NY voters head to pawnshops for cash to pay bills
New Yorkers are facing economic issues and they move in large groups to pawnshops for cash in order to help...
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Long-distance bus driver’s unwillingness to stop for prayer sparks debate in Turkey
A long-distance bus driver’s unwillingness to stop so that a passenger could pray in Turkey has helped ignite a fresh...
UAE, Egypt presidents witness signing of agreement to develop onshore wind project
The presidents of the UAE and Egypt witnessed the signing of an agreement on Tuesday to develop a 10 gigawatt...
Malawi gets 2.9 mln cholera vaccine doses as outbreak spreads
Malawi has received 2.9 million doses of oral cholera vaccine as an outbreak continues to spread across the country, the...
Court orders Kenya Airways pilots to end strike, resume work tomorrow
Hundreds of striking pilots at Kenya Airways have been ordered by a court to resume work by Wednesday while the...
NYC Mayor’s Weekly Community Update: Rikers Reform
When I came into office as the 110th Mayor, there was no question that the city’s main jail, Rikers Island,...
Taiwan to invest 10 mln euros towards chip production in Lithuania
Taiwan, the world's biggest supplier of semiconductors, has disclosed a plan to invest more than 10 million euros ($9.98 million)...
NYC Marathon returns: Chebet, Lokedi of Kenya win in debuts
Evans Chebet of Kenya has won the New York City Marathon men’s race and Sharon Lokedi of Kenya won the...
Tigray, Ethiopia region launch hotline in new move towards peace
The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces have established a telephone hotline following a truce struck last week, the African Union’s...
Arab Monetary Fund extends $74m loan to Tunisia to boost its fiscal position
Tunisia has signed a $74 million loan with the Arab Monetary Fund, a regional lender, to support public finance reforms,...
Lunar eclipse to occur on Tuesday
A total eclipse of the moon is expected to happen on Tuesday. This happens because the sunlight shining directly onto...
Crew survive Royal Saudi fighter jet crash
A Royal Saudi Air Force F-15S fighter jet crashed at the King Abdulaziz Air Base training area due to a...
DP World to invest around $500M to reduce CO2 emissions
DP World, a Dubai-owned ports giant has expressed intention to invest in clean energy technology. The investment which is set...
At least 300 people killed in Mahsa Amini protests in Iran
“At least 304 people, including 41 children and 24 women, have been killed in the ongoing nationwide protests,” the Oslo-based...
UAE health authorities announce further ease of Covid measures
On Sunday, health authorities in the United Arab Emirates have announced the easing of several COVID-19 measures as cases continue...
Afghanistan school attack: Schoolgirl passes university entrance exams after September attack
An Afghan teenager Fatemeh Amiri, 17, who was severely injured in a suicide attack on her school in September has...
Iran says it supplied drones to Russia before Ukraine war began
Iran has acknowledged for the first time that it supplied Moscow with drones but said they were sent before the...
Ghanaians take to the streets demanding resignation of President Akufo-Addo
Hundreds of protesters have marched through Ghana’s capital, Accra, calling for the resignation of President Nana Akufo-Addo amid an economic...
Ugandans react as parliament approves $464m loan to finance infrastructures
Fierce reactions have trailed the approval of a $464 million loan approved by the Ugandan parliament. According to the parliament,...
Saudi Arabia to build primary healthcare worth $1.5M in Yemen
Saudi Arabia is building a round-the-clock primary healthcare center in Yemen. The building reportedly costs $1.5 million, according to the...
Pakistan to receive $13B in funding from China, Saudi Arabia
Pakistan has been assured of $13 billion in funding from China and Saudi Arabia. This is following the nation's battle...
Former NYPD cop found guilty in son’s death
Former NYPD officer Michael Valva has been found guilty of murder in the death of his 8-year-old son. A jury...
Kenya Airways Flights disrupted as pilots begin strike
Kenya Airways flights has been disrupted Saturday as a strike by its pilots demanding better working conditions grounded over a...
NYC Council approves historic FDNY diversity legislation
The City Council has passed a package of bills aimed at improving “the historic lack of racial and gender diversity”...
New York hails $523M ‘landmark’ settlement on opioid crisis
Teva Pharmaceuticals has reached a settlement Thursday with the New York attorney general to pay up to $523 million for...
Judge agrees to appoint monitor for Trump Organization assets
A state judge has granted a request by the New York attorney general for an order appointing a monitor to...
Iran poses cybersecurity threat to Saudi Arabia, other Gulf countries
Iran poses a very real cybersecurity threat to Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries and could target key industries such...
Crown Prince announces launch of first Saudi electric vehicle brand
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman announced the launch of Ceer, the first Saudi electric vehicle brand that will...
House Speaker Pelosi’s husband returns home after being hospitalized
White House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, has returned home after being hospitalized due to serious injuries allegedly inflicted...
India’s capital battles ‘hazardous’ air pollution levels
On Thursday, the smog air pollution in New Delhi hit “hazardous” levels. Smoke from thousands of crop fires in northern...
Biden urges voters to save American democracy, condemns violence
President Joe Biden of the United States of America spoke on Wednesday night, condemning the rising violence which is fueled...
President Widodo awarded 2022 Peace Prize by Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace
President Joko Widodo of the Republic of Indonesia has won the 2022 Imam Hasan bin Ali International Peace Prize presented...
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan shot during protest
Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has sustained a bullet injury in his leg after a gunman opened fire where he...
US to remove Burkina Faso from trade pact: White House
U.S. President Joe Biden has revealed on Wednesday his intent to exclude Burkina Faso from a U.S.-Africa trade pact, citing...
Donald Trump files another lawsuit against New York’s attorney general
Former President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James in Florida on Wednesday, accusing...
Students hospitalised after inhaling toxic vapour in Sri Lanka
Dozens of Sri Lankan students at a school in a suburb of Colombo were hospitalised on Wednesday after exposure to...
NY’s Hochul widens lead over Zeldin in New York governor’s race
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s has lead over her Republican challenger, Rep. Lee Zeldin, is widening in the state’s gubernatorial...
Treasury sanctions terrorist weapons trafficking network in eastern Africa
The United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned a network of arms traffickers and...
Pick n Pay adding instore crypto payment option after successful trials
The South African grocery retailer Pick n Pay has announced that it has completed the first phase of a pilot...
Supreme Court ruling orders Sen Graham to testify in Georgia election investigation
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) must testify in the Georgia investigation into alleged election...
Gov Hochul navigates campaign homestretch
Amid rising food, energy and housing prices, it is no surprise that many New Yorkers are ranking the economy as...
NY program opens application to help state residents pay energy bills
A New York program has opened up applications to help the state's residents pay their energy bills. New York's Home...
Ghana assumes UN security presidency, prioritizes terrorism
Ghana on Tuesday assumed the presidency of the UN Security Council for November as debates on violent extremism and terrorism...
Nigeria: EFCC arrests Kogi Assembly candidate with N326m, $610,500 cash
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested the Kogi State House of Assembly candidate of the New Nigeria...
Nigeria at risk of importing Ebola virus, NCDC warns
THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has cautioned Nigerians and other residents in the country against embarking on non-essential...
Kyiv residents ‘gets by’ after Russian strikes cut water and light
Russian airstrikes on Kyiv Tuesday have left Ukraine's capital city without water for about 40% of its residents as Moscow...
Correction officer is stabbed in head by Rikers detainee
A city correction officer at the Rikers Island prison complex have been seriously injured on Monday when a detainee stabbed...
Review of court records reveals criminal history of Republican state Senate candidate in NJ
A Republican state Senate candidate has been revealed to have a criminal history record in New Jersey. Located in Brooklyn,...
UAE, US sign energy deal worth $100B
The United Arab Emirates and the United States have signed an energy deal. This includes a partnership to spur $100...
City salary posting law undergoes reform
With remote work changing the way we conduct business globally, increased transparency is coming to job postings in New York...