A New York City housing board has voted to freeze rent for approximately 1m apartments. In a major victory for Zohran Mamdani, the mayor who campaigned on a pledge to freeze rent, the Rent Guidelines Board voted 7-1 on Thursday to freeze increases on one- and two-year leases. The decision will provide relief to tenants…
Shorouk Express Analysis | He rolled out the red carpet for an indicted war criminal and all Trump got was an invitation to Moscow Our World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley writes: The backslapping bonhomie that started the day vanished into the stormy sulk and red glower from Donald Trump across a podium from Vladimir Putin…
Shorouk Express Israel’s security is Germany’s ‘reason of state’ Others framed the move as a further illustration of their leader’s tendency to suddenly change course on core issues. “Reason of state abolished? A break with the principles of [conservative] policy,” the youth wing of Merz’s conservatives said in a post on Instagram. Israel’s security was…
Shorouk Express Macron’s comments are seen as an attempt to dissuade French tycoons from cozying up to Trump, potentially to try to cut private deals, outside regular EU trade policy. Earlier this month Trump announced that French shipping giant CMA CGM intended to invest €20 billion in the U.S. In January, meanwhile, Bernard Arnault, the…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email The White House has abruptly rescinded a directive that threatened to freeze billions of dollars in federal assistance. The notice from the Office…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email The White House is defending President Donald Trump’s pausing of federal loans and grants – even as alarm bells sounded over the potential…
Shorouk Express Trump describes Ukraine war as ‘bullets whacking and hitting men’ For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Many Ukraine-based humanitarian projects are in limbo after…
