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Jewish film pros denounce 'Zone of Interest' director's speech
New York Times, Published on 20/03/2024
» NEW YORK - Hundreds of Jewish actors, producers and others in the film industry have signed a letter condemning remarks critical of Israel that director Jonathan Glazer made when he accepted an Oscar for his film about the Holocaust.
US orders China to close Houston consulate
New York Times, Published on 23/07/2020
» WASHINGTON: The United States has abruptly ordered China to close its consulate in Houston, accusing diplomats of aiding economic espionage and the attempted theft of scientific research.
As 737 Max crisis festers, Boeing fires its leader
New York Times, Published on 24/12/2019
» NEW YORK: Boeing said on Monday that it had fired its chief executive, Dennis A. Muilenburg, who was unable to stabilise the company after two crashes involving its best-selling 737 Max plane killed 346 people and set off the worst crisis in the manufacturing giant’s 103-year history.
Saudi trainee kills 3 in Florida base shooting
New York Times, Published on 07/12/2019
» PENSACOLA, Florida: A member of the Saudi air force armed with a handgun fatally shot three people and injured eight others on Friday morning during a bloody rampage in a classroom building at the prestigious Naval Air Station in Pensacola, where he was training to become a pilot.
Hong Kong's universities now citadels under siege
New York Times, Published on 14/11/2019
» HONG KONG: Seething with anger, the black-clad students hurled gasoline bombs, threw bricks and even aimed flaming arrows at riot police, who answered with tear-gas volleys and rubber bullets that hurtled into Hong Kong’s university grounds for the first time.
Democrats capture control of House, GOP holds senate
New York Times, Published on 07/11/2018
» Democrats harnessed voter fury toward President Donald Trump to win control of the House and capture pivotal governorships Tuesday night as liberals and moderates banded together to deliver a forceful rebuke of Mr Trump, even as Republicans added to their Senate majority by claiming a handful of conservative-leaning states.
Born in blood, Myanmar's army prospers
New York Times, Published on 29/01/2018
» YANGON: For Myanmar's army, the campaign of atrocity it has waged to drive hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya Muslims out of the country is no innovation. The force was born in blood 76 years ago and has been shedding it ever since.
US city airports' future may not involve flying
Business, New York Times, Published on 22/07/2017
» Coleman Young International Airport was once one of the busiest airports in the United States and a thriving piece of Detroit's economy. But like so much else in the city, it festered for decades after the action moved to the suburbs.
Train around Yangon: Old, slow, and beats traffic
New York Times, Published on 13/06/2017
» YANGON, Myanmar -- To ride Yangon’s charmingly decrepit Circle Line train is to ride through history.
Amazon's living lab: Re-imagining retail on Seattle streets
Business, New York Times, Published on 25/02/2017
» On a busy stretch of road in this city's Ballard neighbourhood, a curious new grocery store is taking shape -- and so begins another effort by Amazon.com Inc to use the residents of its hometown as guinea pigs.