Diwali will be a public school holiday in New York City starting 2023 with Mayor Eric Adams saying this sends a message about the significance of the city’s inclusiveness and the “long overdue” step will encourage children to learn about the festival of lights.
Adams, joined by New York Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar and New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks, said on Thursday that in his conversations during the campaign trail, he “learned so much” about Diwali and what the festival of lights means.
He said through declaring Diwali a holiday in New York City public schools, “We wanted to send a loud and clear message to the countless number of people who acknowledge this period of time of celebration.
The EU has regarded China since 2019 as a partner, economic competitor and systemic rival. The EU's foreign policy service said in a paper prepared for this week's leaders' summit that Beijing should now be thought of primarily as a competitor that is promoting "an alternative vision of the world order".
The push for fine-tuning comes as Germany's ruling coalition considers whether to let Chinese state-owned shipping group Cosco take a stake in a Hamburg port terminal.
A huge blaze has engulfed a train line and homes in Aguascalientes, central Mexico, after a fuel truck crash.
Dramatic video of the fire went viral on social media, including aerial shots of black smoke blanketing a large area of the city. One video showed a cargo train hurtling through flames.State oil firm Pemex has denied owning the truck, and says it is helping efforts to contain the fire.
Some 200 firefighters are trying to contain the blaze, El Universal reports.
One video shot from a car parked nearby showed a long cargo train passing through flames on both sides of the track.
The 70-year-old cricketer-turned-politician was accused of misusing his 2018-2022 premiership to purchase and sell gifts in state possession that were received during visits abroad and worth more than 140 million Pakistani rupees ($635,000).
This might be a part of the dialogue agenda when Saudi vitality minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman visits New Delhi on a day-long go to on Friday to put together the bottom for Saudi Prime Minister and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman‘s journey to India subsequent month.
Taking the dialog past oil exports, sources within the know stated either side are probably to provoke discussions on an undersea cable for an electrical energy grid involving South Asia and the Gulf international locations. The two are exploring the business viability of such a mission.
A quarter of Burkina Faso’s population - nearly 5 million people - is in need of emergency assistance. That's 40% more than at the beginning of the year, Griffiths said, yet less than a third of the needed $805 million for the country’s response plan is funded.
Burkina Faso has for years battled a jihadi insurgency linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State group that has killed thousands of people and displaced some 2 million people.
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