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Ryan Carson of Bedford-Stuyvesant, the 32 year old known as a big-hearted activist and talented poet, was fatally man fatally stabbed by an unhinged suspect on Monday. He was  stabbed multiple times in the chest by this stranger just before 4 AM, while waiting with his girlfriend at the B38 bus stop at Lafayette Avenue and Malcolm X Boulevard –...

Moldovan authorities on Wednesday have reinforced a ban on members of an outlawed Russia-backed party taking part in upcoming local elections. Moldova's Exceptional Situations Committee decided on Oct. 3 that members of the Shor Party who are charged, indicted, or suspected of committing criminal acts will be barred from taking part in November 5 elections. The CSE, which is led by...

Bitcoin has spiked late in the week after the US congress hashed out a deal to prevent a government shutdown. Bitcoin saw a strong week of performance, beginning below $26,000 but rising steadily to spike late last Sunday, surging close to $28,000 on the eToro platform, for a 7.4% gain over seven days. Ether saw similarly strong activity over the last...

Pope Francis has suggested for the first time that people in same-sex unions could be blessed by Catholic priests on a "case-by-case" basis, in what seems to represent a reversal of previous statements. The Pope made the suggestion in a letter to his harshest critics within the Catholic ranks, written in response to a letter from five conservative cardinals with...

Tourism is on the track to reach the pre-pandemic levels but with each year the tendencies are evolving. While tourists are searching for convenient ways to book their travel,  companies are looking for ways to improve their efficiency and generate more business from travelers, writes eToro analyst for Romania, Bogdan Maioreanu. International tourism recovered 84% of pre-pandemic levels during ...

The legacy of Sanda Budis, a Romanian architect lives on at the university she studied in the 1940s though a prize established in her name which is testimony to her values as an architect. Daughter Sandra Pralong on Monday urged hundreds of students to take pride in their work as the Ion Mincu Architecture Institute opened for the new academic...

US President Joe Biden has vowed continued US support for Ukraine, after further military funding was excluded from a last-minute congressional budget deal, says the BBC. The temporary measure, pushed through to avert a government shutdown, did not include $6bn  in military aid for Kyiv - a top White House priority. Many Republicans oppose further military aid. Biden nevertheless said Ukraine...

Ana-Maria Rusu, a teacher of musical education in the town of Focșani, has been selected for the Top 50 Global Teacher Prize, which aims to identify the best teachers in the world. The prize is awarded by the Varkey Foundation, which organizes the prestigious competition and awards annually USD 1 million to an exceptional teacher. Ana-Maria Rusu's nomination comes as a...

Romanian Adrian Stoica has won the America’s Got Talent show along with its USD 1 million prize. He promised to create the world's first musical for dogs. Stoica, who competed alongside his Border Collie named Hurricane, also won the opportunity to have his own show in Las Vegas. Last year, he participated in "Românii au talent". "We are Adrian Stoica and...

British Ambassador to Romania, Andrew Noble, was driving across Europe towards Bucharest in August 2018, days before the biggest anti-corruption protest of recent times. The ruling Social Democratic Party was in the midst of its infamous judicial overhaul that the European Union, the U.S. and many Romanians worried about. They saw it as undermining the rule of law, designed to...