Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from New York

Sir Salman Rushdie: Who is he, what is he known for and what happened to him?

His book was banned in 45 Islamic countries, with hundreds of British Muslims endorsing the death sentence

Manchester Evening News

Sir Salman Rushdie’s suspected attacker identified

Sir Salman Rushdie, whose writing in the 1980s drew death threats, may lose an eye after being stabbed repeatedly at an event in New York, his agent has said.

Evening Standard

JK Rowling working with police after receiving threat following Rushdie tweet

The Harry Potter author shared screenshots of the potential threat to Twitter.

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Salman Rushdie attack prompts muted reaction in India and Pakistan

Majority of public figures have chosen not to comment on attempt on Indian-born writer’s life

The Guardian - UK

Man climbs into building's garbage chute before being cut to pieces in horror video

CCTV from the New York City building's first floor captured the man climbing into the garbage chute as he chatted with two others in what they didn't realise were his final moments

Daily Mirror

Polio detected in New York City sewage fostering fears of local spread

Health officials are calling on the unvaccinated to get their shots immediately

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie said he had ‘normal’ life just weeks before stabbing attack on stage

Sir Salman Rushdie was stabbed multiple times as he was about to deliver a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in New York state - he is expected to lose his eye after the attack

Daily Mirror

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

No one listens to sports talk radio in L.A. Why the people in charge aren't worried.

LOS ANGELES — The New England Patriots have not played a game in two months. The Boston Red Sox are locked out of spring training. The Celtics are in season, but 10 NBA teams have better records.

Los Angeles Times

'Utterly horrified and shocked': Tharoor on Rushdie attack

The writer was stabbed by a New Jersey resident identified as Hadi Matar on stage in Western New York.

The Hindu

Author Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing

Salman Rushdie's agent says the writer is on a ventilator after being stabbed in the neck and abdomen on a western New York stage where he was about to give a lecture

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie attack: What we know so far

Author Rushdie is on ventilator and could lose an eye following a stabbing attack at a literary event in New York state.

Al Jazeera

Novelist Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing

Radio France Internationale

Salman Rushdie on Ventilator after Stabbing, Suspect Identified

Salman Rushdie, who spent years in hiding after an Iranian fatwa ordered his killing, was on a ventilator and could lose an eye following a stabbing attack at a literary event in New York state Friday. The British author of "The Satanic Verses", which sparked fury among some Muslims, had…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UN secretary general Antonio Guterres appalled to learn of attack on Salman Rushdie

NEW YORK: UN secretary general Antonio Guterres is "appalled" to learn about the attack on author Salman Rushdie, saying that in no case is violence a response to words spoken or written by others in their exercise of the freedoms of opinion and expression.

The Times of India

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Dynamite News

Salman Rushdie on ventilator; may lose an eye, says his agent after stabbing in New York

Rushdie, who received death threats from Iran due to his book 'The Satanic Verses', was "stabbed" at least once in the neck and once in the abdomen onstage at a lecture in western New York state on Friday morning. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Morning Digest | Salman Rushdie stabbed on stage in New York; India tells China to not alter the status quo around Taiwan, and more

A select list of stories to read before you start your day

Tribune News Service

New York Gov. Hochul touts expansion of ‘red flag’ enforcement in wake of Buffalo mass shooting

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York recorded a major uptick in the use of the state’s red flag law following the deadly Buffalo mass shooting this spring.

Tribune News Service

Jets QB Zach Wilson suffers right knee injury in preseason opener vs. Eagles

NEW YORK — The Jets preseason started about as poorly as you can imagine. Now they wait to see the consequences.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Reuters

Stabbing of Rushdie thrusts a tranquil literary retreat into mayhem

Before Salman Rushdie arrived on Friday, the bucolic New York retreat where the author was due to speak had arranged for a law enforcement presence at his lecture, mindful that the security might be needed for a man who faced death threats.

The Guardian - UK

Who is Salman Rushdie? Author whose book The Satanic Verses made him a target

The Indian-born writer has been stabbed in New York, and it’s not his first brush with violence

The Independent UK

Salman Rushdie on ventilator and will likely lose an eye after attack, his agent says

The Satanic Verses author cannot speak and the nerves in his arm are severed, his agent said

Los Angeles Times

What is a fatwa? Salman Rushdie’s backstory moves center stage after attack

After Salman Rushdie was attacked as he began a lecture Friday in western New York, it was a potent reminder that an Islamic leader had issued a high-profile edict calling for the writer’s death in reaction to his 1988 novel “The Satanic Verses.”

Tribune News Service

Polio virus detected in NYC wastewater, health officials say

NEW YORK — The polio virus has been detected in New York City, health authorities said Friday, a jarring discovery arriving three weeks after the long-defeated virus reemerged in Rockland County north of the city. The potentially deadly virus was detected in sewage samples collected in the city.

The Guardian - US

Police identify Salman Rushdie attack suspect as 24-year-old from New Jersey

Hadi Matar, 24, in custody after author of Satanic Verses was stabbed at literary event in western New York

Tribune News Service

Manhattan DA’s criminal case against the Trump Organization and Allen Weisselberg can proceed, NYC judge rules

NEW YORK — A judge on Friday denied the Trump Organization’s motion to dismiss the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal tax fraud case against Donald Trump’s family real estate business and its long-serving chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg.

1 … 1055 1056 1057 1058

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.