Author: Salako Temitope

A Police officer of New York state has died after being shot while conducting a vehicle stop on Monday.  Two officers stopped a vehicle at 1919 Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens around 5:48 p.m. as part of the NYPD Community Response Team because it was parked illegally, the NYPD said. Then a shootout ensued. New York Mayor, Eric Adams said, “We lost one of our sons today,” NYPD Commissioner, Edward Caban while briefing the press said the 34-year-old suspect, who has 21 prior arrests according to the New York Post, displayed a firearm and pointed it at Officer Jonathan Diller…

A letter addressed to the U.S FDA (Food and Drug Administration) Monday contains Democratic Representative, Earl Blumenauer saying he was concerned the agency ignored “troubling evidence” of animal testing violations that had been raised dating back to at least 2019. Blumenauer, who is involved in health policy questions why the FDA did not inspect and approve Neuralink before allowing the brain implant company to test its device in humans. Although, FDA inspectors were reported to have found problems with record keeping and quality controls for animal experiments at Neuralink last June, less than a month after the startup said it…

“The Prisoner Review Board must be able to operate independently as they review enormously difficult cases, but I believe LeAnn Miller has made the correct decision in stepping down from her role.” This was a statement made by Illinois Governor, JB Pritzker while addressing the press over Crosetti Brand, 37 who was serving a 16-year sentence for a home invasion and aggravated assault has allegedly killed an 11-year-old boy and also injured his pregnant ex-girlfriend a day after walking free. A member of the Illinois Prisoner Review Board who signed off on the release of Crosetti with a long criminal has…

“This is a mass-casualty, multi-agency event,” says Kevin Cartwright, the spokesperson of Baltimore fire department today, following the tragic incident of a container-cargo ship moving past the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The container ship crossed into the four-lane bridge in the U.S. port of Baltimore in the dark early hours of today, Tuesday, hence it’s collapse and sending cars and people plunging into the river below. The ship was said to have “lost propulsion” upon leaving the port, and crew on board notified Maryland officials they had lost control of the vessel. Two survivors have been pulled out by rescuers…

With the U.S. allowing passage of a Gaza ceasefire resolution at the United Nations on Monday and drawing a sharp reaction from the Israeli leader, relations between U.S President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu is said to be at wartime low. Tempered Netanyahu reportedly halted a Washington visit by senior delegation to discuss Israel’s threatened offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah this week of which, the U.S. abstained in a Security Council vote that sought an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the release of all hostages held by the Palestinian militants. The meeting…

A protest against “aggressive actions” in the South China Sea at the weekend is being communicated by the Philippines via China’s envoy on Monday, as Manila’s defence minister dared Beijing to take slow its vast sovereignty claims by taking them to international arbitration. China’s coast guard was accused by the Philippines of using water cannon against a civilian boat supplying troops on Saturday at the Second Thomas Shoal, the cannon was said to have damaged the boat and injured crew members, in the latest in a succession of flare-ups in the past year. Philippine foreign ministry said in a statement…

A drug cartel based in Mexico known for gruesome public slaughtering is said to have drained $40 million from Americans, and stole many elderly victims’ life savings without shedding blood according to FBI data, 2022. What started as a small operation in the Puerto Vallarta area and took over popular tourist spots like Cancun, according to the U.S. Treasury, which issued sanctions against seven fugitives and 19 Mexican companies connected to the scam last April. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen reported last November that “CJNG uses extreme violence and intimidation to control the timeshare network, which often targets elder U.S.…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in Abuja has accused Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, of four counts of tax evasion. The charges filed by the revenue service says counts include non-payment of value-added tax (VAT), company income tax, failure to file tax returns, and complicity in helping customers to evade taxes through its platform. Binance, while desisting to comment on the charges said in a statement that it was aware that Nadeem Anjarwalla, a British-Kenyan who is Binance’s regional manager for Africa, was no longer under Nigerian custody and that the company was working with authorities to resolve…

The deadliest attack inside Russia after over two decades, has four men burst into the Crocus City Hall on Friday night, spraying people with bullets during a concert by the Soviet-era rock group Picnic. Death toll from that gun attack at a concert hall outside Moscow was initially recorded to be over 60 with more than 147 injured but have just been reported again that 137 people were killed and injured 182 more, therefore, Moscow keeps accusing Washington of covering for Ukraine. A Tajikistan citizen alongside 3 other men were apprehended and detained following the attack. They further were remanded in…

Today, Thursday, during the Swiss National Bank policy rate conference, a cut in it’s main interest rate was announced by 25 basis points to 1.50% from 1.75%. This surprise move would be the central bank’s move in tackling inflation. This is amid other big economies battling the fear and effect of inflation. With Japan leaving a negative rate era and U.S holding on to 5.5% Long serving Chairman Thomas Jordan, said he would step down by September 2024. The SNB stated “The easing of monetary policy has been made possible because the fight against inflation over the past two and…