India’s biggest Bollywood stars lit up an American stadium Saturday with a dazzling celebration of dance, music and fashion at the International Indian Film Academy awards just outside New York. Held each year in a different city overseas, IIFA is India’s biggest media event and one of the world’s most-watched annual entertainment shows, with an … Read more
The International Indian Film Academy fired the opening salvo in a weekend of glitz, glamor and music for its annual awards, sending fans wild with excitement by hosting Bollywood stars in Times Square. Hundreds of people — overwhelmingly South Asians joined by bemused onlookers, confused tourists and a smattering of Western converts to Bollywood — … Read more
Thousands of yoga aficionados celebrated the summer solstice amid the neon lights and cacophony of Times Square Wednesday, searching for inner peace in the heart of New York on International Yoga Day. “I have always wanted to come to yoga in Times Square. This year I retired so now I can,” said 62-year-old former school … Read more
Takuma Sato says a little sleep deprivation is a small price to pay for the thrill of becoming Japan’s first winner of the Indianapolis 500. The one-time Formula One misfit etched his name in history on Sunday, when he passed Helio Castroneves with five laps to go the held off the three-time winner to capture … Read more
Performance art in a giant water tank is bringing climate science to New York’s Times Square as Donald Trump has the world guessing on whether the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord. The transparent aquarium, in which performers somersault, dive and react as the tank rapidly fills, empties and re-fills with water, … Read more
An exhibition spanning the second half of the 20th century and celebrating the last 70 years of the oldest photographic cooperative in the world opened in New York Friday. James Dean striding through Times Square, Pablo Picasso holding a parasol for French painter Francoise Gilot and Marilyn Monroe on “The Misfits” set — just three … Read more
A US Navy veteran who plowed a car into pedestrians in New York’s Times Square, killing a woman and injuring 22 other people, has been charged with murder and attempted murder, police said Friday. Thursday’s incident sparked fear in the US financial capital after deadly car-rammings in London, Berlin and the French city of Nice, … Read more
A man who drove a car along three blocks of pavement in New York’s Times Square, killing a teenager and injuring 22 people, said he had “heard voices”, according to law enforcement sources. Richard Rojas, 26, a US navy veteran who was arrested twice previously for drunk driving, is now in custody. He also said … Read more
Richard Rojas was arrested after ramming his car into pedestrians, one of whom died A man who drove a car along three blocks of pavement in New York’s Times Square, killing a teenager and injuring 22 people, said he had “heard voices”, according to law enforcement sources. Richard Rojas, 26, a US navy veteran who … Read more
A car struck pedestrians in New York’s Times Square on Thursday, causing multiple injuries in one of the most popular tourists spots in Manhattan, police and an AFP photographer said. More than 10 people appeared to have been hurt as ambulances and police cars descended on the area, the photographer said. “Preliminarily it looks more … Read more
A musical comedy based on the intelligence failures which led to the war in Iraq has opened Off-Broadway. ‘Baghdaddy’ the musical is based on the true story of ‘Curveball’, an Iraqi defector whose claims about weapons of mass destruction led to 2003 invasion. Charlie Fink, the show’s producer said: ‘If you put “Hamilton” and “The … Read more
The Iraq war may not sound like musical comedy, but an Off-Broadway revival is spinning intelligence failures and tragedy into a farce that offers potent messages for Donald Trump’s America. “Baghdaddy” officially opens on Monday, telling the true story of an Iraqi defector, code named Curveball, whose claims about weapons of mass destruction became justification … Read more
Madonna voiced anger Tuesday over news that a Hollywood studio plans an unauthorized biopic of her early years in New York struggling to break into the music business. “Nobody knows what I know and what I have seen. Only I can tell my story,” the Material Girl wrote on Instagram. “Anyone else who tries is … Read more
After fleeing war in Syria and arriving in America with her family four months ago, for one day Mona Hafez is not a refugee. She is a tourist seeing the sights of New York. “Coming to the park was really fun. Riding the subway was awesome. I love all of New York City,” says the … Read more
In troubling political times, New York’s latest tourist attraction offers visitors international escapism — a $40 million installation of 50 nations in miniature: a kind of Gulliver’s Travels for the 21st century. Four years in the making and now open for previews just off Times Square, Gulliver’s Gate hopes to draw a million visitors a … Read more
A white US Army veteran faced terror and racism charges on Monday as he was indicted for fatally stabbing a 66-year-old black man. James Jackson, 28, “prowled the streets of New York for three days in search of a black person to assassinate in order to launch a campaign of terrorism against our Manhattan community … Read more
A white US army veteran accused of fatally stabbing a 66-year-old black man has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism after telling police he was planning a race-based killing spree. James Jackson, 28, “prowled the streets of New York for three days in search of a black person to assassinate in order … Read more
A white US army veteran accused of fatally stabbing a 66-year-old homeless black man in New York was charged Thursday with second-degree murder as a hate crime, after telling police he was planning a race-based killing spree. James Jackson, 28, is also facing a charge of criminal possession of a weapon in connection with Monday … Read more
European-based media and telecom group Altice is launching its i24news channel next week in the United States, underscoring its ambitions as a global television news operation. The i24news channel is set to debut Monday on Altice-operated cable systems, which are available in 20 US states. The move expands the footprint of the company led by … Read more
Nigerian afrobeat singer, Mr. Eazi, will headline Ghana’s Independence Day Concert on March 11 in New York City, USA. The concert which will commemorate the Ghana@60 celebrations in the United State of America is expected to attract the Ghanaian community to the Playstation Theatre. PlayStation Theater is an indoor live events venue, owned and managed … Read more