News of new york

Latino art conquers New York City

23-06-2022 23:09 Art created by Latin and LatinX artists is booming in the Big Apple, long overdue recognition for a community that makes up 35% of New York’s population.

MISSING IN AMAZON

Calls mount for Brazil to find missing journalist, indigenous expert

09-06-2022 00:43 Brazilian authorities on Wednesday arrested a man in connection with the disappearance of a British journalist and a local indigenous expert in the Amazon, police said, as calls mounted for officials to deliver answers on what happened to them.

United States

Suspect faces terror charge over New York subway shooting

14-04-2022 10:52 A man accused of shooting 10 people on the New York subway was taken into custody Wednesday and faces a federal terror charge, after a day-long manhunt in the city.

UNITED STATES

At least 13 injured in Brooklyn subway shooting incident

12-04-2022 11:59 At least 13 people have been injured in a shooting incident at a subway station in the New York City borough, where "several undetonated devices" were recovered, authorities said Tuesday.

BLOOMBERG – INTERVIEW

Stephen Kaplan: China faces ‘creditor trap’ in lending to Latin America

07-03-2022 08:00 China will be more cautious about extending loans to Latin American countries after difficulties securing repayment suggest it has sometimes fallen into a “creditor trap,” according to economist Stephen Kaplan.

CITY MAYOR IN UNITED STATES

Rodríguez Larreta meets Clinton, Kerry on brief US tour

27-09-2021 12:27 Buenos Aires City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta lunches with former US president Bill Clinton during brief US tour, discussing climate change and economic and political outlook in the Americas.

9/11: 20 YEARS ON

'Total failure': The war on terror 20 years on

26-08-2021 13:57 The Al-Qaeda plane hijackings of September 11, 2001 were the first foreign attack on the US mainland in nearly two centuries. It ruptured America's sense of safety and plunged the West into war in Afghanistan – a military operation that is only now just concluding.

UNITED STATES

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigns after harassment claims

10-08-2021 15:01 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, facing possible impeachment over sexual harassment claims from 11 women and mounting pressure to quit from fellow Democrats, announced his resignation on Tuesday.

US-ARGENTINE RELATIONS

Massa talks debt and football with Bill Clinton as he wraps up US visit

19-06-2021 09:23 Renewal Front leader holds talks with key Democratic leaders, including Bill Clinton, as he pushes to secure future meeting between Alberto Fernández and US President Joe Biden.

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Massa heads to US on a special mission for Alberto Fernández

14-06-2021 17:15 Renewal Front leader lines up talks with key Democratic leaders, including Bill Clinton, and hopes to seal a date for a future meeting between Alberto Fernández and US President Joe Biden.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Kicillof, bondholders’ old foe, plays default hardball

30-03-2021 11:27 Axel Kicillof relished clashing with foreign investors when serving as economy minister. Today, as governor of Buenos Aires Province, he's again locked in a bruising battle with financiers in New York and London.

BLOOMBERG

Buenos Aires Province weighs next steps after creditor lawsuit

26-03-2021 16:48 Officials say Argentina's largest province is considering what steps to take next to restructure its debt after a group of bondholders sued the province in US courts for more than US$366 million.

DEBT WOES

Buenos Aires Province sued in US for missed debt payments

23-03-2021 18:56 Creditors submit a legal claim against the province of Buenos Aires in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.

ECONOMY MINISTER

Guzmán flies to United States for talks with IMF, investors

18-03-2021 13:00 Economy Minister Martín Guzmán flies to New York for talks with investors. He is due to meet with IMF staff, including Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, next week.

US ELECTION 2020

Peaceful protests in New York as tensions rise in Detroit

04-11-2020 22:27 Thousands of Biden supporters march in New York to demand every vote in tight election be counted, as some Trump supporters protest in Detroit, demanding a halt to ballot counting in the key state of Michigan.

US ELECTION 2020

New York progressive Ocasio-Cortez easily wins second House term

04-11-2020 02:10 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez comfortably secured a second term in Congress on Tuesday with an expected win over her Republican challenger.

US election bombshell

Report: Trump paid just US$750 in US income taxes in 2016, 2017

27-09-2020 19:45 US President Donald Trump paid just US$750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and paid no income tax at all in 10 of the previous 15 years, The New York Times reported Sunday, citing tax return data extending more than 20 years.

September 11

Coronavirus pandemic alters 9/11 remembrance in the US

10-09-2020 17:03 19 years after the September 11 terror attacks, the United States will remember the victims while keeping coronavirus protocols in mind.

Markets

Stocks move higher, pushing S&P 500 closer to record high

11-08-2020 14:13 Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street, pushing the S&P 500 ever closer to the all-time high it reached back in February, before the coronavirus shutdowns slammed the economy.