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The South African grocery retailer Pick n Pay has announced that it has completed the first phase of a pilot that allows customers to pay in-store using the Lightning Network bitcoin payment protocol. As it makes transactions cheaper and faster than dealing directly with the bitcoin blockchain, the Lightning Network is gaining traction in the […]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) must testify in the Georgia investigation into alleged election interference by former President Donald Trump. The justices, in an unsigned order, lifted a temporary hold on an appeals court’s order compelling Graham to appear before an Atlanta special grand jury probing Trump’s efforts to […]

Amid rising food, energy and housing prices, it is no surprise that many New Yorkers are ranking the economy as one of their top issues when headed to the ballot box. Governor Kathy Hochul pledged she won’t raise taxes. On Halloween night, Gov. Kathy Hochul was at Veselka, a Ukrainian restaurant in the East Village, […]

A New York program has opened up applications to help the state’s residents pay their energy bills. New York’s Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) program opened for applications starting Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022, and will continue until funding for the program runs out during the winter. The program helps low-income people pay the cost of […]

Ghana on Tuesday assumed the presidency of the UN Security Council for November as debates on violent extremism and terrorism in Africa top its agenda. Harold Agyeman, the permanent representative of Ghana to the UN, disclosed this while briefing journalists at the UN headquarters on the programme of work and Ghana’s priorities during the month. […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested the Kogi State House of Assembly candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Ismaila Yusuf Atumeyi with N326million and $ 140,500 cash. Atumeyi who is seeking to represent Ankpa 11 Constituency in the Kogi State House of Assembly was arrested on Sunday, October 30, 2022 […]

THE Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has cautioned Nigerians and other residents in the country against embarking on non-essential travel to Uganda for now. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the NCDC Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, on Monday in Abuja. According to him, the warning is to enable public health authorities to […]

Russian airstrikes on Kyiv Tuesday have left Ukraine’s capital city without water for about 40% of its residents as Moscow continues to batter the country’s infrastructure. Taking out Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, including electrical power and water, has been part of the Kremlin’s new military plan for weeks as the typical harsh Ukrainian winter season approaches. […]

A city correction officer at the Rikers Island prison complex have been seriously injured on Monday when a detainee stabbed him more than a dozen times in the back of the head, the correction officers’ union said in a statement. The officer, who police said is 28 years old, was taken to Elmhurst Hospital after […]

A Republican state Senate candidate has been revealed to have a criminal history record in New Jersey. Located in Brooklyn, the candidate who’s campaigning on a “law and order” platform has a criminal history in New Jersey that includes spending time behind bars over a drunk driving incident, according to a review of court records. […]

The United Arab Emirates and the United States have signed an energy deal. This includes a partnership to spur $100 billion of investments in clean energy projects and add 100 gigawatts of clean energy globally by 2035, reported Tuesday by state news agency WAM. “Together, we will spur large-scale investment in new energy technologies, in […]

With remote work changing the way we conduct business globally, increased transparency is coming to job postings in New York City starting on Tuesday. This is following warnings from some experts that companies could begin to let go of some of their employees and replace them with people from overseas who will do the same […]

Elon Musk has decided to charge Twitter users $20 (£17.30) a month or $240 a year for a blue tick on their account, as the world’s richest person prepares an overhaul of the social media platform. Users who are currently verified by Twitter with the blue check-mark badge for no charge will have 90 days […]

Somalia’s president has issued an urgent plea for international help for wounded victims of devastating car bombings at the weekend that claimed the lives of 100 people. Bulldozers were still clearing the blast site in the capital Mogadishu on Monday in the hunt for bodies feared trapped under the rubble. Saturday’s attack, which also wounded […]

Trump Organization, Donald Trump’s real estate empire is facing a criminal tax fraud trial. For years, as Donald Trump was soaring from reality TV star to the White House, his real estate empire was bankrolling big perks for some of his most trusted senior executives, including apartments and luxury cars. Now Trump’s company, the Trump […]

Oklahoma officials are accusing the federal government of playing politics with its refusal to transfer a death row inmate scheduled to face execution in December to state custody. The state is now suing the Biden administration to ensure he is handed over. John Hanson, 58, is scheduled to be executed for the 1999 murders of […]

On Monday, Canada imposed fresh sanctions on Iran. This marks the fourth package of sanctions it has implemented for alleged human rights violations in the country. The foreign ministry said in a statement that the latest sanctions target four individuals and two entities, including senior officials and Iran’s Law Enforcement Forces, which Canada accused of […]

The Adams administration has released a new plan that will make the construction of all new New York City schools completely electric and convert 100 existing schools to run on all-electric heating by 2030. But some energy experts are concerned that too many all-electric buildings in the city could overwhelm the grid and lead to […]

World leaders have expressed sadness and condolences after at least 151 people were killed in a crowd surge Saturday night in Seoul, South Korea. The tragedy occurred in Seoul’s Itaewon district during Halloween festivities when a huge crowd surged into a narrow downhill alley. At least 82 others were injured in the South Korea’s deadliest […]

South Africa’s new Zulu king, Misuzulu kaZwelithini, has been officially recognised as the head of the country’s most influential traditional monarchy by President Cyril Ramaphosa in the first Zulu coronation since 1971. The ceremony recognising the new king, who has promised to unite his nation and protect tradition, puts an end to the legal dispute […]