Significant Sights: Their kinship sealed by fire, St John the Divine brings Notre Dame to life in exhibition
FIONA ANDRÉ, of Religion News Service, reports on an exhibition at the Episcopal Cathedral of St John the Divine in Manhattan…
Trump knocks Harris, signals support for Adams at NY charity gala
Reuters Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump tried to poke fun at his opponent Democrat Kamala Harris and embattled New York Mayor Eric Adams while touching upon his own legal troubles in a somewhat light-hearted speech at a charity gala on Thursday. “It’s really a pleasure [to be] anywhere in New York without a subpoena for […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy presents ‘victory plan’ to Trump at New York meeting
New York, US Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy presented his war “victory plan” to Donald Trump during a closed-door meeting on Friday, after the Republican presidential candidate said he would work with both Ukraine and Russia to end their conflict. The meeting between the two men at Trump Tower in Manhattan was their first in-person […]
New York Mayor Eric Adams pleads not guilty to corruption charges
New York, US Reuters New York City Mayor Eric Adams pleaded not guilty on Friday to federal charges of accepting bribes and illegal campaign contributions from Turkish nationals, as the Democrat resists mounting calls from within his own party to resign. Adams, 64, entered the plea before US Magistrate Judge Katharine Parker at his first […]
New York Mayor Adams charged in Turkey bribery, fraud scheme
New York, US Reuters US prosecutors on Thursday charged New York City Mayor Eric Adams with accepting illegal campaign contributions and luxury travel from Turkish nationals seeking to influence him, capping an investigation that has sent the largest US city’s government into turmoil. In a 57-page indictment, prosecutors laid out an alleged scheme stretching back […]
New York Mayor Adams faces criminal indictment, vows to fight charges
New York City, US Reuters New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on Wednesday he expected to be charged with federal crimes and declared he was innocent, after the New York Times reported he had already been indicted following a long-running federal corruption investigation. Adams, a Democrat who would become the first of the city’s […]
Zelenskiy seeks “truly just peace” for Ukraine during US visit
Washington DC, US Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in the United States on Sunday to attend sessions at the UN General Assembly and urged his partners to help achieve “a shared victory for a truly just peace.” “This fall will determine the future of this war,” he said in a post on X alongside […]
Biden, Harris and Trump visit September 11 site in New York
New York, US Reuters President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump made a rare joint appearance on Wednesday at the New York City site that marks the September 11 plane attacks in 2001 that killed nearly 3,000 people. Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate and Trump, her Republican rival in the […]
Controversy erupts over Hindu temple float at New York’s India Day parade
Reuters A carnival float featuring a Hindu temple that is planned for an upcoming India Day Parade in New York City has sparked controversy, with a number of groups calling it anti-Muslim and saying it should be removed from the event. The float depicts a temple to the Hindu god Lord Ram, which was consecrated […]
In the US, Philadelphia pastor elected to lead historic Black church in New York City
United States AP New York’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church has elected its new senior pastor, likely bringing an end to a national search to replace the late Rev Calvin O Butts, who had served the church for a half-century before his death in 2022. Rev Kevin R Johnson, the founder of the independent Dare to […]