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Wednesday, September 10, 2025
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Topic: New York

16,600km: Cathay Pacific NY-Hong Kong flight set for distance record with route skipping Russia

The distance of 16,618 kilometres would surpass Singapore Airlines’ New York service, which totals 15,349 km, FlightRadar24 data show. The new Cathay flight will take about 17 hours.

What went behind the ‘breakthrough’ pig to human kidney transplant in New York

In 1997, India had seen a similar operation, when a transplant surgeon from Assam had conducted a pig-to-human heart and lung transplant in Guwahati. The patient, though, died a week later.

Singer R Kelly faces life in US prison for trafficking, child pornography, sexual violence

Sexual abuse allegations against the R&B artiste, known for songs like 'I Believe I Can Fly', date back to 1994 when he married singer Aaliyah who was just 15 years old at the time.

21,900 body parts in debris — the controversial story of the remains of World Trade Center

After 9/11, authorities designated a Staten Island landfill as the site where the tower debris was to be transported and sorted for human residues.

From World Trade Center to last person on last boat leaving Manhattan — My 9/11 story

In ‘On A Wing And A Prayer’, Kushal Choksi writes that he saw birds nose diving towards him from the North Tower — only they weren’t birds.

New York now has better Indian food than London

The latest collaboration between restaurateur Roni Mazumdar and chef Chintan Pandya confirms New York’s supremacy. Their restaurant is 'unapologetically Indian'.

New York Post reporter quits after being ‘forced’ to write false story on Kamala Harris

A front page story on New York Post Sunday falsely claimed that undocumented minors were being welcomed to the US with copies of a children's book authored by Vice President Harris.

65-year-old Asian-origin woman punched, kicked & ‘racially abused’ on her way to church in NYC

An unknown man who attacked the woman is said to have yelled ‘F*** you, you don’t belong here’. Footage also shows eyewitnesses did nothing to help her.

‘Once-in-a-lifetime gift’ — First successful face, double hand transplant completed in US

A team of over 140 healthcare staff at New York University’s Langone Health conducted a 23-hour surgery on a New Jersey worker who had suffered third-degree burns in 2018.

Germany plans travel ban, WHO team in Wuhan meets Chinese scientists & other Covid news

As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

On Camera

Tamil Nadu politics is fracturing. Vijay entry can shake things up

There is an overall sense of ennui with the cynical, established and entrenched parties and politicking in the state.

What happens to Haryana real estate agents now? Govt agency HSVP to act as broker, take commissions

Gurugram: Stirring a storm in Haryana's real estate circles, the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP)—the state's urban development agency—has taken on the role of...

Denmark tweaks its banned exports list, delivery of critical system for Tejas MK 1A starts 

HAL has produced 10 Tejas Mk 1A and is now awaiting further deliveries of engines from American firm GE—delayed by two and half years, so far.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?