New York

New confirmed COVID-19 cases in New York are mostly coming from those who left their homes to buy, exercise or socialize, instead of from essential workers, Governor Andrew Cuomo said yesterday. “That person got infected and...

New York state, the epicentre of the United States’s Covid-19 outbreak, will allow pharmacies to execute tests for the virus, the governor Andrew Cuomo says. Andrew Cuomo said some 5,000 pharmacies would be ready to perform...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo extended the state’s shutdown order Thursday until May 15, citing data showing conditions were improving but insisting on the need to maintain vigilance. The governor pointed to falling rates of hospitalization...

Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it would open a new office in New York’s Manhattan to house its consumer and advertising teams. The office will open in 2021 and accommodate more than 1,500 employees, the company...

US President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will change his permanent residence from New York to Palm Beach, Florida, claiming he had been “treated very badly” in his native city. “My family and I will...

A plane and its passengers are set to test the mental and physical limits of long-haul aviation when Qantas operates the first direct flight by a commercial airline from New York to Sydney this weekend. In...

A young homeless man has been charged with placing false bombs, police said Saturday, after three empty rice cookers caused major commuter disruption in New York. Larry K. Griffin II, 26, was arrested by the New...

It’s a tall order indeed: How do you make aging, energy-hungry skyscrapers more efficient and less polluting? The city of New York, the historic capital of the skyscraper, is determined to do so by requiring the...

Alphabet Inc’s Google is investing more than $1 billion on a new campus in New York, becoming the second major technology company after Amazon to pick America’s financial capital to expand and create thousands of jobs....

Shares in Tencent Music Entertainment Group, China’s music streaming giant, jumped almost 10% on their first day of public trade in New York. The listing raised about $1.1bn (£870m), based on an initial offering price of...