Tag: New York

• Monday, December 4th 2023 - 09:50 UTC

  Congressman Santos kicked out of US House of Representatives

  

  Republican Congressman George Santos (NY), a compulsive liar who claimed his grandparents fled the Holocaust and allegedly used his campaign funds to pay for X-rated subscriptions, got no third time lucky on Friday when the House of Representatives voted 311-114 to make him only the sixth lawmaker ever to be expelled.

• Monday, June 12th 2023 - 10:33 UTC

  Uruguayan President off to NYC to collect accolade

  

  President Luis Lacalle Pou left Sunday for the United States to receive the Gold Insigne Award, given by the Americas Society Forum in New York.

• Saturday, September 10th 2022 - 10:23 UTC

  Poliovirus disaster emergency declared in New York; fears disease could spread to hundreds

  

  The state of New York declared a disaster emergency on Friday after poliovirus was detected in wastewater samples from Long Island, signaling growing community spread of the virus which can cause paralytic disease.

• Friday, August 12th 2022 - 21:08 UTC

  “Satanic Verses” author stabbed before a lecture in NY

  

  Indian-born writer Salman Rushdie, on whose head there has been a bounty since the 1980s for his novel The Satanic Verses, has been stabbed Friday during a conference in New York State.

• Monday, May 16th 2022 - 01:07 UTC

  Brazilian road show in New York to attract US$ 40bn investors in transport infrastructure

  

  The current Brazilian government expects to have contracts worth R$ 200 billion (US$ 40billion) with the private sector investing in transport infrastructure by end of 2022. To achieve this end, the Ministry of Infrastructure works to encourage more international financing in the concession project portfolio, as highlighted by Minister Marcelo Sampaio during his roadshow this week in New York.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Andy Warhol's iconic Marilyn Monroe portrait auctioned at US$ 195 million in New York

  

  The Marilyn Monroe portrait by Andy Warhol fetched US$ 195 million on Monday at the auction house Christie's in New York. The 1964 silk-screen portrait is one in a series of portraits that the artist made of Marilyn Monroe, following her death. It was held in the collection of Swiss art dealers Thomas and Doris Ammann.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2022 - 04:31 UTC

  NY Lt. Gov. resigns due to involvement in campaign finance scheme

  

  Brian Benjamin Tuesday evening resigned his position of Lieutenant Governor of the State of New York, after he was indicted for allegedly attempting to trade a state grant for campaign contributions.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2022 - 23:24 UTC

  New York Subway shooting leaves many injured; assailant at large

  

  At least 17 people were injured after an unidentified gunman opened fire in the New York subway Tuesday morning, in what appears to have been the doings of a “lone wolf,” according to local media reports. The perpetrator was not arrested in the next few hours following the incident.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2021 - 19:21 UTC

  Democratic former police captain to become Mayor of New York City

  

  Former police captain Brooklyn borough president Eric Adams of the Democratic Party was elected Tuesday to become the next Mayor of New York City, after easily defeating Republican Curtis Sliwa. Adams will be the second African American to run the Big Apple after David Dinkins did from 1990 to 1993.

• Tuesday, September 21st 2021 - 08:25 UTC

  Bolsonaro banned from all NYC restaurants eats pizza in the streets ahead of UN's meeting

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was pictured Sunday evening eating pizza in the streets of New York City after not being allowed into any local restaurant because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19.