims of Pakistan has reached the country's southern port city of Karachi on Tuesday. The humanitarian...
Elon Musk seeks to delay Twitter trial in light of whistleblower claim
Elon Musk's legal team is seeking to delay the trial with Twitter over their $44 billion acquisition deal by a...
NYC officials want credit-card companies to help track gun and ammo sales
New York City officials has said they want major credit-card companies to create a code to track purchases of guns...
NYC government partners CUNY to reconnect dropouts
The New York City government has partnered the City's university to launch a Reconnect program that helps dropouts to gain...
Top-level FBI agent under fire for role in Hunter Biden investigation resigns
Timothy Thibault, a top-level FBI agent who had been under fire for his role in investigations regarding President Biden's son,...
Honda, LG to build $4.4 billion electric vehicle battery plant in U.S.
Major South Korean battery maker LG and Japanese automaker Honda are investing $4.4 billion in a joint venture in the...
Secret Service official at center of testimony about Trump’s actions on Jan. 6 retires
Tony Ornato, the senior Secret Service official who broke with agency precedent to serve as a political adviser during former...
Launch of NASA’s Artemis 1 test flight in doubt
After months of tests, troubleshooting and repairs, engineers fueled the Space Launch System moon rocket for blastoff early Monday on...
Biden expected to visit Pittsburgh for Labor Day
President Biden is expected to visit Pittsburgh next Monday and is likely to attend the city's famed Labor Day parade....
Judge plans to appoint special master in Trump records case
A federal judge in Florida has told the Justice Department to provide her with more specific information about the classified...
UK Muslim charity leads record-breaking blood donations
A British Muslim charity is attempting to break the world record on Saturday for the largest number of blood donations...
US warships transit Taiwan Strait, first since Pelosi visit
Two U.S. Navy warships have sailed through international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the first such operation since...
US, China reach lankmark audit oversight agreement
China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) and the Ministry of Finance have signed an audit oversight cooperation agreement with the US...
Saudi embassy following up on case of citizen killed by security guards in Morocco
The Saudi Embassy in Morocco has confirmed that a Saudi citizen has been killed in Casablanca when a group of...
Joe Biden mocks Donald Trump over claim he ‘declassified everything’
President Joe Biden has mocked his predecessor's claims that all the classified material brought with him to his South Florida...
Pentagon releases plan to mitigate civilian casualties in U.S. airstrikes
The Pentagon has released a plan aimed at better preventing civilian casualties and harm to civilian infrastructure in U.S. airstrikes....
Elon Musk’s SpaceX and T-Mobile join forces to bring cellphone service to remote areas
U.S wireless carrier T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) has planned to use Elon Musk-owned SpaceX’s Starlink satellites to provide mobile users...
Judge orders Trump search affidavit be made public with redactions
A federal judge has ordered the affidavit that was used to justify the search warrant on former President Trump's residence...
BABA Inc. organizes safety training in causes, prevention of home fire
The Executive Director, BABA Inc., Abdoulaye Cisse, has organized training in causes and prevention of home fire. The training was...
California approves plan to ban sales of gas-powered cars by 2035
California has set to ban the sale of new gasoline vehicles by 2035 as the state takes dramatic steps to...
New York’s highest court to hear Weinstein conviction appeal
New York's highest court has agreed to hear an appeal from Harvey Weinstein over his 2020 rape conviction. A spokesman...
NSCIA mourns slain innocent Muslim boy, hails death sentence of Nigerian pastor
The Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) has commended the Nigerian Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos State, for...
Biden to make announcement on student loan relief on Wednesday
President Biden is expected to make an announcement on student loan relief on Wednesday, according to two sources familiar with...
U.S. airstrikes hit Iran-backed militia infrastructure in Syria, U.S. says
The United States has carried out airstrikes in eastern Syria targeting facilities used by Iranian-backed militias, a U.S. military spokesman...
UK inflation could hit 18 percent next year: Citi forecasts
British consumer price inflation has set to peak at 18 percent in early 2023 – nine times the Bank of...
Elon Musk subpoenas former Twitter CEO and friend Jack Dorsey
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has subpoenaed his friend and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as part of an effort to...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom rejects legal drug injection sites bill
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a state bill that would allow Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco to open...
Luxury hotel in Mumbai receives bomb threat call, “probe on”
A luxury hotel in Mumbai has allegedly received a call threatening that four bombs had been planted in the hotel....
Cardinal Zen arrested in Hong Kong
Hong Kong police has taken into custody Card Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, a well-known supporter of the local pro-democracy movement, various...
Police file terrorism charges against Pakistan’s Imran Khan
Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, authorities said Monday, escalating political tensions in the...
U.S. and South Korea commence biggest military drills in years amid North Korea threats
The United States and South Korea have began their biggest combined military training in years Monday as they heighten their...
China sentences billionaire Xiao Jianhua to 13 years, fines Tomorrow Holdings $8.1 billion
A Shanghai court has sentenced Chinese-Canadian billionaire Xiao Jianhua, not seen in public since 2017, to 13 years in jail...
Plane fails to land as pilots reportedly fall asleep during flight
Ethiopian Airlines has suspended two passenger jet pilots following reports they fell asleep midway through a flight on Monday, causing...
Hochul orders Bronx assault suspect back into custody
A man accused of putting a Bronx resident in a coma during an unprovoked attack last week has been taken...
US Treasury official to visit India to discuss Indo-Pacific, economic relationship
US Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Wally Adeyemo has planned to travel to India for meetings and events in Mumbai...
Newest U.S. aid package to Ukraine to include surveillance drones
The U.S. for the first time has said it will give Ukraine Scan Eagle surveillance drones, mine-resistant vehicles, anti-armor rounds...
After 100 days in prison, Nigerian journalist, Hammed Bashiru, solicits mercy
Nigerian journalist, Bashiru Hammed Adewale Bashiru, has spent exactly one hundred days in detention. Hammed who is also the publisher...
