Category: World

(New York Daily News): The MTA has resubmitted a plan to implement congestion pricing tolls in Manhattan to the feds, a step transit officials hope will put the major initiative on track to be implemented by 2024. The revised draft environmental assessment is the latest step in what’s become an onerous review process for the… Continue reading MTA resubmits NYC congestion pricing plan to feds, aiming for tolls in 2024

(New York Daily News): The death toll has risen to 53 in the horrific case of migrants found packed into a truck in San Antonio on Monday. The grisly tally had been 51, but two more people have died, officials said Wednesday Two men have been charged in connection with the discovery that horrified even… Continue reading Migrant death toll in San Antonio rises to 53, two men charged

(New York Daily News): Mayor Adams unveiled a new policy Monday aimed at cracking down on illegal trash disposal and cleaning up the neighborhoods that most frequently have to deal with it. “We’re going after the dumpers,” Adams said at a press conference in the South Bronx. “We want to identify those habitual dumpers. Trust… Continue reading Mayor Adams says NYC will crack down on illegal trash disposal: ‘We’re going after the dumpers’

(New York Daily News): Congressional investigators probing the January 6 insurgency have seized the phone of a lawyer who advised former President Donald Trump on his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, according to court documents. John Eastman, a California law professor, drew up and promoted a plan to justify having Vice… Continue reading FBI seizes phone from Trump lawyer as Jan. 6 investigation intensifies

(BBC): At least 46 people, believed to be migrants, have been found dead in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of San Antonio, Texas. A fire official said 16 people including four children had also been taken to hospital. The survivors were “hot to the touch” and suffering from heat stroke and heat exhaustion. San… Continue reading Texas migrant deaths: At least 46 found dead in abandoned lorry

(BBC): A powerful earthquake has killed one thousand people and left hundreds more injured in Afghanistan, a Taliban official has told the BBC. Pictures show landslides and ruined mud-built homes in eastern Paktika province, where rescuers have been scrambling to treat the injured. Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada said hundreds of houses were destroyed and the… Continue reading Afghan earthquake: 1,000 people killed and 1,500 wounded

(BBC): At least 59 people are known to have died in lightning strikes and landslides triggered by severe monsoon storms in India and Bangladesh. Millions of people have been stranded while emergency workers have struggled to reach those affected. Forecasters are warning that the flooding is expected to get worse over the next few days.… Continue reading India and Bangladesh floods displace millions and kill dozens

(BBC): One of Pakistan’s most prominent and contentious TV hosts, Aamir Liaquat Hussain, has died aged 50 after being found unconscious at home in Karachi. The anchor was taken to hospital but pronounced dead on arrival. A post mortem exam is being carried out. Aamir Liaquat Hussain switched from televangelism to politics, becoming an MP… Continue reading Aamir Liaquat Hussain: Pakistan’s shock televangelist dies at 50

(Al Jazeera): A group of Hajj pilgrims from Indonesia has landed in the city of Medina from where they will be travelling to the holy city of Mecca, marking the arrival of the first batch of pilgrims from outside the kingdom after two years due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to state media. Saudi Arabia… Continue reading Saudi Arabia receives 1st foreign Hajj pilgrims since COVID began

UVALDE, Texas (AP): An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at a Texas elementary school, killing at least 19 children as he went from classroom to classroom, officials said, in the deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade and the latest gruesome moment for a country scarred by a string of massacres. The attacker was killed… Continue reading Gunman kills 19 children in Texas school rampage