Egyptian Export Development Fund (EDF) That’s it A series of consultations with the country’s 12 export councils took place after a meeting was held on Monday, July 20 with the Export Council for Building Materials, Refractory and Mining Industries (ECBM). Discussion to focus On ways to strengthen the Egyptian export base and raise the global … Read more
The traveling exhibition “Nago Hunters from the Kingdom of Bante” by Jean-Dominique Burton in 2013. ©Jean-Dominique Burton When art collector and 2025 Yale Directors Forum fellow Marie-Cécile Zinsou first started looking into the feasibility of opening a contemporary art museum in Benin, she was met with a lot of resistance. “People told me that there … Read more
Bloomberg CTO Sean Edwards. Laurie Hoffman/Bloomberg Chief Technology Officer at Bloomberg By his own admission, a job that is half about building the future and half about preventing the future’s most embarrassing impulses from approaching production. “Half my job is to keep the crap out of the company,” Sean Edwards tells the Observer, and he’s … Read more
A New York City building owner is trying to escape paying a hefty $35 million judgment to a former JPMorgan banker who claimed a shattered glass door left her with permanent brain damage, according to new court documents. Lawyers for the Madison Avenue building claim that hours of new video surveillance of former banking analyst … Read more
The downtown high-rise that dangerously collapsed Tuesday would need to be partially demolished — though stabilizing it to even attempt that risky step would have been too harrowing, experts told The Post. The 37-story former Pfizer headquarters at 235 E. 42nd St. near Second Avenue will first need to be stabilized as soon as possible … Read more
Washington — President Donald Trump confirmed Monday that he is building a granite helipad for Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, which he said will be paid for by Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, which makes the helicopters that transport the president. “So, now we’re building a helipad, a … Read more
Serena Williams during her women’s singles match against Australia’s Maya Joynt on day two of the 2026 Wimbledon Championships on June 30, 2026. Andrew Matthews/PA Images via Getty Images Nearly four years after retiring from professional tennis, Serena Williams returned to Wimbledon this year before withdrawing on the Fourth of July due to a knee … Read more
Rescuers pulled a 43-year-old security guard alive from a collapsed basement early Thursday, ending a grueling, days-long operation that became a symbol of hope after the devastation left by twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela eight days ago. Hernán Alberto Gil Flores has been safely recovered after being trapped since June 24 under rubble in the … Read more
New York — Two people dressed in black were arrested after they climbed to the top of the Empire State Building, held up a sign and appeared to propose marriage. The couple, identified as Angela Nicolaou and Evan Berkus, were seen holding a pro-peace banner at the top of the tower. It seemed to read: … Read more
Most prospects spend the pre-draft process selling themselves. Jake Funk spent it scouting himself like the general managers who would decide his future. That clear-eyed honesty runs through his whole career, a two-star recruit out of Damascus High in Maryland who scored a state-record 57 touchdowns as a senior, tore the ACL in his left … Read more