TAIPEI (TIP): With Taiwan’s high-stakes presidential election just days away, a nonconformist candidate has been resonating with the island’s youth, seemingly more concerned with the dearth of good jobs and affordable housing than the looming […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Barred from giving a formal closing argument, Donald Trump still seized an opportunity to speak in court at the conclusion of his New York civil fraud trial Thursday, January 11, unleashing a […]
Says 22,100 people killed between mid-October and January 3 THE HAGUE (TIP): South Africa accused Israel on Thursday of subjecting Palestinians to “one of the most brutal aerial bombings in the history of human warfare” […]
VIJAYWADA (TIP): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India Rajiv Kumar has said that firm directions have been given to all “formations of bureaucracy” to ensure free and fair elections in Andhra Pradesh. Briefing the media […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The US government has objected to providing defense materials to Indian national Nikhil Gupta, detained in a Czech prison on murder-for-hire charges in a foiled assassination attempt on a Khalistani extremist, saying […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (TIP): The Biden administration will send an unofficial delegation comprised of former senior officials to Taiwan shortly after the self-governed island holds an election for a new president this weekend, a move that […]
KATHMANDU (TIP): Nepal police said January 10 they had arrested a spiritual leader whose followers believe him to be a reincarnation of Buddha over allegations of disappearances and rape at his ashrams. Ram Bahadur Bomjan, […]
KHAN YOUNIS (TIP): A heavy strike on January 10 brought down a two-story building in the central city of Deir al-Balah, close to its main Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, killing at least 20 people, according to […]
AL-JAZIRA (TIP): Ten civilians were killed on January 11 by artillery fire in a residential area of Khartoum, the capital of war-torn Sudan, pro-democracy activists said. Sudan has been gripped by nearly nine months of […]
BEIRUT (TIP): Lebanon’s Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah said it targeted an Israeli command base January 9 in retaliation for the killings of one of its commanders and the Hamas deputy leader. Hezbollah and its arch-foe […]
THIMPHU (TIP): Bhutanese voters have elected Tshering Tobgay to become prime minister for a second time after his party won nearly two-thirds of seats, the election commission said in results released on January 10. Tobgay, […]
KABUL (TIP): A Taliban official has said several girls and women were detained recently in Kabul for not covering themselves properly, after reports circulated of a crackdown in the Afghan capital. In a video posted […]
PESHAWAR (TIP): At least four people, including three policemen, were killed after terrorists attacked a toll plaza in Pakistan’s northwestern region on January 10, police said. The incident happened when unidentified terrorists attacked Laachi toll […]
By Mabel Pais “What the New Jersey Symphony has established, bringing music to the Garden State in schools and in six different cities, is a sincere accomplishment. And it’s never been better.” – nj.com The […]
By Mabel Pais The Morristown Performing Arts Center’s (MPAC, mayoarts.org) features a fun mix of January events, especially for families, to beat the Winter blues and get out for a fun outing. Here’s the list….. […]
By Mabel Pais Nearly two hundred choristers in the New Jersey Youth Chorus (NJYC) present a Winter Concert on Sunday, January 21 at 4:00 p.m. at Ridge Performing Arts Center located at 268 South Finlay […]
The Congress needs a recipe to connect with the masses and revive its fortunes “Rahul’s Bharat Jodo Yatra has contributed to doing away with his ‘Pappu’ image. By any standards, it was an enormous feat […]
“Fixed dates for elections to assemblies and federal parliaments are a more common feature than simultaneous elections at different levels of the political structure in a country. Canada, a federal polity with a parliamentary form […]
As the Gaza conflict reverberates across the region, West Asia could sleepwalk into Armageddon “Targeted killings serve no useful purpose: while the deceased leaders are quickly replaced, the assassinations increase mutual hostility and escalate tensions. […]
Maharashtra example shows why power to disqualify should be in independent hands The Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar’s ruling on the disqualification petitions filed by rival factions of the Shiv Sena demonstrates why the adjudicatory […]
Righting a horrible wrong, the Supreme Court has quashed the Gujarat government’s decision to grant remission to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case. A pregnant Bilkis was gangraped and seven of her family members […]
TMC-Congress tussle bodes ill for the bloc Two major constituents of the Opposition’s INDIA bloc, the Congress and the Trinamool Congress (TMC), are at loggerheads over seat-sharing in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha elections. […]
By Mabel Pais UPTOWN HALL: THE INCONVENIENT KING Date: Sunday, January 14, 2024 Time: 2:00 PM EST Location: Apollo’s Historic Theater Price: Free with RSVP Website: apollotheater.org/event/uptown-hall-mlk-the-inconvenient-king PROGRAM The Apollo has a decades-long tradition of […]
By Mabel Pais This winter season of INDEPENDENT LENS, a Public Broadcasting Station’s subsidiary, presents two acclaimed, Oscar®-contender documentaries that will debut in January. ‘Beyond Utopia,’ the gripping story of families who risk everything escaping […]
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