Abbot blames green energy for power outages in Texas
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has blamed recent widespread power outages in his state on green energy. While issuing the blame...
City launches additional online training to assist NYC job seekers
NYC Department of Small Business Services (SBS) Commissioner Jonnel Doris has announced that additional career paths in the industrial, media,...
Biden extends mortgage relief, moratorium on home foreclosures
The White House has announced a program to extend mortgage relief and a moratorium on home foreclosures through June as...
Financial Focus: The Path to a Bigger Tax Refund for 2021 – Business & Self-Employment (Part 4 of 7)
By Professor Anthony Rivieccio MBA PFA If you have been keeping track of our income tax deduction series, you should...
NAACP files federal lawsuit, accuses Trump, Giuliani of inciting U.S. Capitol riot
WASHINGTON D.C—Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson has filed a federal lawsuit on February 16 accusing Donald J. Trump, Rudy Giuliani, the Proud Boys...
Literariobics: Review of “Alchemy : Another Name For Love”
Albert V. Nikolla Tunisian poet Hella Tekali has her own style of writing distinctive poetry, among thousands of other poems....
Lincoln Project to investigate allegations of inappropriate behavior by John Weaver
Lincoln Project has disclosed move to investigate allegations of inappropriate behavior by John Weaver. The legal move was disclosed in...
Arab world needs a renaissance of the sciences
SARA AL-MULLA Excitement was building as the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission — the UAE’s Hope probe — successfully entered...
Former Nigeria’s finance minister Okonjo-Iweala appointed WTO Director General
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has appointed former Nigeria's finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the new director-general. Ngozi now becomes...
Former Argentine President Carlos Menem dies at 90
Former Argentine President Carlos Menem, has died at the age of 90 due to ailing health. Menem had been in...
Biden to speak at virtual meeting of world’s major economies
President Joe Biden has been scheduled to speak at a virtual meeting of the world’s major economies on Friday. The...
Myanmar’s military extends detention of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar’s military leaders have extended their detention of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Suu Kyi's remand was set to...
IMF: Bahrain’s economy to grow by 3.3%
Bahrain’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will be gradual, with growth projected at 3.3 percent this year after a...
Poor Farmer by Monalisa Parida
He is a poor farmer, Seeking for sympathy and succour. No goal, no dream, no recognition, Feed the world his...
NY City Council votes to pass “Renewable Rikers” Act
Reporter: Moses KuwemaThe New York City Council on Thursday voted on legislation to transfer the land, buildings and facilities of...
NYC expands vaccination effort for Seniors
Reporter: Moses KuwemaMayor Bill de Blasio on Friday announced a three-pronged plan to vaccinate homebound seniors and the essential frontline...
Cuomo extends restaurant, bar closing times
Moses KuwemaGovernor Andrew Cuomo on Friday announced the extension of closing times for restaurants and bars statewide from 10:00 p.m...
UN Security Council sends experts to Sudan
Correspondent: Moses KuwemaThe Security Council on Friday decided to extend until March 12, 2022, the mandate of the panel of...
Senate votes to acquit as Trump celebrates
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell has said that he voted to acquit Donald Trump because he thought it was unconstitutional...
Biden to allow 25,000 asylum-seekers into US
The Biden administration has disclosed plans to allow tens of thousands of people who are seeking asylum and have been...
Lebanon receives first batch of Pfizer vaccines
Lebanon has received its first batch of coronavirus vaccines ahead of a nationwide campaign to start vaccinations in the tiny...
US orders Israel to stop unilateral steps against Palestinians
The US Department of State has demanded that Israel refrain from taking unilateral steps that “undercut efforts to advance a...
Suicide bomber detonates near Somalia’s presidential palace
A suicide bomber has detonated a bomber near a checkpoint outside the presidential palace in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. According to...
Biden promises to reopen schools ‘as quickly as possible’
President Joe Biden has promised to declare safely reopening of schools as soon as his Secretary of Education is confirmed...
White House Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, February 12, 2021
1:31 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Today, we have two very special guests joining us who were just meeting with the President...
‘Women and girls belong in science’, declares UN chief
NYP UN Correspondent: Moses Kuwema Closed labs and increased care responsibilities are just two of the challenges women in scientific...
Muslim Media announces 2020 Merciful Ambassador awardees
The management of Muslim Media Corporation (MMC) in New York has announced the winners of the 2020 Merciful Ambassador Award...
BLAC releases manifesto guide to political offices, calls for reimagining offices
The Black Leadership Action Coalition (BLAC), together with its sister organization The Black Institute (TBI), has a release a political...
US sells million barrels of Iranian fuel
The United States has sold more than a million barrels of Iranian fuel seized under its sanctions program last year....
EU condemns terrorist attack on Abha airport
The European Union has strongly condemned the terrorist attack against Abha International Airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia. While expressing its...
Coalition thwarts ballistic missile launched by Houthis towards Saudi Arabia
The Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen has thwarted and destroyed a ballistic missile that Yemen's Houthi militias launched towards...
Mayor de Blasio delivers testimony on the NYS Executive Budget
Moses Kuwema Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday spoke out against cuts to schools and public health during a pandemic...
Human rights experts urges Egypt to remove activists from ‘terrorist’ list
NYP UN Correspondent: Moses Kuwema UN independent human rights experts appealed on Thursday for authorities in Egypt to remove two...
Over 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in 24 hours, Cuomo announces
Reporter: Moses Kuwema Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Thursday that 106,017 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered in New York...
EDUPEACE | The grammar of conflict
As virtually everyone knows, grammar is the study how words are used in language to form acceptable structures and sentences....
NY Senate passes legislation to combat ‘Ghost Guns’
Moses Kuwema The New York Senate Democratic Majority on Wednesday advanced legislation sponsored by Senators Brad Hoylman and Anna Kaplan...
Biden orders sanctions against Myanmar after military coup
President Joe Biden on Wednesday ordered new sanctions against the military regime in Myanmar, taking action after the military this...
Georgia begins criminal probe into Trump effort to overturn polls
Prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, have disclosed plan to investigate Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the southern state’s 2020 presidential...
NYS DCP, DFS alert consumers about laws to protect recurring services and inactivity fees
The New York State Division of Consumer Protection and the New York State Department of Financial Services have alerted consumers...
Myanmar: Demonstrators begin fourth day of protest, defy ban on large gatherings
Demonstrators in Myanmar have begun the fourth day of protests, defying a ban on large gatherings and threats from coup...
US forces not protecting Syrian oil field — Defense official
A US defense official has said that the United States forces in Syria are not guarding oil fields as previously...
US, UK express concern after latest Houthi escalation in Yemen’s Marib
The United States and Britain expressed their concern over the latest field escalation by the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen’s...
Sudan’s PM reshuffles cabinet to add rebel ministers
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has announced a Cabinet reshuffle to add rebel ministers as part of a peace deal...
Biden’s plan could restore full employment by 2022 — Yellen
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has expressed hope the President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief plan could generate enough growth to...
EU countries expel Russian diplomats in Navalny dispute
Germany, Poland and Sweden have each declared a Russian diplomat in their country “persona non grata,” retaliating in kind to...
UK declines to follow US in suspending Saudi arms sales over Yemen
British ministers have refused to join the US in suspending arms sales to Saudi Arabia for offensive use in war-torn...
UN begins selection of next secretary-general
The United Nations has begun the selection of its next secretary-general. The UN on Friday February 5, 2021, directed the...
Bomb kills 12 security agents in Somalia
Twelve security agents have been killed by a roadside bomb planted outside a Somali town. The bomb explosion on Sunday...
GCC welcomes US appointment of Yemen envoy
The Gulf Cooperation Council has welcomed the United States’ appointment of an envoy to Yemen. Which disclosing this on Sunday...
UAE temporarily restricts COVID-19 vaccinations to elderly, chronic diseases
The United Arab Emirates has disclosed plan to temporarily only vaccinate residents and citizens who are elderly or who have...
WTO: Nigerian President commends Biden administration for endorsing Okonjo-Iweala
The Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has commended the United States President Joe Biden for endorsing Okonjo-Iweala's WTO leadership. In a...
Unless COVID is suppressed everywhere, we’ll be ‘back at square one’, WHO warns
Reporter: Moses KuwemaThe number of people who have received a COVID-19 vaccination now exceeds those reportedly infected, the head of...
UN reappoints Bloomberg as Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions
Reporter: Moses KuwemaUnited Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced Friday the reappointment of Michael R. Bloomberg of the United States as...
UN welcomes US decision to ‘strengthen diplomatic engagement’ towards Yemen peace deal
Moses Kuwema The UN on Friday told journalists that it welcomed the decision by the United States “to strengthen its...
Deputy Secretary-General calls for partnerships, resources to end FGM by 2030
Moses Kuwema UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has said the ripple effects of COVID-19 have created a “shadow pandemic” of...
“This is It” by Neil Desmond
This is part two of Desmond's serialized short story. The first section was published recently in the New York Parrot....
JCRCA condemns Congresswoman Greene’s anti-semitism
The Jewish Community Relations Council of Atlanta has condemned Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's anti-semitism While expressing its indignation in a...
Biden to end US support for Saudi-led offensive in Yemen
President Joe Biden has announced plan bybthe United States to end support for a grinding five-year Saudi-led military offensive in...
Trump rejects Dems’ request to testify at impeachment trial
House Democrats have asked Donald Trump to testify under oath for his Senate impeachment trial, challenging him to respond to...
UN Security Council demands release of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi, others
The United Nations Security Council has demanded the immediate release of Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others who...