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World’s largest solar boat arrives in New York
Planetsolar, the world’s largest solar-powered boat, arrived safely in New York on June 17, 2013. She has been transformed into a scientific platform as part of the “PlanetSolar DeepWater” expedition, and has joined by a team of researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), led by Professor… …
New York City bike share tech woes enrage normally even-keeled New York bikers
Since the Big Apple launched its bike share program late last month, New Yorkers have already pedalled a total of 475,970 miles (766,000 kilometers) — essentially, to the Moon and back. But not all New Yorkers are over the moon about the program — even the most pro-bike residents have…
City of Johannesburg plans to become Africa’s ‘New York’
City authorities in Johannesburg, South Africa’s economic hub, have unveiled an ambitious plan to undo urban inequalities of the apartheid era and turn the continent’s wealthiest city into the “New York of Africa”. City mayor Parks Tau says the 10-year scheme, which is set to cost some $10 billion (7.5…
New York ‘soccer mom’ accused of $3 million marijuana operation
A suburban mother-of-two with a keen interest in equestrianism has been accused of running a multi-million dollar marijuana enterprise from a warehouse in New York City. Andrea Sanderlin was described by friends and neighbours in the upmarket town of Scarsdale as a “soccer mom” who drove a Mercedes SUV and…
New York luxury housing boom services the fabulously wealthy
While many people scrimp and save to buy their first modest home and others rent for life, New York is seeing a boom in housing construction for the fabulously rich. Buyers are snapping up high-rise luxury condos before they are even completed, with money gushing in from places like South…
New Yorkers protest fatal shooting of gay man
New Yorkers — including mayoral candidate Christine Quinn — planned a rally Monday to protest the shooting death of a gay man in the neighborhood that was the cradle of the modern US gay rights movement. Mark Carson, 32, was killed with a bullet to the head Friday night in…
New York auction houses celebrate after billion-dollar sales week
Two of New York’s leading auction houses combined for the art world’s richest sales week ever, with works going under the hammer for a breathtaking total of more than one billion dollars. Christie’s reaped in more than $638 million dollars at its blockbuster contemporary art auction on Wednesday. Its staggering…
New Yorkers get pumped up for bike sharing
In a parking lot near the East River in Manhattan, Adriana Alltari gathers her courage, lifts her feet off the ground and wobbles away on New York’s latest mode of public transport: a bicycle. Alltari, a 32-year-old engineer, was taking part in free bike riding classes as the Big Apple…
New York art museum unveils ‘Punk: Chaos to couture’ exhibit
Punk rockers wanted anarchy. They wound up with a $565 T-shirt. That’s the story told in a big new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York called “Punk: Chaos to couture.” The exhibit, which opened to a crowded preview Monday, traces the unlikely merger of a movement…
New York could become first major city to raise smoking age
New York wants to become the first major US city to raise the age for buying cigarettes from 18 to 21. The city council is to vote on the proposal May 2. Backing it is its speaker, Christinne Quinn, who is running for mayor. All it needs for passage is…
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