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Ahead of the 2022 World Cup, the sale of alcohol beer has been prohibited at Qatar stadium sites. In a reversal, alcoholic beer will not be sold at Qatar’s World Cup stadiums, world soccer governing body FIFA said in a statement on Friday. “Following discussions between host country authorities and FIFA, a decision has been […]

One of Mayor Adams’ top advisors, Lorraine Grillo, announced Friday that she would step down from her post in the coming days, paving the way for a new first deputy mayor to take her place. Grillo, who also served in a leadership capacity under both Mayor Bill de Blasio and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, got her […]

A federal judge on Friday will decide whether disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes should serve a lengthy prison sentence for duping investors and endangering patients while peddling a bogus blood-testing technology. Holmes’ sentencing in the same San Jose, Calif., courtroom where she was convicted on four counts of investor fraud and conspiracy in January marks […]

A pawnshop owner in Brentwood, along with several associates, has been indicted for allegedly running an organized retail theft crime ring that operated out of his shop, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney. Carlos Ulloa, 50, of Patchogue, owned and operated EZ Cash Pawn and Jewelry located at 1913 Brentwood Rd. He’s also […]

New York has declared a State of Emergency for 11 counties as a winter storm is forecast to impact portions of upstate New York with intense lake effect snow through Sunday. The most significant snowfall is expected Thursday and Friday with accumulations of up to four feet of snow possible in the Buffalo area and […]

South African civil servants have planned to march to the National Treasury in the administrative capital Pretoria and in the country’s other eight provinces next Tuesday to pressure the government over a wage dispute. The largest trade union federation in the country, COSATU, and other federations representing the majority of the more than 1 million […]

Elon Musk said on Wednesday he expected to reduce his time at Twitter and eventually find a new leader to run the social media company, adding that he hoped to complete an organizational restructuring this week. Musk made the remarks while testifying in a Delaware court to defend against claims that his $56 billion pay […]

Iranian courts issued three more death sentences for violence linked to protests over Mahsa Amini’s death, the judiciary said Wednesday, bringing to five the total handed down in three days. One was convicted of attacking police officers with his car, killing one of them, the second had stabbed a security officer and the third tried […]

The US on Wednesday imposed sanctions on senior employees of an Iranian state-run media corporation it accused of broadcasting hundreds of forced confessions of detainees in the country, as Washington increases pressure on Iran over the crackdown on protests. The US Treasury Department in a statement said it imposed sanctions on six senior employees of […]

Former President Donald Trump has officially announced he is running for president in 2024, marking his third bid for the White House. Saying “We are a nation in decline” and “America’s comeback starts right now,” Trump made the announcement Tuesday night in an address from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. The announcement, which […]

The Gambian President, Adama Barrow, has disclosed that his administration will transform higher education through science, technology and engineering. President Barrow disclosed this at the Eighth (8th) ACE Impact Regional Workshop in… The president stated that the workshop was organised at a time when the Gambia is “making concerted efforts to transform our higher education […]

Justice D U. Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, November 15, 2022, issued a bench warrant on James Richard Nolan, a Briton, for jumping bail and failing to appear before him for trial. Nolan, one of the directors of Goidel Resources Limited, a Designated Non-Financial Institution, DNFI, and another company, ICIL Limited, […]

Medical staff saved the life of a pilgrim whose heart stopped beating for two minutes while performing the Umrah rituals in Mecca, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Tuesday. The Pakistani patient suffered an aortic valve stenosis which blocked blood flow and caused their heart to stop. They were rushed to the al-Haram Hospital […]

Saudi Arabia’s anti-corruption authority has arrested a judge who allegedly received a bribe to influence his ruling. The National Anti-Corruption Commission (Nazaha) tweeted on Monday saying that a judge had taken a $133,000 (500,000 riyal) bribe, an initial payment out of a total of $1.06 million (4,000,000 riyals). The judge, Ibrahim bin Abdulaziz al-Juhani, from […]

The US Navy said Tuesday it found 70 tons of a missile fuel component hidden among bags of fertilizer aboard a ship bound to Yemen from Iran, the first-such seizure in that country’s yearslong war as a cease-fire there has broken down. The US Coast Guard ship USCGC John Scheuerman and guided-missile destroyer USS The […]

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed inaugurated the new Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Indonesia’s city of Solo with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported. The two leaders performed a ‘greetings prayer’ upon entering the mosque for the first time and signed a commemorative plaque that will be hung […]

Tiffany Trump, daughter of former US President Donald Trump, married her Lebanese fiancé Michael Boulos on Saturday at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. Although the wedding was almost threatened by the arrival of Hurricane Nicole, the ceremony took place at 4:30 p.m. at the club and private residence of the former president and went ahead […]

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have offered their condolences and condemned a deadly bomb attack in central Istanbul on Sunday, which killed at least six people dead. The Kingdom’s King Salman, as well as the Crown Prince and President, sent cables to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, according to the Saudi Press Agency […]

Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo on Monday has sacked Charles Adu Boahen, minister of state for finance, after allegations of corruption were circulated by popular Ghanaian investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas. A statement from the presidency states that the president fired Mr Adu Boahen after being made aware of allegations levelled against him in an expose, […]