19-year-old Times Square machete attack suspect charged with attempted murder
The New York Police Department says a man accused of attacking police with a machete near Times Square...
NYC nurses, hospitals resume contract talks; some reach pact
A possible strike by thousands of New York City nurses is looming even though nurses at one hospital reached...
Kathy Hochul begins first 4-year term in New York
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has sworn in for her first elected term, making history as the first woman elected...
Army kills 2 Palestinians in West Bank confrontation
The Israeli army has killed two Palestinian men during a raid on a village near the city of Jenin in...
Cholera surge in Malawi delays reopening of schools
Malawi has delayed the opening of public schools in its two major cities of Blantyre and Lilongwe, the health minister...
North Korea’s Kim orders new ICBM, bigger nuclear arsenal to counter US threats
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for developing new intercontinental ballistic missiles and a larger nuclear arsenal to...
Several killed, wounded in blast near Kabul military airfield: Official
An explosion at the entrance to a military airfield in the Afghan capital killed and wounded several people on...
Stampede during New Year fireworks kills at least nine in Uganda
At least nine people, including a 10-year-old boy, have died as crowds rushing to see a New Year’s firework display...
Stampede during New Year fireworks kills at least nine in Uganda
At least nine people, including a 10-year-old boy, have died as crowds rushing to see a New Year’s firework display...
Teen attacks three NYPD officers with machete near Times Square
Three NYPD officers have been hospitalized after a man attacked them with a machete near Times Square on New Year’s...
Police searches for guardian of girl found alone in Bronx
Police are searching for the parents or guardians of a young girl they found wandering alone in the Bronx on...
Convicted Manhattan pharma millionaire dies after US Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor denies bail
A Manhattan pharma millionaire convicted of killing her 8-year-old autistic son was found dead in a Brooklyn apartment...
Court sentences 46 Ivorian soldiers to jail
A court in Mali has sentenced 46 soldiers from Ivory Coast to 20 years’ imprisonment for conspiring against the government,...
NYC nurses disclose 10-day strike plan
The New York State Nurses Association have announced that nurses at eight of the city's biggest private hospitals delivered a...
Biden issues six pardons, most for minor drug offenses
President Joe Biden has issued six presidential pardons, five of whom to people with prior drug convictions and another to...
The Success of 2023
Dear Destiny Friends, Compliments of the season. Today is a special day globally because many countries are already celebrating New...
Ronaldo signs with Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr: Report
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo has signed a $75 million-a-year contract with Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr football club, CBS...
Israel-Palestine conflict: Palestinians says UN vote on Israel’s occupation ‘a victory’
The Palestinians on Saturday welcomed a vote by the United Nations General Assembly to ask the International Court of...
Biden says looks forward to working with Netanyahu, supports two-state solution
US President Joe Biden said on Thursday he looked forward to working with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin...
South Africa mourns victims of tanker blast as death toll jumps to 34
Families and friends of victims of a gas tanker explosion in Johannesburg on Christmas Eve have gathered on Friday morning...
President Joe Biden signs $1.7 trillion bill funding government operations
President Joe Biden has signed a $1.7 trillion spending bill that will keep the federal government operating through the end...
New York’s first legal recreational marijuana shop opens
New York's first legal recreational marijuana dispensary has opened in the heart of Manhattan. More than 100 people crowded into...
Rwanda accuses DR Congo of violating airspace
The government of Rwanda has expressed a concern of continued aggression from the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC).According to a communique...
US announces strict Covid rules on travel after surge in infections in China
The United States has announced the beginning of requiring negative COVID-19 tests or a document of recovery for travelers flying...
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...
US to require COVID-19 testing for travelers from China
The U.S. announced new COVID-19 testing requirements Wednesday for all travelers from China, joining other nations imposing restrictions because...
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...
Nassau County DA launches investigation into Rep-elect George Santos
The Nassau County District Attorney's office is launching an investigation into congressman-elect George Santos, amid growing calls for...
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...
Iraq PM summons central banker as currency slides
Iraq’s premier summoned the central bank governor Tuesday amid worries sparked by a currency drop against the dollar, with...
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...
Brazil football legend Pele’s family gather at hospital bedside
Brazil football legend Pele’s family members gathered at the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo on Saturday, where the...
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...
Have a Merry, Joyful Christmas
Dear Destiny Friends, I believe it is in order to say compliments of the season. We are officially in the...
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...
UK warns citizens not to get ‘blind drunk’ amid ambulance strike
Thousands of ambulance workers in Britain began a one-day strike on Wednesday, with unions and the government swapping accusations...