Tag: #new York
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NY Administration Terminates Roosevelt Hotel Lease Agreement with PIA
Baaghi TV/Arshad Mehmud: The New York City administration has terminated its $220 million lease agreement, discontinuing the use of the Roosevelt Hotel, owned by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), as a migrant shelter. New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced plans to phase out the migrant processing center and shelter at the Pakistan-owned Roosevelt Hotel…
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Ed Sheeran testifies in court over Marvin Gaye ‘plagiarism’ case
NEW YORK: Singer-Songwriter Ed Sheeran defends ballad in court as he testifies over ‘plagiarism’ case concerning similarities in his song “Thinking Out Loud” to Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On”. According to international media, the singer-songwriter appeared before a court in New York to defend his ballad which was allegedly plagiarised from Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s…
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Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst Commits Suicide
MANHATTAN: The 2019 pageant winner is reported to have jumped to death from a 60-story apartment building in New York. The body of the deceased was found in the street below on Sunday Morning. According to the sources, the former Miss USA lived on the ninth floor of the same building. The New York Police…
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Powerful winter storm triggers transport chaos and power outages across US east coast
Blinding snow whipped up by powerful winds pummeled the eastern US on Saturday, as one of the strongest winter storms in years triggered transport chaos and power outages across a region of some 70 million people.
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US: Thousands of flights cancelled as parts of East Coast brace for snow storm
Thousands of flights in the US have been cancelled as parts of the East Coast braced for a shellacking by a powerful winter storm packing heavy snow and high winds
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US government to auction over 480,000 acres for wind farms
The US government said that it will auction off more than 480,000 acres off the coasts of New York and New Jersey as part of its drive to provide renewable energy to more than 10 million homes by 2030
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New York: 19 people including 9 children killed in apartment building fire
At least 19 people, including nine children, have been killed and dozens injured in an apartment building fire in New York City’s deadliest fire in three decades
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UNGA Unanimously Adopts Pakistan’s Landmark Resolution
Pakistan-sponsored resolution entitled “Countering Disinformation for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms” was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York by consensus. Pakistan took the initiative against the backdrop of exponential proliferation of disinformation around the world. The phenomenon is exacerbating social discord and fanning discrimination, hate…
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says residents who get vaccine booster to get $100
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that residents who receive the Covid 19 vaccine booster by the end of the year will receive $100 from the city
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UN unanimously adopted resolution on Pakistan’s ‘right to self-determination’
The resolution on Pakistan’s right to self-determination, co-sponsored by 72 countries from all regions adopted by consensus by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York. According to the details, the Pakistan-sponsored resolution entitled “Universal Realization of the Right of the Peoples to Self-Determination” was unanimously adopted by 72 countries in the UN General…