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The Gambia has celebrated its 58 years of nationhood. The colourful ceremony was held at the McCarthy Square in Banjul on Saturday February 18, 2023. The event featured a spectacular parade by the security forces and a march-past by students. In his address, President Adama Barrow said, “Convinced that democracy is a framework to attain […]
The African Union is set to discuss sanctions on suspended states. On Friday, the Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) announced that it will be meeting to discuss lifting the sanctions imposed on Mali, Burkina Faso and Guinea following military coups. Since 2020, all three countries have also been suspended from the […]
Hundreds of Syrian refugees in Turkey who survived last week’s earthquakes have started returning to their war-torn homeland after once again losing everything. Turkish authorities have announced the opening of border crossings for Syrians after the February 6 quakes, which killed tens of thousands of people. Mohamad al-Sawad, 69, is a refugee from Halfaya in […]
Tesla has said that workers laid off in New York state were cut as part of a performance review cycle, rejecting claims the layoffs were retaliation for efforts to organize a union. Tesla (TSLA) said late Thursday that it cut around 4% of the employees at its Buffalo site who worked on the Autopilot labeling […]
JFK Airport‘s Terminal 1 will remain closed Friday after a power outage caused more than 100 delays and over two dozen cancellations Thursday. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the outage was caused by an electrical panel failure, which resulted in a small fire. The agency said the fire was immediately […]
South Africa’s Deputy President, David Mabuza, has officially bowed out. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had made official the departure of his deputy, David Mabuza, on Thursday, February 16. The president thanked him for his “unwavering support” over the past five years, hailing his ably led engagements. Ramaphosa was in Cape Town for the response […]
The ninth Saudi relief plane has arrived at Aleppo International Airport this morning, carrying 35 tons of food, shelter supplies, and medical aid. This aid shipment is part of the Saudi relief airlift dispatched by the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) to help the victims of the earthquakes in Syria and Turkey. […]
World Bank president to step down early World Bank President David Malpass has planned to step down a year before his term is set to end, the organization announced Wednesday. Malpass will leave his position on June 30, the end of the World Bank’s fiscal year, after serving more than four years in the role. […]
Mayor Eric Adams has told a joint legislative budget committee in Albany Wednesday that Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed budget could harm New York City financially and the city will need more money from the state.Adams discussed his priorities in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed budget, which includes striking some proposed cost burdens to the city. Hochul […]
South Africa’s annual inflation rate had dipped following a slight fall in January to 6.9% from 7.2% the previous month. On Wednesday, the country’s statistics agency StatsSA said food prices have continued to rise. “The main contributors to the annual inflation rate of 6.9% were food and non-alcoholic beverages, housing and utilities, and transport,” StatsSA […]
Legalizing cannabis was a major step forward for equity and justice in our city. But legalization is about following the new laws, not a free pass to sell unregulated cannabis products. Over the last few months, illegal cannabis retailers have taken advantage of decriminalization efforts, with unlicensed smoke shops popping up all over the city. […]
The Tanzanian government has banned children’s books on sex education for violating cultural norms. Several children’s books on sex education, accused of contravening “cultural and moral standards” in this East African country where homosexuality is criminalized were banned. “We are banning these books from schools and other educational structures because they are contrary to cultural […]
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has scored a split decision when a hearing officer dismissed one summons while upholding another issued by a city inspector citing him for not doing enough to keep rodents at bay from his Brooklyn townhouse. In a city where some residents consider rats Public Enemy No. 1, the mayor’s […]
A Kenyan senator is reported to have been sacked from parliament after attending a session while wearing a white suit stained red in an apparent menstrual activism campaign. Gloria Orwoba, of the ruling coalition, is due to table a motion on a bill to provide free sanitary pads on Wednesday as part of efforts to […]
A court in Saudi Arabia has fined the Saudi Binladin Group 20 million riyals ($5.32 million) after finding it guilty of negligence and safety breaches in the Makkah Grand Mosque crane crash case. The verdict on Tuesday came more than seven years after at least 109 people, including foreign pilgrims, were killed in September 2015 […]
The US is considering sending Ukraine thousands of seized weapons and more than a million rounds of ammunition that were originally intended for the Iran-backed Houthi militia, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Tuesday citing US and European officials. According to the report, US officials are looking at sending Ukraine more than 5,000 […]
The Ewing Township closed their schools on Tuesday over concerns that the gunman who killed three people and hurt five others on the Michigan State University campus Monday night had threatened the schools. Anthony McRae, 43, killed himself after the shooting rampage. Authorities said he had a note in his pocket that indicated a threat […]
A murder at a Harlem smoke shop over the weekend is just the latest in a string of violent incidents at New York City smoke shops. A spate of citywide smoke shop robberies has police and residents on heightened alert. The most recent one, which happened over the weekend at Level Up Exotics on 125th […]
The United States shot down an unidentified object over Lake Huron on Sunday. This is the fourth time in a week that unidentified objects over North American airspace have been shot down. “It tracked across the upper peninsula of Michigan. We were cleared to engage the target … and eventually downed the object 15 nautical […]