3 d. ago New York mayor Zohran Mamdani sent baby box by SNP Government

Mamdani has previously mentioned Scotland, Chile and Finland as examples of where the policy has been introduced.

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3 d. ago Scotland sends baby box to New York after mayor Mamdani cites policy

Scottish social justice secretary says pledge for the city shows shared ‘commitment to tackling child poverty’New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has received a baby box from the Scottish government after modelling part of his election campaign on Edinburgh’s example of providing each expectant mother with a set of essentials.Scotland’s social justice secretary, Shirley-Anne Somerville, said it would help the city’s leader develop his own plans for a “baby basket”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago New York mayor Zohran Mamdani sent baby box by Scottish Government

Mr Mamdani previously cited Scotland as an example of where the policy has been introduced

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5 d. ago Puppy farm probes soar in Scotland as criminals sell ill and dying dogs for huge cash sums

Animal watchdog body reports huge flow of pups from Irish puppy farms to Scotland, with crime families sending out front line sellers posing as loving owners.

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6 d. ago Gregor Townsend sends pointed message to Scotland wingers and lifts lid on autumn post

Townsend wants Edinburgh duo to impress ahead of Italy opener

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6 d. ago NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and US Sen. Bernie Sanders rally with nurses on ninth day of strike

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders are rallying with nurses in Manhattan during the ninth day of their strike

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8 d. ago San Francisco Is On the Rebound. What Happened to Its Ousted Mayor?

San Francisco Is On the Rebound. What Happened to Its Ousted Mayor?  The New York Times

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1 week ago What Happened to London Breed, the Former San Francisco Mayor?

What Happened to London Breed, the Former San Francisco Mayor?  The New York Times

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1 week ago Zohran Mamdani moves into NYC mayoral home Gracie mansion with his wife

The 18th-century home makes a stark departure from the New York City Mayor’s former Queens apartment

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2 w. ago Fox host labels Ms. Rachel ‘creepy’ and attacks her over beloved character

Tomi Lahren declares dislike for ‘adults that dress like children’ in attack on YouTube star for appearing with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to promote free childcare policy

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2 w. ago Sadiq Khan swipes at 'bully' Donald Trump as London mayor renews his bitter feud with US President

Asked if he could offer any advice to New York mayor Zohran Mamdani, who assumed office at the beginning of this year, Sir Sadiq said: 'Don't let bullies win.'

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2 w. ago Mamdani’s first 10 days: getting things done despite right’s dystopian fantasies

The New York mayor’s popular moves on rent and free childcare defied rightwing predictions of a far-left hellscapeRightwing politicians and media issued grave warnings about Zohran Mamdani.The election of the democratic socialist would, according to some, cause a spike in crime, and a reduction in freedom, prompting rich people to flee the city and leading to, in the words of one conservative thinktank, “collapse, dependency, and political repression” in the manner of “Venezuela” and “Cuba”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Emily Ratajkowski slammed as 'disrespectful' for twerking in bodega before donning hijab at mosque to celebrate 'Mamdani's New York'

Emily Ratajkowski celebrated New York City's new mayor Zohran Mamdani with a racy new post, which was slammed as 'disrespectful' by some fans.

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3 w. ago I grew up in a communist country... here's my terrifying warning about Zohran Mamdani

An immigrant whose family lived under an infamous communist regime has a dire warning for Americans supporting New York mayor Zohran Mamdani.

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3 w. ago For Americans, 2026 started with two starkly different visions for the country | Moira Donegan

Zohran Mamdani’s optimistic inauguration contrasted in every single way with Trump’s brazen invasion of VenezuelaThe new year opened with a pair of scenes that illustrated the great divide within the US and the stakes of the ongoing contest over its future. On 1 January, in a star-studded inauguration ceremony of uncommon pomp and optimism, Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist, was sworn in as the new mayor of New York and delivered a speech that declared the era of small government and centrist inhibition to be over, and a new dawn of ambitious social welfare programs to begin.The new mayor’s inauguration is the culmination of a decade of growth from the Democratic party’s insurgent left wing, and results from a feat of organizing within the country’s largest city that relied upon mass mobilization from downwardly mobile and economically disenfranchised millennial and gen Z voters. It was hailed as a generational shift in US politics, inaugurating a new, 21st-centur...

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3 w. ago Mamdani says he called Trump to personally object to Venezuela attack and capture of Maduro

‘I registered my opposition, I made it clear and we left it at that,’ the new New York mayor said of the call

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3 w. ago At Zohran Mamdani’s block party, I observed a simple truth: people want more politics, not less | Samuel Earle

Years of scandal and disappointment have left a void in our politics. But New York’s new mayor offers an alternative to more apathy: hope On 1 January, to mark his inauguration as mayor of New York, Zohran Mamdani threw a block party. As he was sworn in outside city hall in front of a crowd of a few thousand of us, a nearby street in Manhattan was closed to traffic so that tens of thousands more could gather to watch the historic moment live on enormous screens. The weather – a cloudless blue sky and arctic winds – felt somehow fitting: a licence to dream and a warning against complacency.Mayors don’t usually take office amid such a festival atmosphere. A smaller, more exclusive event is normally adequate. But a key feature of Mamdani’s rise has been the desire for mass participation in politics. There was no chance this day was going to pass without an open-invitation party. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Israel accuses Mamdani of antisemitism on first day as New York mayor

Foreign ministry says mayor has poured ‘antisemitic gasoline on an open fire’ by scrapping IHRA definitionIsrael’s foreign ministry has accused New York mayor Zohran Mamdani of pouring “antisemitic gasoline on an open fire” after he reversed a recent order by the outgoing mayor, Eric Adams.“On his very first day as @NYCMayor, Mamdani shows his true face: he scraps the IHRA definition of antisemitism and lifts restrictions on boycotting Israel. This isn’t leadership. It’s antisemitic gasoline on an open fire,” the foreign ministry said in a post on X. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago What Zohran Mamdani’s suit tells us about the man and the way society is changing

In politics, clothes matter – as the mid-market formal wear favoured by the new, young New York mayor testifiesGrowing up in London in the 00s, I was surrounded by suits. On City boys darting around the Square Mile. In Hyde Park, where Arab dads in baggy suits kicked footballs with their children in honeyed light. At school, where cheap grey suits were our uniform. The suit has always been a costume of seriousness that signals powerfulness and performance; all the things I was apparently supposed to want if I ever intended to become a “man”. But until recently, my generation seemed to wear them less and less, and they had all but disappeared from my consciousness.Then came the newly elected New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, who was sworn in at a private ceremony dressed in a sober black overcoat, crisp white shirt and an Eri silk tie from New Delhi-based designer Kartik Kumra of Kartik Research – styled by US fashion editor, Gabriella Karefa-Johnson. Buoyed up by an ingenious cam...

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3 w. ago Mamdani pledges ‘new era’ for New York and vows to govern ‘audaciously’

New mayor gives speech at inauguration and rescinds all orders signed by Eric Adams after corruption indictmentZohran Mamdani vowed to “reinvent” New York City in a speech on his first day as mayor, promising “a new era” for America’s largest city and an ambitious start to his term of office.The 34-year-old political star and democratic socialist, who a year ago was a virtually unknown state assemblyman, is the city’s first Muslim mayor, the first of south Asian descent and the first to be born in Africa. He is also the first to be sworn in using the Qur’an. Continue reading...

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