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Diwali, a holiday known as the “Festival of Lights” and celebrated primarily in South Asia and the Caribbean, will become an official school holiday in New York City, local leadership announced Thursday. “Today, South Asian and Indo-Caribbean families, like mine, all over this city have made incredible contributions, and today…

Mexico’s former attorney general Jesus Murillo Karam is the most senior figure arrested in connection with the disappearance of 43 students in 2014 which traumatized the nation. Jesus Murillo Karam, 74, will be tried on charges of forced disappearance, torture and obstruction of justice, the Federal Judiciary Council said after…

Nearly 3,600 cases of monkeypox have been reported in the US as of Tuesday, with at least one confirmed case in almost every state, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). On the heels of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Biden administration is currently weighing whether to declare…

Russia will expand the list of targets it will attack in Ukraine if Western countries send long-range weapons to Kyiv, President Vladimir Putin says. The warning came as explosions shook parts of Kyiv on Sunday in the first air strikes on the capital for weeks. Russia says it hit tanks…

The death toll from the Uvalde school shooting that killed 19 students and two teachers reached the campus’ extended family Thursday, when the husband of one of the slain teachers died of a heart attack. Guadalupe “Joe” Garcia – the husband of 46-year-old Irma Garcia, who was shot and killed…

Nineteen young children and two adults have died in a shooting at a primary school in south Texas. The gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School – which teaches children aged seven to 10 – in the city of Uvalde before he was killed by law enforcement, officials said. The…

US Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19, her office announced Tuesday. Harris, 57, received positive rapid and PCR tests, but is exhibiting no symptoms, according to her press secretary Kirsten Allen. She will isolate and work from the vice president’s residence. Allen added that Harris is taking Pfizer’s…

Elon Musk took a 9.2% stake in Twitter Inc. to become the platform’s biggest shareholder, a week after hinting he might shake up the social media industry. Twitter shares surged as much as 27% after Musk’s purchase was revealed Monday in a regulatory filing. The gain marked the stock’s biggest…

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has added Russian security vendor Kaspersky to its list of potential threats for American businesses. In a statement published on Friday (March 25), the government agency announced it had expanded its list of communications equipment and services that pose a threat to national security…