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Mar
29
2024
By JEFF MASON
Obama, Bill Clinton to join Biden to raise $25 million at event with Queen Latifah and Lizzo

Obama, Bill Clinton to join Biden to raise $25 million at event with Queen Latifah and Lizzo

WORLD
PRESIDENT Joe Biden will get a boost from Democratic predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton at a fundraiser in New York slated to raise more than $25 million and add some oomph to Biden's 2024 re-election campaign. Biden and the two former commanders-in-chief will take part in a discussion moderated by "The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert at Radio City Music Hall in front of thousands of guests at what Biden's re-election campaign said would be the most successful political fundraiser in history. Musicians Queen Latifah, Lizzo, Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo and Lea Michele are slated to perform, and some…
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Jan
31
2024
By The African Mirror
Nelson Mandela’s personal items under the hammer in New York? Why it outraged some, and what’s at stake

Nelson Mandela’s personal items under the hammer in New York? Why it outraged some, and what’s at stake

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
AN identity document, a pair of reading glasses, a hearing aid and a pair of worn shoes. These are just some of Nelson Mandela’s personal items that were due to go on auction on 22 February 2024. A month before the auction was due, the New York-based Guernsey’s auction house put a notice on its website that it was suspending the sales. No explanation was given. DUANE JETHRO, Lecturer Department of African Studies and Linguistics, University of Cape Town The initial news of the auction caused outrage. South African government officials, commentators on South African social media, and even members…
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Dec
08
2023
By STEVE GORMAN
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused in gang-rape of teenager in New York

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused in gang-rape of teenager in New York

WORLD
HIP-HOP star Sean "Diddy" Combs was accused in federal court of taking part in the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl in his Manhattan recording studio in 2003, marking the fourth lawsuit leveling sexual assault allegations against him in recent weeks. Combs, 54, founder of the landmark label Bad Boy Records and a hugely successful rap performer, issued a statement on Wednesday categorically professing his innocence and declaring his accusers were "looking for a quick payday." The plaintiff in the latest lawsuit was identified as Jane Doe, described as a high school student at the time she met associates of…
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Dec
01
2023
By The African Mirror
Singapore and Zurich world’s most expensive cities

Singapore and Zurich world’s most expensive cities

WORLD
SINGAPORE and Zurich tied for the world's most expensive city this year, followed by Geneva, New York and Hong Kong, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said as it cautioned that the global cost-of-living crisis was not yet over. On average, prices have risen by 7.4% year on year in local currency terms for over 200 commonly used goods and services, a drop from the record 8.1% increase last year but still "significantly higher than the trend in 2017-2021," it said in a report. Singapore regained the top of the rankings for the ninth time in the past eleven years due…
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Nov
29
2023
By The African Mirror
British-Nigerian man pleads guilty in New York to bank hacking crimes

British-Nigerian man pleads guilty in New York to bank hacking crimes

NEWS
A British-Nigerian national has pleaded guilty in New York to involvement in a more than seven-year scheme to hack into banks' and brokerages' computer servers, causing more than $6 million of losses for customers. Idris Dayo Mustapha, 33, pleaded guilty to access device fraud, conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and securities fraud, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Pamela Chen in Brooklyn. Mustapha, a native of Lagos, Nigeria, had been arrested in the United Kingdom in August 2021 and was extradited to the United States in August. He faces up to 20 years…
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Feb
02
2023
By The African Mirror
New York attorney general calls for new sanctions against Donald Trump

New York attorney general calls for new sanctions against Donald Trump

WORLD
JONATHAN STEMPEL NEW York's attorney general asked a judge to sanction former U.S. President Donald Trump, his adult children, the Trump Organization and their lawyers over their responses to her $250 million civil fraud lawsuit against them. The lawsuit by Attorney General Letitia James last September accused the defendants of involvement in a decade-long scheme to manipulate asset values and Trump's net worth, in order to induce banks and insurers to provide better terms. On Jan. 26, the defendants filed formal "answers" where, as often occurs in similar lawsuits, they denied or claimed to lack sufficient knowledge about dozens of…
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Sep
15
2021
By The African Mirror
MET Gala 2021 presents: the dazzling and the bland

MET Gala 2021 presents: the dazzling and the bland

BEAUTY AND FASHION
MPHO RANTAO AFTER a year break due to the covid-19 pandemic, the MET Gala, society’s most anticipated social fashion event of the year, returned to New York’s Metropolitan Museum with one of their most ambiguous themes yet - ‘In America: A Lexicon of Fashion Part 1’.  The 2021 edition of the gala evening was met with a mixture of haute dressed-to-the-nines; social-cultural movement themes; old Hollywood glamour. There were reimaginings of iconic American imagery, old Hollywood glamour and reimaginings of iconic American imagery like the Wild West.  There were also risque barely-there looks; underwhelming and absent faces with whom fans…
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Sep
03
2021
By The African Mirror
At least 44 reported dead in ‘historic’ flooding in New York, New Jersey

At least 44 reported dead in ‘historic’ flooding in New York, New Jersey

WORLD
MARIA CASPANI and KANISHKA SINGH FLASH flooding killed at least 44 people in four Northeastern states as remnants of Hurricane Ida unleashed torrential rains that swept away cars, submerged New York City subway lines and grounded airline flights, officials said on Thursday. Across large swaths https://graphics.reuters.com/STORM-IDA/RAINFALL/akvezzlbzpr of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut, residents spent the day coping with water-logged basements, power outages, damaged roofs and calls for help from friends and family members stranded by flooding. At least 13 people lost their lives in New York City, along with three in suburban Westchester County. New Jersey Governor Phil…
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Jul
16
2020
By The African Mirror
Nigerian businessman killed, dismembered

Nigerian businessman killed, dismembered

NEWS
OWN CORRESPONDENT NEW York Police have started a manhunt to find a suspected cold-blooded killer who dismembered Fahim Saleh, the CEO of Nigerian bike-hailing company Gokada, in his $2-million 7th floor apartment. Family, friends and business associates of Saleh (33) were shocked by his brutal murder. According to reports from New York, police are looking for the suspected killer who fled the scene of the crime just moments before Saleh’s sister arrived at the crime scene. Police suspect that the sister's arrival disturbed the killer, who they believe planned to clean the apartment and dispose of the body. The killer…
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