By Gregory WALTON, with Raphaelle Peltier New York (AFP) - New Yorkers voted overwhelmingly for Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani to be their next mayor, setting up a likely showdown with his political foe President Donald Trump. Here are five things to know about the Muslim candidate's history-making victory, and what comes as he prepares to take office on January 1: - Landslide victory - Mamdani, 34, broke one million votes, earning 50 percent of ballots cast compared to his closest rival, 67-year-old former state governor Andrew Cuomo, who won just shy of 42 percent of the vote on the lar...
“Our personal journey may have reached its conclusion, but not the hostage families’ collective journey - we will NOT rest, will NOT stop, until the last hostage returns home," said Ruby Chen. Slain hostage Itay Chen’s family gave their first statement to the media on Wednesday after forensic scientists identified his remains earlier that morning. “For 760 days, we fought across continents and oceans, in Israel and around the world,” Itay’s father, Ruby Chen, said. “We didn't fight only for Itay, nor only for the 255 hostages, but for the soul of this country that Itay loved so deeply. We foug...