Author: MAYORS & CITIES
Another mass shooting, another US gun control debate
WASHINGTON — A mass shooting that left 18 schoolchildren dead in the deeply pro-gun state of Texas on Tuesday increased pressure on US politicians to take action over the ubiquity of firearms — but also brought the…
New York police arrest man over deadly subway shooting
NEW YORK — Police in New York arrested a 25-year-old man Tuesday on suspicion of shooting dead a bank executive on the city subway at the weekend. After a two-day manhunt, Andrew Abdullah, whose identity and photo…
Gunman kills 18 children at Texas elementary school
UVALDE, UNITED STATES — A teenage gunman killed 18 young children at an elementary school in Texas on Tuesday, prompting a furious President Joe Biden to denounce the US gun lobby and vow to end the nation’s…
Airbnb stops booking stays in China: source
SAN FRANCISCO — Home rental service Airbnb is shutting down its business in China as a pandemic lockdown shows no sign of ending there, a source close to the company told AFP Monday. Airbnb will no longer…
Global labor market recovery ‘has gone into reverse’: ILO
GENEVA (AA) – Multiple global crises threaten the global labor market recovery, with increasing inequalities between and within countries, the International Labour Organization (ILO) said in a report on Monday. “The global labor market recovery has gone…
California governor warns of mandatory water cuts as drought worsens
WASHINGTON (AA) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom warned of potential mandatory water restrictions as the US’s most populous state continues to fight a worsening drought, now on its third year. Newsom raised the possibility during a meeting…
US preparing to deploy monkeypox vaccines amid more probable cases
WASHINGTON — The United States is preparing to give monkeypox vaccines to close contacts of people infected and to deploy treatments, with five cases now either confirmed or probable and the number likely to rise, officials said…
US high schoolers design low-cost filter to remove lead from water
WASHINGTON — When the pandemic forced schools into remote learning, Washington-area science teacher Rebecca Bushway set her students an ambitious task: design and build a low-cost lead filter that fixes to faucets and removes the toxic metal.…
Cryptocurrencies continue to fall as losses hit $1 trillion
ISTANBUL (AA) – The decline that started in November last year in the crypto money market continued with the acceleration of escape from risky assets in a high inflationary environment, Bitcoin and Ethereum carried their downward trends…
US flight brings tons of needed baby formula from Germany
WASHINGTON — A US military plane bringing several tons of much-needed baby formula from Germany landed Sunday at an airport in Indiana as authorities scramble to address a critical shortage. Scarcity of medical-grade baby formula caused by…
Biden warns of potentially ‘consequential’ monkeypox spread
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Monkeypox has caught the attention of US President Joe Biden, who said Sunday that people should be on guard against the disease which has the potential for “consequential” impact, if it were to…
New Shelter Opens in Phoenix Offering Heat Relief and Services for 200 People Experiencing Homelessness
The City of Phoenix and Maricopa County partnered to open a facility in central Phoenix that will provide day and nighttime relief from the summer heat for 200 people experiencing homelessness. “Arizona’s summer heat can be deadly.…