Topic: new-york

Hong Kong’s retreat chips away at Xi’s iron image

Hong Kong’s retreat chips away at Xi’s iron image

Steven Lee Myers, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 17 12:10 PM

The move, the biggest concession to public pressure during Xi’s nearly 7 years as China’s paramount leader, suggests that there are still limits to his power, especially involving events outside the mainland, even as he has governed with an increasingly authoritarian grip. Read more »

Airlines try new ways to build pilot ranks

Airlines try new ways to build pilot ranks

Christine Negroni, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 17 12:02 PM

The biggest need for pilots is in Asia, where an improving economy in China has resulted in more people traveling. More people are flying in the United States as well and, at the same time, pilots are hitting the mandatory retirement age of 65. Read more »

Philippines denounces China in 'barbaric' sinking of boat

Philippines denounces China in 'barbaric' sinking of boat

Jason Gutierrez and Hannah Beech, New York Times
Updated as of Jun 14 08:57 AM

Tensions in the disputed South China Sea ratcheted up Thursday as the Philippine government protested the sinking of a Filipino boat by a Chinese fishing vessel, which left 22 Filipino fishermen floating at sea before they were rescued by a Vietnamese boat. Read more »

As China looms, Australia’s military refocuses on Pacific neighbors

As China looms, Australia’s military refocuses on Pacific neighbors

Jamie Tarabay, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 12 08:25 AM

Australia has always tried to maintain military forces near home strong enough to deter any potentially hostile power from moving into the South Pacific. But in recent decades, it has not faced such a challenge in the region, and instead has sent its troops again and again to support the United States in faraway conflicts. Read more »

Insomnia: Health risks lurk in the still of the night

Insomnia: Health risks lurk in the still of the night

Jane E. Brody, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 11 08:52 AM

Chronic insomnia, which affects 5 percent to 10 percent of older adults, is more than just exhausting. It’s also linked to an increased risk of developing hypertension, Type 2 diabetes, heart attack, depression, anxiety and premature death. Read more »

One dead as helicopter crash-lands on Manhattan building

One dead as helicopter crash-lands on Manhattan building

Thomas Urbain, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 11 06:47 AM

NEW YORK - A helicopter made a crash landing onto the roof of a midtown Manhattan skyscraper on Monday, killing at least one person and sending a plume of smoke skyward from the top of the building, which was shrouded in fog.   Read more »

Google made $4.7 billion from news industry in 2018: study

Google made $4.7 billion from news industry in 2018: study

Marc Tracy, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 10 09:07 AM

The journalists who create that content deserve a cut of that $4.7 billion, said David Chavern, the president and chief executive of the alliance, which represents more than 2,000 newspapers across the country, including The New York Times. Read more »

Pride flags and foreign policy: US diplomats see shift on gay rights

Pride flags and foreign policy: US diplomats see shift on gay rights

The New York Times
Posted at Jun 10 08:59 AM

American diplomats in Brazil recently sought State Department permission to fly rainbow flags this month at the US Embassy and a consulate, citing an increasingly hostile environment for gay Brazilians since the election of the far-right President Jair Bolsonaro last fall. Read more »

50 years on, New York police apologize for Stonewall riots

50 years on, New York police apologize for Stonewall riots

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 07 05:39 AM

NEW YORK, United States - The head of the New York police department on Thursday apologized for a crackdown on the city's LGBTQ community during the notorious Stonewall riots, ahead of the 50th anniversary of the clashes that gave rise to the Gay Pride movement.  Read more »

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