Showing 261 - 270 of 437
Trump heads to Asia with ambitious agenda
New York Times, Published on 03/11/2017
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump departs on his first trip to Asia on Friday weakened and scandal-scarred, ready to face off against newly empowered Chinese and Japanese leaders in a region increasingly determined to set its course without American direction.
One surprise standout for Uber: Food delivery
Business, New York Times, Published on 26/09/2017
» SAN FRANCISCO: For years, Bob Gordon, the owner of Footprints Cafe in Brooklyn, handled the delivery of his restaurant's meals, like his Caribbean-inspired "Rasta Pasta," to customers. So when he decided to work for the first time with an outside delivery service -- UberEats, the delivery arm of the ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc -- he was nervous.
Vegas killer meticulously planned carnage
New York Times, Published on 03/10/2017
» From his hotel room on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Stephen Paddock would have looked down upon a crowd of more than 20,000 people, surging to the final sets of a country music festival.
Coming home to a shipping container
Business, New York Times, Published on 07/10/2017
» Tim Steele stood outside a pair of orange shipping containers on a hillside about two hours northwest of New York. The large metal cargo door swung wide to reveal a small mudroom inside the corrugated walls, and beyond that an expansive living room, kitchen and small bathroom. Several tall windows looked out on the Catskill Mountains, a vista that stretched for miles.
Real Thai food lights up US palates
New York Times, Published on 11/10/2017
» SAN FRANCISCO — Crunchy hearts of palm and giant shrimp stir-fried with holy basil and the perfect ration of red chilies. A green papaya salad, freshly shredded and mashed with an extra portion of tiny Thai limes.
Damp, dark and disarrayed, Florida tackles Irma’s aftermath
New York Times, Published on 12/09/2017
» Florida emerged from Hurricane Irma on Monday as a landscape of blacked-out cities, shuttered gas stations, shattered trees and flooded streets, while the now-weakened storm kept sweeping northward.
The Rohingya in Myanmar: How years of strife grew into a crisis
New York Times, Published on 14/09/2017
» A military crackdown against the Rohingya ethnic group has driven hundreds of thousands of men, women and children from their homes in Myanmar.
As Myanmar fighting swells, a desperate flight to the border
New York Times, Published on 28/08/2017
» Intensifying clashes between security forces and insurgents in western Myanmar forced terrified civilians to scramble toward the Bangladesh border Sunday in a desperate search for refuge.
Dramatic rescues unfold all across waterlogged Houston
New York Times, Published on 28/08/2017
» HOUSTON — The rain had begun to fall again Sunday afternoon when there was a roar over Interstate 610.
To fit into Silicon Valley, wear these shoes
Business, New York Times, Published on 19/08/2017
» Silicon Valley goes through its own unique shoe crazes. There were Vibrams. There were Crocs.