Among workers in tech industries who moved to the United States in 2023, a total of 15% joined the Big Apple. “New York offers new opportunities”, venture capital firm SignalFire announces its founders looking for talent. In the United States, other cities have been especially attractive to tech professionals. This is true for Austin, Texas, … Read more
“It’s absolutely terrifying,” can we read in the comment section of certain TikTok videos. We discover testimonies of women hit by men in the street in New York, while they were going to work, school or walking their dog. “I was walking when someone attacked me from behind […]I could not do anything”, says a … Read more
“In most people’s minds, endangered languages are something distant or exotic,” observed The New York Times Magazine. “Yet among the approximately 700 Seke speakers – most of whom are in a cluster of villages in Nepal – more than 150 live in or near two apartment buildings in Brooklyn.” This is not a unique example. … Read more
“The throat stings, the eyes burn. And people with allergies and asthma live a nightmare,” tell Clarion. In unison with the world press, the Argentine daily published photos of New York immersed in an orange haze, opaque and worrying, which the sun itself had difficulty piercing. “Visibility in the Big Apple was almost non-existent – … Read more
For motorists, it will be 15 dollars. $24 to $36 for vans and heavy goods vehicles and $1.25 per trip for taxis – a surcharge increased to $2.50 per trip for Uber drivers. Fortunately, at night, there will be a reduced rate for everyone… “The MTA expects a 17% reduction in the number of vehicles … Read more
Bad Bunny, Shakira, Karol G, Camilo… Behind the success of many Latin American stars lies another star: the Mexican producer and composer Edgar Barrera. Competing in 13 categories at the Latin Grammy Awards this November 16 in Seville, he is the most nominated artist of this 24e edition – the ceremony where the prestigious awards … Read more
The Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Central Park and… rats. New York certainly has no shortage of tourist attractions, but it’s as if rats, whose population has increased exponentially with the Covid-19 pandemic, have become the new “city mascot”, relate le New York Post. Tourist guides now offer tours dedicated to rodents and … Read more
“Kidnapped”, can be read in bold letters on a red background on these posters, just above photos of people held hostage by Hamas since the attacks perpetrated by the radical Islamist organization on October 7 in Israel. Created by Israeli street artists, these posters have gone viral and “almost omnipresent in public spaces and on … Read more
Anticipation is one of the strong points of The Atlantic since its creation in 1857. This venerable publication, where the most prestigious writers of the moment write, has known better than any other American magazine to take the Internet turn, making its site a very dynamic place for reflection and debate. Intellectual and placid, like … Read more
The first bus transporting migrants from Texas to Democratic cities in the United States to alleviate migratory pressure on border cities with Mexico was sent to Washington in April 2022. Since then, 50,000 migrants have been transferred across the country. , reports The New York Times. Initially, these transfers were implemented as a “emergency measure” … Read more