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...
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10-year fixed private student loan rates slide back down
During the week of Dec. 19, 2022, average private student loan rates fell for borrowers with credit scores...
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...
Right whale must remain on endangered species list to avoid extinction, feds say
With fewer than 350 North Atlantic right whales remaining, the federal government on Tuesday declared they must stay on...
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...
UN urges Taliban to end ‘terrible’ restrictions on women
The Taliban must immediately revoke their policies targeting women and girls in Afghanistan, the UN rights chief insisted Tuesday,...
Rep-elect George Santos admits lying about background
Republican George Santos, who flipped a U.S. House seat in New York from blue to red, has admitted to...
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...
Japan minister signs clean energy cooperation document during Saudi visit
Saudi Arabia and Japan signed a memorandum of cooperation (MoC) on Sunday in the fields of the circular carbon...
Russia-Ukraine conflict: Ukraine to call for Russia’s removal as permanent UN security council member
Ukraine is planning to call for Russia to be removed as a permanent member of the United Nations Security...
Nearly three dozen dead as millions across US hunker down against massive winter storm
Millions of people hunkered down in a deep freeze overnight and early morning to ride out the frigid storm...
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...
Top UN, NGO officials set to meet in light of Taliban ban on women staff
Top officials from the United Nations and dozens of NGOs operating in Afghanistan are meeting Sunday to discuss...
Plane fire at JFK Airport injures 5
Five people were reportedly injured after a small fire on a plane at John F. Kennedy International Airport on...
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...
Germany suspends measures to promote business with Iran
Germany’s government is suspending state measures designed to foster business with Iran due to the repression of nationwide protests...
Two children killed in Staten Island house fire
A house fire killed two children on Staten Island and left two others in critical condition on Friday morning....
Winter storm drenches NYC with heavy rain, flooding, followed by arctic chill
Heavy rain has caused major flooding across parts of New York City, as temperatures are set to plummet into...
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...
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...
NY gas prices drop to lowest average in nearly a year
Gas prices in New York continued to drop this week, falling to their lowest average since January 2022. Nationwide,...
US announces $1.85B weapons package for Ukraine, including Patriot missile
US President Joe Biden approved on Wednesday the drawdown of up to $1 billion in weapons for Ukraine...
Saudi, British finance ministers sign MoUs, discuss investment opportunities
Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan and Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt held a meeting earlier this week...
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...
Saudi Arabia approves draft agreements on atomic energy, economic crime
Saudi Arabia’s cabinet rounded off 2022 by furthering its intentions to cooperate with a number of countries in fields...
Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister says OPEC+ leaves politics out of decisions
OPEC+ members leave politics out of the decision making process and out of their assessments and forecasting, Saudi energy...
NYC seeks federal aid for influx of asylum seekers if Title 42 ends
Title 42, a Trump-era immigration policy, has prevented hundreds of thousands of migrants from seeking asylum in the U.S....
$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...
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...
Oppenheimer wrongly stripped of security clearance, US says nearly 70 years later
The Biden administration has reversed a decades-old decision to revoke the security clearance of Robert Oppenheimer, the physicist called...
Virginia Gov Glenn Youngkin bans TikTok, WeChat on state devices
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin is following in the footsteps of Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and banning TikTok for some...
Pentagon receives ‘several hundred’ new UFO sighting reports
The deputy director of naval intelligence briefs Congress during the first hearing on UFOs in decades. A new Pentagon office...
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...
EU warns Musk of ‘sanctions’ after Twitter suspensions
The EU on Friday warned Elon Musk that Twitter could be subject to sanctions under a future...
Japan unveils biggest military build-up since World War Two
Japan on Friday unveiled its biggest military build-up since World War Two with a $320 billion plan that will...
Twitter abruptly suspends journalists covering Elon Musk, company
Twitter on Thursday suspended several journalists who have been covering owner Elon Musk and his tumultuous ownership of the...
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...
