The Metropolitan Museum Returns Antiquities to Yemen amid Transparency Promise

The Metropolitan Museum Returns Antiquities to Yemen amid Transparency Promise

The Metropolitan Museum of New York announced on Tuesday the return to Yemen of two antiquities, at a time when the prestigious museum promises to be more transparent about the origin of its collections and to return works resulting from art trafficking to their countries . If they now belong to Yemen, the two sculptures, … Read more

Manufacturing activity in New York region shows unexpected growth in September

Manufacturing activity in New York region shows unexpected growth in September

By Le Figaro with AFP Published on 09/15/2023 at 2:40 p.m., Updated on 09/15/2023 at 2:43 p.m. On the labor market side, indicators “point towards a slight decline in employment levels and the average length of the working week”. MTM / Manueltrinidad – stock.adobe.com Manufacturing activity in the highly industrialized New York region recovered unexpectedly … Read more

Surprising Increase in US Crude Oil Inventories: Stocks Rise by 4 Million Barrels

Surprising Increase in US Crude Oil Inventories: Stocks Rise by 4 Million Barrels

By Le Figaro with AFP Published 1 hour ago, Updated 1 hour ago The country’s stocks were filled by an additional 4 million barrels. jutawat / stock.adobe.com With an additional 4 million barrels, commercial crude oil inventories rose more than expected last week, according to figures released Wednesday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), … Read more

New York Stock Exchange Attempts Timid Rebound After Declining Sessions

New York Stock Exchange Attempts Timid Rebound After Declining Sessions

By Le Figaro with AFP Published 4 hours ago, Updated 4 hours ago The New York Stock Exchange opened slightly lower on Friday. SPENCER PLATT / AFP The New York Stock Exchange opened slightly lower on Friday, attempting a timid rebound after three sessions of decline, in the absence of major macroeconomic news in the … Read more

New York Stock Exchange Opens Lower Amid Global Economic Concerns and Rising Oil Prices

New York Stock Exchange Opens Lower Amid Global Economic Concerns and Rising Oil Prices

By Le Figaro with AFP Posted 1 minute ago, Just updated The New York Stock Exchange opened lower on Wednesday. MICHAEL M. SANTIAGO / AFP The New York Stock Exchange opened lower on Wednesday, still concerned about global economic conditions and the specter of a return to high inflation with soaring oil prices. In early … Read more

Arm Aims for $52 Billion Valuation with New York IPO

Arm Aims for $52 Billion Valuation with New York IPO

By Le Figaro with AFP Posted 8 minutes ago, Just updated The British company Arm, a subsidiary of the Japanese SoftBank, is a world reference in semiconductors manufactured under license for the global smartphone market. DADO RUVIC / REUTERS British microprocessor champion Arm, a subsidiary of Japan’s SoftBank, is aiming for a valuation of up … Read more

Preparations for 43rd ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings Reviewed in Jakarta

Preparations for 43rd ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings Reviewed in Jakarta

Jakarta (VNA) – Ambassador Vu Ho, head of the Delegation of Vietnamese Officials Responsible for ASEAN Affairs (SOM ASEAN Vietnam), attended the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting in Jakarta, Vietnam on September 3. Indonesia, to review preparations for the 43rd ASEAN Summit and related meetings. During a meeting. Photo: VNA The meetings are scheduled to take … Read more

Times Square Subway Station in New York City Flooded Due to Ruptured Pipe

Times Square Subway Station in New York City Flooded Due to Ruptured Pipe

By Le Figaro with AFP Posted 34 minutes ago A subway station in Times Square (New York). SPENCER PLATT/Getty Images via AFP New York’s best-known and busiest subway station, Times Square, fell prey Tuesday at dawn to a spectacular flood caused by a ruptured pipe in this megacity with aging infrastructure. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority … Read more

Teenager wounded by bullets in Marseille: Vital prognosis engaged

Teenager wounded by bullets in Marseille: Vital prognosis engaged

By Le Figaro with AFP Posted yesterday at 23:24, Updated yesterday at 23:25 The vital prognosis of the minor hit by a bullet is engaged. THOMAS COEX / AFP A 14-year-old teenager, whose vital prognosis is engaged, was wounded by bullets on Tuesday evening August 22 in a district in the south of Marseille, learned … Read more

Escape from Nîmes Detention Center: Six People Wanted, No Terrorist Profile

Escape from Nîmes Detention Center: Six People Wanted, No Terrorist Profile

Six people, who do not present “terrorist or disturbing profile“, escaped in the night from Saturday to Sunday from the administrative detention center of Nîmes (Gard) after the voluntary outbreak of fires within it, according to the parquet floor of Nîmes on Sunday. “Six people are wanted for taking advantage of the confusion generated by … Read more