Time to Hit the Ground Moving
Greetings Destiny Friends, It is my pleasure to officially welcome everyone to the year 2023. Permit to say a Happy...
Edwin Chiloba: LGBTQ activist found dead in Kenya
Kenyan police have discovered the body of prominent LGBTQ rights campaigner Edwin Chiloba stuffed inside a metal box in the...
NYC public schools ban access to AI tool that could help students cheat
Public schools in New York City have restricted access to ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot developed by Microsoft’s OpenAI,...
Uber drivers strike in New York after company blocks raises, fare hikes
Hundreds of Uber drivers have gathered outside the company’s headquarters in downtown New York and chants echoed across the 9/11...
NYPD names suspect in anti-Semitic attack in Central Park
The New York City Police Department has identified a man it is searching for in connection with an anti-Semitic...
Amazon confirms more than 18,000 employees to be laid off
Amazon has announced it will cut more than 18,000 jobs from its workforce, citing “the uncertain economy” and the fact...
Govt seeks to curb pollution with anti-plastic law
In an effort to tackle environmental pollution, Angolan President João Lourenço has set up a task force to draft a...
Coinbase reaches $100m settlement with New York regulators
New York has announced a $100 million settlement with Coinbase on Wednesday over what state officials called significant failures in...
Afghanistan Taliban administration in oil extraction deal with Chinese company
Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration is to sign a contract with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu Darya...
Russia-Ukraine conflict: Ukraine military says killed 800 Russian soldiers in 24 hours
Ukraine’s military estimated on Thursday that 800 Russian soldiers were killed in the past day, mostly in fighting in...
Minister Nureddin Nebati announces cheaper mortgages for mid-income Turks
Turkish Finance Minister Nureddin Nebati has said that mortgages with lower rates and longer maturities would be offered to middle-income...
House adjourns after McCarthy falls speaker votes
The United States House of Representatives has adjourned without a Speaker, following the failure of Republican leader Kevin McCarthy to...
Frank James pleads guilty to Brooklyn subway shooting
Frank James has pleaded guilty to opening fire on a New York City subway car during the morning commute on...
Ronaldo says turned down clubs in Europe, Brazil, Australia, US to join Al Nassr
Cristiano Ronaldo said he turned down offers from clubs in Europe, Brazil, Australia, and the US to join Saudi...
Russia-Ukraine conflict Zelenskyy says Russia planning prolonged attacks with Iran-made drones to exhaust Ukraine
Russia is planning to launch a long-term campaign of attacks against Ukraine using Iranian-made drones in an effort to...
Gov. Jared Polis plans to send migrants to New York, mayor says
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis has planned to send migrants to major cities including New York, Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday,...
Car crashes into Manhattan restaurant, injures more than 18
More than a dozen people have been injured after a car crashed into an Upper Manhattan restaurant Monday. Thankfully, everyone...
President lifts six-year ban on political rallies
Tanzania’s president Samia Suluhu Hassan has lifted a ban on opposition rallies imposed in 2016 by her strongman predecessor, in...
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...