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At least two young men arrested during anti-regime protests in Iran are at imminent risk of execution, activists warned on Saturday, two days after Tehran carried out its first execution over demonstrations sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death. “The case of Mahan Sadrat, one of the protesters sentenced to death, has been transferred to verdict enforcement […]

Hundreds of Tunisians have taken to the streets to protest against President Kais Saied a week before parliamentary elections are set to take place under a new constitution. “Saied get out!” protesters chanted as they marched in the centre of the capital, Tunis, on Saturday. Speakers at the protest, including senior politicians from opposition parties, […]

American sportswriter Grant Wahl has died while covering the Netherlands and Argentina World Cup match in Qatar on Friday night. Wahl, a former Sports Illustrated journalist who later moved to Substack, died after falling back in his seat during the extra time at the corner reserved for journalists, according to SkySports. Other reporters called for […]

Japan, Britain and Italy have said they would jointly develop a next-generation fighter jet in a project that held scope for future cooperation with allies including the United States.The new jet, to be ready by 2035, is expected to merge the nations’ current research into cutting-edge air combat technology, from stealth capacity to high-tech sensors. […]

A former NYPD officer has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after being found guilty of murdering his 8-year-old son Thomas in January 2020. Michael Valva, 45, allegedly forced his 8-year-old son, Thomas, to sleep in an unheated garage in below-freezing temperatures in January 2020, leading to the child’s death. Valva was […]

A New York City paramedic says that the city’s mental health crisis is worse than he’s ever seen it before. In addition, that Mayor Adams’ plan for first responders to forcibly transfer homeless people with severe mental illness to a hospital is putting even greater stresses on an underfunded healthcare system already near its breaking […]

Former “Grey’s Anatomy” writer Elisabeth Finch has come clean about lying about a terminal illness and her brother’s suicide. Finch, who also served as a consulting producer for the hit ABC medical drama, admitted she “never had any form of cancer” in a new interview with The Ankler. “What I did was wrong,” she told […]

After a year of intense negotiations and a difficult global economic outlook, development partners of the African Development Fund (ADF) have agreed to commit a total package of $8.9 billion to its 2023 to 2025 financing cycle. This, according to a statement yesterday, was the largest replenishment in the history of the Fund. The ADF […]

Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is under a House ethics investigation, according to a statement issued by the House Committee on Ethics on Wednesday. The panel will announce its course of action after its organizational meeting in the next Congress, sometime in 2023, the statement said. Details about what the investigation is looking into haven’t been […]

A European cruise line’s expansion plans will bring an annual $102 million in new revenue to New York City. This is in addition to more than 200,000 additional tourists per year, Mayor Adams predicted Wednesday. Under the new deal, MSC Cruises will operate out of the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal year-round beginning next year, with voyages […]

There are three factors that could lead to inflation which include demand-pull inflation, cost-push inflation and built-in inflation. Amid record-high inflation, new data shows that rent prices may be declining across much of the country, signaling a potential shift in the real estate market. Zumper, a real estate marketplace company, analyzed rental data from over […]

The United Arab Emirates, home to glitzy Dubai, has a new record to add to its list: the world’s most powerful travel document. That’s according to a Passport Index published by Arton Capital that features a top-ten dominated by European countries. With a UAE passport travelers can enter to 180 countries hassle-free — seven more […]

Dubai’s ruler has praised the Moroccan team’s historic World Cup knockout victory over Spain on Tuesday – describing it as a victory for the entire Arab world and a “source of pride for all Arabs.” As Morocco became the first Arabic-speaking country to reach the quarterfinals of the World Cup in Qatar, the first to […]

A Nigerian musician, Oladapo Oyebanji, famously known as D’banj has been arrested and detained by anti-graft agency, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over fraud allegations. The musician was arrested and detained Tuesday after ICPC operatives closed in on him, forcing him to surrender himself at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja, […]

Nigerian famed artist Dapo Oyebanjo has been reportedly arrested over alleged fraud. The musician, who goes by the stage name D’banj, was arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC) on Tuesday on charges of fraud, THISDAY gathered. But the commission has yet to confirm the arrest. The public relations office […]

A Manhattan jury found Donald Trump’s company guilty of tax fraud for a scheme by top executives to avoid paying personal income taxes on apartments, luxury cars, and other perks. Donald Trump’s company has been convicted of tax fraud Tuesday for helping executives dodge taxes on lavish perks such as Manhattan apartments and luxury cars, […]

Israel’s NewMed Energy has announced it has signed a deal with Morocco and Adarco Energy for offshore natural gas exploration and production licenses in the north African kingdom. Under the terms of the agreements, NewMed and Adarco will each hold a 37.5 percent stake in the Boujdour Atlantique exploration license, located off the coast of […]

The growth rate within the countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU), has amounted to 5.7% in 2022, down 0.4% compared to 2021, announced Monday the leaders of this organization meeting in Abidjan. The eight member countries of UEMOA (Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Togo, Benin, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso) have […]

Mayor Adams on Tuesday will announce replacements for his outgoing first deputy mayor and chief of staff, ending weeks of rumors and speculation on who would fill the two key administration positions. His departing first deputy mayor, Lorraine Grillo, will be replaced with Sheena Wright, who now serves as deputy mayor of strategic initiatives and […]