Former Professor Donates Billion Dollars to Bronx Medical School, Eliminates Registration Fees for Students

Former Professor Donates Billion Dollars to Bronx Medical School, Eliminates Registration Fees for Students

Students at a Bronx medical school will be able to benefit from free registration fees thanks to an incredible donation from a former professor. Widow of a Wall Street financier, Ruth Gottesman decided to transfer a billion dollars to this establishment located in a disadvantaged neighborhood of New York. Published on: 02/28/2024 – 1:10 p.m. … Read more

Support for Donald Trump in Staten Island: An Exception to New York’s Democratic Leanings

Support for Donald Trump in Staten Island: An Exception to New York’s Democratic Leanings

Target of several legal cases in his hometown, Donald Trump can still count on the support of supporters in the borough of Staten Island, on the other side of New York Bay. Staten Island is the least populated neighborhood in New York. A residential suburb, where the Republican vote is more widespread than in the … Read more

New York City Under Fire for Energy Waste During Climate Week

New York City Under Fire for Energy Waste During Climate Week

As participants in Climate Week, September 18-24, discuss a range of environmental topics, New York, a legendary city internationally recognized for its luminous “skyline”, is criticized for its energy waste . Published on: 09/19/2023 – 2:25 p.m. Modified on: 09/19/2023 – 2:29 p.m. 4 mn The lights of New York under fire from environmental associations … Read more

Universal Music Group to Cut Hundreds of Jobs in 2024 Amid Slowing Music Sales

Universal Music Group to Cut Hundreds of Jobs in 2024 Amid Slowing Music Sales

Bloomberg — Universal Music Group NV, the record label behind Taylor Swift and Drake, plans to eliminate hundreds of jobs in the first three months of 2024, according to people familiar with the matter. Its largest division, recorded music, will suffer the biggest impact, said these sources, who were not authorized to make public statements … Read more

24 Injured in New York Subway Collision and Derailment

24 Injured in New York Subway Collision and Derailment

At least 24 people were slightly injured Thursday, January 4, 2024 in New York in a collision between two subways and the derailment of one of the trains, according to the emergency services, which cordoned off one of the busiest districts of Manhattan. Three lines of the sprawling network of one of the oldest subways … Read more

2023-2024 School Calendar in Mexico: Megabridge, Easter Holidays, and No Class Days

2023-2024 School Calendar in Mexico: Megabridge, Easter Holidays, and No Class Days

Mexico City — The December holidays in Mexico’s preschool, primary and secondary schools are about to end. The students will return to the classrooms next Monday, January 8, according to the 2023-2024 School Calendar of the Ministry of Public Education (SEP). This month, classes will be suspended again on Friday, January 26, as teachers will … Read more

Yusef Salaam Sworn into New York City Council: A Look Back at His Extraordinary Journey

Yusef Salaam Sworn into New York City Council: A Look Back at His Extraordinary Journey

Elected last December to the New York City Council, Yusef Salaam, 49, took office on Tuesday as the new representative of the Harlem district, 34 years after being wrongly convicted of the rape of a jogger in the case of the “Central Park Five”. A look back at his extraordinary journey. Published on: 01/04/2024 – … Read more

Argentine Justice System Rejects Javier Milei’s Labor Law Reforms in “Mega Decree”

Argentine Justice System Rejects Javier Milei’s Labor Law Reforms in “Mega Decree”

The Argentine justice system rejected on Wednesday January 3, at least provisionally, labor law reforms included in the “mega decree” deregulator of ultraliberal President Javier Milei. The National Chamber of Labor, a labor law body, which had been contacted by the Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT, General Confederation of Labor), the largest trade union center … Read more

Mayor of New York Imposes Restrictions on Transport Companies for Migrant Crisis Control

Mayor of New York Imposes Restrictions on Transport Companies for Migrant Crisis Control

In the United States, the political standoff continues between the Mayor of New York and the Governor of Texas. Faced with the still large number of migrants sent by bus by the Republican elected official to the Democratic city, the mayor of New York imposes restrictions on transport companies to try to better control these … Read more

Overlap of Flu, Coronavirus, and RSV: CDC Urges Vaccination for Persistent Coughs

Overlap of Flu, Coronavirus, and RSV: CDC Urges Vaccination for Persistent Coughs

▶ Overlap of flu, coronavirus, and RSV ▶ Coughing continues for more than a month… CDC “Vaccine now” Mr. Lee, in his 50s and living in Koreatown, LA, has not stopped coughing since last month. Even though I bought medicine at the pharmacy, the cough showed no signs of going away. Ms. Lee complained that … Read more