Matches for the 2026 World Cup will be held in 11 US cities as well as three host sites in Mexico and two in Canada, soccer’s world governing body, FIFA, announced Thursday. The 16 host cities will be: Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Guadalajara, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Miami, Monterrey, New York/New Jersey, Philadelphia, …
Read More »Ten dead in suspected race attack at New York state store
An 18-year-old white man has shot dead 10 people in a black neighbourhood of New York state in what authorities are calling a racially motivated attack. The man, named as Payton Gendron in court papers, was arrested after a stand-off at the scene – a supermarket in the city of …
Read More »Ghanaian man arrested for smearing poop on woman’s face in New York
A 37-year-old man of Ghanaian origin has been arrested by the New York police for allegedly smearing human excreta on the face of a woman in a Bronx subway station attack. Holding a black plastic bag said to have contained human faeces, Frank Abrokwah on February 21, 2022, at about …
Read More »Ghana’s anti-LGBTQ+ Bill ‘shocking, unacceptable’ – Archbishop of York
Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York in the United Kingdom, has stated his support for the global Anglican Church’s pro-LGBTQ+ stance in recent tweets. Cottrell is the 98th Archbishop of York serving the diocese of York. He threw his weight specifically behind an October 26 statement issued by the leader of …
Read More »New York prosecutor says Trump inquiry now ‘criminal’
IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES The New York attorney general’s office says it is investigating the Trump Organization “in a criminal capacity”. A spokesman for the state’s top prosecutor, Letitia James, said the inquiry into Mr Trump’s property company was “no longer purely civil”. Ms James has been scrutinising the ex-Republican president’s …
Read More »New York ‘ready to sue’ if Trump delays Covid-19 vaccine
The attorney general of New York, Letitia James, has said she is ready to sue the Trump administration if the state does not receive an approved Covid-19 vaccine along with the rest of the country. Speaking earlier today, Trump had said that vaccines would be available throughout the US with …
Read More »Coronavirus: New York imposes measures in ‘last chance’ against new wave
New York has introduced new restrictions aimed at curbing coronavirus, with Mayor Bill de Blasio warning it was the city’s “last chance” to stop a second wave. Bars, restaurants and gyms must close by 22:00 and people can only meet in groups of 10 or less. The US is seeing …
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