US President Donald Trump on Monday defended his ongoing federal intervention in Washington, DC, claiming crime has dropped dramatically under his watch and signaling that Chicago could be the next target for a similar military-style deployment.Taking to Truth Social, Trump wrote, “The incompetent Mayor of Chicago just stated that, in DC, where crime has been […]
Zohran Mamdani pulls $1 mn in funds; majority donations from outside NYC (Pic credit: AP) Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic socialist who won his party’s nomination in June against former state governor Andrew Cuomo, pulled in almost double the funds of his nearest rivals for the New York City mayoral race between early July and mid-August. […]
After almost 3 years of war, UN declares a famine in Gaza City The United Nations on Friday confirmed that famine has struck Gaza City, marking the first officially declared famine in the Middle East. The declaration came from the integrated food security phase classification (IPC), the world’s leading authority on food crises.The IPC report […]
new video loaded: Israel’s New Plan to Take Gaza City By Adam Rasgon, Christina Shaman, Karen Hanley and Laura Salaberry•August 9, 2025 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced opposition at home and abroad on Friday as his office said that the Israeli military would take control of Gaza City. Adam Rasgon, a reporter for The New […]
The New York City mayoral contest took a sharp turn when independent candidate and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo criticised socialist contender Zohran Mamdani regarding his property ownership in Uganda, a country known for its anti-LGBT stance.On Tuesday, Cuomo posted on X: “The no-show assemblyman missed this interview while vacationing at his parents’ compound in Uganda, […]
Panic broke out on Monday when a fire erupted beneath a New York City area commuter train.Video taken by panicked passengers showed flames leaping from the tracks and thick smoke filling one of the carriages, prompting a rapid evacuation.The blaze broke out at around 6:15 am on an eastbound Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH) train at […]
A San Francisco woman launched a desperate (and hilarious) search for her beloved pink Labubu doll “Lychee Berry” after losing it during a tipsy night out in the Castro.A now-viral missing poster features photos of Lychee Berry living its best life, posing among roses and munching on popcorn chicken like a fuzzy pink VIP.The woman […]
A choking heatwave left astonished locals in southeastern Turkey calling for state help to pay their air conditioning bills after the temperature surged past 50 degree celsius.“We cannot cope with the heat,” ice-cream maker Recep Esiyok, 59, told AFP in Silopi, where meteorologists measured 50.5C on Friday — a national record.“I’ve been living in Silopi […]
Elon Musk‘s The Boring Company has announced an ambitious plan to build the “Music City Loop,” a 10-mile underground tunnel system connecting downtown Nashville and the Convention Center to Nashville International Airport. Designed to cut travel time to around 8 minutes, the zero-emissions transit project aims to alleviate severe traffic congestion without costing Tennessee taxpayers […]
Lee Vogler, left, and office of Showcase Magazine where Vogler was attacked (Image credits: X @LeeVogler, AP) Virginia city councilman, Lee Vogler, died in a violent attack Wednesday after he was set on fire by a man who attacked him due to personal matters unrelated to Vogler’s political work.The 38-year-old was doused in gasoline by […]
