Category: World

Kathmandu: New York City is mulling a policy that would effectively deputize people who call in complaints about cars illegally blocking bike lanes and intersections — and pay them up to $44 for each actionable tip they make. As reported by the New York Daily News, the policy proposal, which is laid out in a… Continue reading New NYC Council bill would reward NYers for calling in illegal parking complaints

Kathmandu: NYC Mayor Adams declared a state of emergency Friday over the city’s migrant crisis and pleaded for financial and legislative assistance from the federal government and state lawmakers. According to the New York Daily News, the declaration will suspend certain land-use requirements so the city can more rapidly set up emergency housing for migrants,… Continue reading Mayor Adams declares state of emergency over NYC migrant crisis

Kathmandu: At least 38 people have been killed in an attack at a childcare facility in north-eastern Thailand. As reported by BBC, more than 20 children are among the dead, with victims as young as two years old.The attack began when a man armed with a gun and a knife stormed into the childcare facility… Continue reading At least 38 killed in attack at Thai nursery

Kathmandu: At least 174 people have died in a crush at an Indonesian football match that has become one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. About 180 were also hurt in aftermath of home team Arema FC’s loss to bitter rivals at the overcrowded stadium late on Saturday in Malang, East Java. The crush took… Continue reading Indonesia: At least 174 dead in football stadium crush

Kathmandu: Two U.S. military veterans who disappeared three months ago while fighting Russia with Ukrainian forces arrived Friday at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport after their release by Russian-backed separatists as part of a prisoner exchange. Drueke, 40, and Huynh, 27, went missing in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine near the Russian… Continue reading 2 Americans released by Russian separatists arrive in NYC

Kathmandu: At least 13 people including seven children were killed when army helicopters shot at a school in Myanmar. As reported by Reuters, Myanmar has been gripped by violence since the army overthrew an elected government early last year. Opposition movements, some of them armed, have since emerged across the country, which the military has… Continue reading Myanmar army helicopters fire on school, killing 13

Kathmandu: Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral Monday that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds who massed along the streets of London to honor a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age. In a country known for pomp and pageantry,… Continue reading Queen Elizabeth II mourned by Britain and world at funeral

Kathmandu: Nearly a half-million New Yorkers will be diagnosed with some form of Alzheimer’s disease within the next three years. Currently, an estimated 410,000 state residents have some form of Alzheimer’s. A recent state study found that, given the increase in residents in their 80s, the number of Alzheimer’s patients is expected to increase to… Continue reading Alzheimer’s disease expected to affect 460,000 New Yorkers by 2025: study

NEW YORK (AP): Americans remembered 9/11 on Sunday with tear-choked tributes, and pleas to “never forget,” 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. As reported by Associate Press, Bonita Mentis set out to read victims’ names at the ground zero ceremony wearing a necklace with a photo of her slain sister, Shevonne… Continue reading 9/11 attacks still reverberate as US marks 21st anniversary

Kathmandu: King Charles III has praised the Queen’s “unequalled reign” after being proclaimed king at a ceremony at St James’s Palace. The King became the monarch after the death of his mother, but a meeting formally confirmed it on Saturday. He also approved the day of the Queen’s funeral being a bank holiday, though it… Continue reading Charles praises Queen’s reign as he is formally confirmed as king