Finance Minister leads delegation to meeting with investors in New York
KUALA LUMPUR: Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan is leading the Malaysian delegation to a meeting with investors in New York, United States (US) from April 14-16, 2024. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) in a statement said the meeting is being held in conjunction with Amir Hamzah’s presence at the Spring Meeting of […]
Anwar meets Erdogan in New York
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has arrived at the Turkish House in Manhattan here to meet Turkiye President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Both leaders are meeting on the sidelines of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). According to officials, among the topics of discussion would be finding ways to tackle […]
UN womenchief urges action against Taliban’s gender apartheid in Afghanistan
NEW YORK: The UN’s lead agency for gender equality on Tuesday called on the global community to persistently advocate for change in Afghanistan, highlighting the Taliban’s sweeping and unparalleled restrictions on the rights of women and girls throughout the nation, reported Xinhua. Sima Bahous, executive director of UN Women, made the appeal in a statement […]
13 injured after train derails in New York
NEW YORK: At least 13 people were injured after a passenger train derailed in New York on Thursday morning. A Long Island Rail Road train was heading towards Hempstead when it derailed east of Jamaica Station at 175th Street and 95th Avenue in the city’s Queens borough at 11.12 am local time, Xinhua quoted a Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) official. […]
New York, Singapore top list of world’s most expensive cities
WASHINGTON: There is a cost of living crisis in major cities across the world, and none is more affected than New York City, which is now tied with Singapore as the most expensive city in which to live. The Economist Intelligence Unit’s (EIU) latest Worldwide Cost of Living survey reported that prices have risen by more […]
The stage is where it happens
By Mariette Tunn Of course, technology has affected how we work and play, and in many ways, for the better; However, would that smile on Mona Lisa be as fascinating as it is in the iconic portrait hand-painted by da Vinci if it had been a photograph portrait taken with a camera? Any theatre musical […]
Twitter purchase will not go ahead without clarity on spam accounts
NEW YORK: Billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday said his purchase of Twitter would not go ahead unless he was assured that fewer than five per cent of accounts on the platform were fake. “Yesterday, Twitter’s CEO publicly refused to show proof of <5%. “This deal cannot move forward until he does,” tweeted Musk, who has […]
USA nears 1 mln COVID dead, early epicentre New York seeks to move on
NEW YORK: The United States is about to cross the threshold of one million deaths from COVID-19, a grim milestone that comes as cities like New York try to turn the page on the pandemic despite threats of another surge. “It’s unfathomable,” Diana Berrent, one of the first people in New York state to catch […]
New York cancels June primary
WASHINGTON: New York state will no longer hold its June 23 Democratic presidential primary amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, Democratic officials announced Monday, Anadolu Agency reported. The primary had previously been delayed from April 28 over the virus, and the Democratic members of the board voted to cancel the poll altogether, according […]
New York state to reopen with multi-phased strategy
NEW YORK: The US state of New York will restart its economy after the peak of the coronavirus outbreak in a multi-phase manner, Xinhua news agency reported Governor Andrew Cuomo as saying on Sunday. The strategy is to first reopen the construction and manufacturing sectors, and the second phase will be evaluating businesses on a […]
