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...
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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...
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...
NASA to conduct global water survey from space
A NASA-led international satellite mission was set for blastoff from Southern California early on Thursday on a major Earth...
Biden-branded cocaine found in NYC bust
Authorities say a hidden trap compartment in the rear passenger cabin of a Queens' man 's car included six...
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...
Fire destroys evidence at NYPD warehouse in Brooklyn
A huge fire tore through a waterfront warehouse in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning that the NYPD uses as an...
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...
Children’s Tylenol disappearing from drug store shelves as NYC gets hit by RSV, COVID, flu tripledemic
Drug stores across New York City are struggling to keep Children’s Tylenol and other medicines on their shelves as...
Body of soccer journalist Grant Wahl returned to US as second journalist dies at World Cup in Qatar
The remains of soccer journalist Grant Wahl arrived back in the United States on Monday after he died last...
The Africa Institute announces multi-disciplinary meet covering Indian Ocean region
The Africa Institute based in Sharjah has announced the Indian Ocean region to be the third edition of...
US court hears testimony on diplomatic status of ally of Venezuela’s Maduro
A US court on Monday began hearing testimony from Venezuelan officials on the diplomatic status of Alex Saab, an...
UK defense, spy chiefs among 32 sanctioned by Iran
Iran on Monday sanctioned the heads of the UK’s domestic spy agency and military along with British and German political...
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...
NASA uncrewed Orion capsule heads for splashdown after Artemis I flight around moon
NASA’s uncrewed Orion capsule hurtled through space on Sunday on the final return leg of its voyage around the...
Missing 5-year-old girl Aspen Jeter found in Virginia, father arrested for murder of mother
A missing 5-year-old South Carolina girl has been found alive in Virginia and her father has been arrested in...
Elon Musk threatens to sue Twitter leakers, reporter says
Elon Musk took aim at Twitter staffers leaking internal information to the media, vowing that those who continue to...
UAE probes CEO of private sector company for violating Emiratization regulations
The United Arab Emirate’s Public Prosecution announced Saturday that it is investigating the CEO of a private sector company...
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...
New York Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez under investigation by House Ethics Committee
Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is under a House ethics investigation, according to a statement issued by the House Committee...
Dbanj arrested, detained over fraud, connivance with government officialsÂ
A Nigerian musician, Oladapo Oyebanji, famously known as D'banj has been arrested and detained by anti-graft agency, the Independent...
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...
California school principal left suicide note ahead of court date
A California elementary school principal who died by suicide ahead of a court date to answer to child...
Iran state TV denies termination of morality police
Iran’s state-run al-Alam news channel has denied media reports claiming the country’s morality police had been shut down. Earlier...
Australia starts building most powerful radio telescope
Australia on Monday started building a vast network of antennas in the Outback, its section of what planners say...
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...
