Day: October 7, 2022

City officials are taking a community approach to keeping schools safe, launching a program aimed at improving the academic lives of students across the five boroughs while providing them opportunities to explore their talents. As part of the Project Pivo program, community-based organizations will offer mentorship, counseling, arts and sports programming. More than 100 organizations […]

The UN Security Council have held the Houthis responsible for not reaching a truce agreement in Yemen. It said the militia’s extreme demands during negotiations impeded the efforts of the United Nations to broker the agreement, risking negative consequences. The UN Council stressed the need to avoid the resumption of hostilities in Yemen and escalating […]

The Biden administration has announced it plans to funnel all passengers flying into the U.S. from Uganda through five international airports for “enhanced screening,” in response to a growing Ebola outbreak in Uganda. The move, which the State Department said would take effect at midnight on Friday morning, revives a set of measures implemented by […]

Nearly 140 New York City public schools will partner with a wide range of community groups that provide mentorship, counseling, and violence interruption programs, Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday. In drafting the program last April as part of his executive budget, Adams described it as a way to bring violence interruption — a technique that […]

Days before the school year started, New York City officials said they made good on a major promise: ensuring every public school classroom has air conditioning. But as students and educators returned to their classrooms, some were still sweltering. A Queens parent said her kindergarten son came home during the opening weeks of school flushed […]

The State Department has approved the sale of National Advanced Surface-To-Air Missile System (NASAMS) and Medium Range Air Defense Systems (MRADS) to Kuwait in a deal worth $3 billion. A statement from the Pentagon on Thursday said the sale would help Kuwait defend itself “against regional malign actors and improve interoperability with systems operated by […]