Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 9 (ANI): Sixty-one new cases were recorded in the state on Monday, as per an official update on COVID-19 from the Public Health Department of Maharashtra. The department also reported that 70 patients were discharg…
UAE: Mohammed bin Rashid honours six winners of inaugural ‘Great Arab Minds’ Awards
Abu Dhabi [UAE], January 9 (ANI): Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, today honoured the six winners of the inaugural edition of the ‘Great Arab Minds’ Awards during a ceremony held at…
New York mayor promises no migrant families will sleep on NYC streets as critics blast shelter evictions
With migrant families facing eviction from the temporary homes where they’ve lived since arriving in New York, Mayor Eric Adams promised Monday that they won’t end up sleeping on the streets. “This is not going to be a city where we’re going to place c…
Dollar pulls back, bitcoin jumps ahead of ETF approval deadline
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar paused its rally on Tuesday, as traders reaffirmed their bets for a slew of Federal Reserve rate cuts this year on the belief that inflation in the U.S. is slowing sufficiently. In cryptocurrencies, bitcoin h…
“Verdict sends a powerful message…,” BRS MLC K Kavitha welcomes SC verdict on Bilkis Bano case convicts
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 8 (ANI): Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLC K Kavitha on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court’s o9der striking down the Gujarat government’s order granting remission to 11 convicts who had gang raped Bilkis Bano and murdered…
Gloves off, mittens on as Trump rivals go on attack in snowy Iowa
By Gram Slattery and James Oliphant SIOUX CITY, Iowa (Reuters) -With just one week to go before the first contest of the Republican presidential nominating process, the top three contenders are intensifying attacks on one another as they bid to be the …
Hamas rocket expert killed in Syria, Hezbollah man killed in Lebanon
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) killed a rocket expert from the Islamist Hamas in Syria on Monday, the IDF said in a Telegram post on Monday, while there were reports that a military commander of the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement was killed with anoth…
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly rolls out new tax cut plan with support from key GOP lawmakers
In an opening salvo to tax negotiations, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly rolled out her latest plan Monday morning with the support of two Republicans and an independent who delivered key votes to kill the GOP-proposed flat income tax last year. Kelly’s plan, …
Tokyo stocks open sharply higher on tech gains tracking Wall St. rise
Tokyo stocks opened sharply higher Tuesday, with the Nikkei index hitting its highest level since March 1990, as investors snapped up technology shares after significant advances by their Wall Street counterparts overnight. In the first 15 minutes of t…
5 questions as Gov. Hochul delivers her third State of the State speech
The eyes of New York politics are set to settle on Albany on Tuesday as Gov. Kathy Hochul delivers her third State of the State speech, an annual address she uses to outline her policy agenda. Hochul, a Buffalo Democrat, spent last week unveiling polic…