“The day my cousin George Floyd made me an activist”

To the whole world his name is George Floyd. But for Shareeduh Tate, it was “Perry”, her middle name. Resident in the suburbs of Houston (Texas), she is one of the cousins ​​of the African-American killed in Minneapolis (Minnesota) by a white policeman who knelt on his neck. It was May 25, 2020. The tragedy, … Read more

UN closes New York headquarters to visitors, declares contingency plan

Published on : 10/03/2020 – 07:07Modified : 10/03/2020 – 11:03 – In New York, the UN will close its doors to visitors as of Tuesday evening, March 10. The decision has just been validated internally and should be announced this Tuesday morning. It comes a week after the United Nations Palace in Geneva closed its … Read more

In the new “Little Island” park, New Yorkers enjoy their new-found freedom

Published on : 22/05/2021 – 12:16 – In the United States, the city of New York has just acquired a new park called “Little Island”, which has attracted many walkers since its opening. The opportunity for residents to take advantage of the deconfinement after months of confinement linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. A breath of … Read more

New York drops the mask both indoors and outdoors

Published on : 20/05/2021 – 09:02 – As of Wednesday, May 19, in New York State, people who have been vaccinated may no longer wear the mask, even indoors, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced. With our correspondent in New York, Carrie Nooten At the Gersi restaurant, the tables are always separated by plexiglass. The waiters have … Read more

“Welcome to New York, your vaccine is waiting for you”

Published on : 12/05/2021 – 06:54 – In the United States, some cities like New York have opened up vaccination to everyone. It is no longer necessary to prove that one resides on American soil, which should make it possible to vaccinate all undocumented migrants or people in an irregular situation, but which also generates … Read more

In New York, 750 coronavirus deaths stored for more than a year in refrigerated trucks

Published on : 11/05/2021 – 06:18 – They will sometimes have spent more than twelve months in these makeshift morgues, in one of the richest cities in the world. The services of the New York medical examiner have just admitted that 750 dead linked to the Covid-19 pandemic were still stored in refrigerated trucks. From … Read more

US economy still has “a long way to go,” warns Biden

Published on : 07/05/2021 – 23:25 – Joe Biden admits it: the US economy still has a long way to go. The US President spoke on Friday morning, May 7, after the publication of unemployment figures. Only 266,000 jobs were created in April, as experts predicted a million new jobs. Republicans immediately denounced the failure … Read more