New York City to reopen primary schools despite virus surge
NEW YORK: New York City will reopen elementary schools on December 7 and offer in-person classes for special-needs students of all ages despite a recent surge in coronavirus cases, Mayor…
Protesters across US demand every vote be counted after presidential election
NEW YORK: Protesters across the US, most aligned with Democrats and progressives, turned out on Wednesday evening to demand that officials “count every vote”, according to media reports. In New…
NYC is world’s 2nd best city: consultancy company
NEW YORK: New York City has ranked the second best city in the world out of 100 cities in a new report released this week. Resonance Consultancy, a global consultancy…
NAB Chairman directs to investigate Roosevelt Hotel closure
ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Justice Javed Iqbal on Tuesday directed NAB Rawalpindi Bureau to investigate the media reports of shutting down of famous Pakistani Roosevelt hotel in New…
Americans mark 19 years since Sept. 11 attacks; Pakistanis hold solemn event
NEW YORK: Americans on Friday marked the 19th year since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania, as a new national…
US announces approval of plasma treatment against virus
WASHINGTON: American authorities has announced an emergency approval of blood plasma from recovered coronavirus patients as a treatment against the disease that has killed over 176,000 in the US. The…
Two players in US Open bubble enter quarantine from tracing
NEW YORK: Two players within the US Open bubble have been dropped from the ATP and WTA Western and Southern Open and sent into quarantine after contact with a COVID-19…
Thousands of US workers walk out in ‘Strike for Black Lives’
NEW YORK: Thousands of US workers walked out of their jobs across the country Monday for a strike in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and other minority groups…
New York announces 100 million universal health care plan
New York announces $100 million universal health care plan
NEW YORK: New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Tuesday the city would spend $100 million to guarantee health care to all its residents regardless of their immigration status or…
Jinna
Part of major avenue in Brooklyn, New York, named after Quaid
NEW YORK: A section of a busy avenue in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City, has been named after Pakistan's founder Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the Pakistani-American Youth Organization…
Zika Virus
3 people test positive for Zika in New York: US authorities
NEW YORK: Three people in New York have tested positive for the Zika virus, which has been blamed for a surge in babies born with abnormally small heads in Latin…