Tessa WongAsia Digital Reporter AFP via Getty Images Lawmaker Maggie Chan spoke in the LegCo chamber with a sign that said she “resolutely opposed” the bill Lawmakers in Hong Kong have rejected a controversial bill that would have granted limited rights to same-sex couples, in a blow to the city’s gay rights movement. The law,…
Another top executive is set to leave Paramount following Skydance‘s acquisition of the global media company. Justin Dini, who had led corporate communications at the company, steered the company’s messaging through a number of critical moments, including the Viacom-CBS merger, the rebranding to Paramount Global, the acquisition of Pluto TV and the launch Paramount+, and…
The maker of Wegovy and Ozempic, Novo Nordisk, has announced it will cut 9,000 jobs weeks after warning that profits will fall as more “knock-off” weight-loss drugs emerge. The redundancies make up 11% of the Danish company’s workforce and mark the first major step by new chief executive Mike Doustdar as Novo Nordisk faces mounting…
LOS ANGELES — Rob Ryan may be as relaxed as he has ever been. The longtime defensive coach walks out on the balcony of USC‘s John Mckay Center, his alabaster white hair flowing in the slight breeze that frames an idyllic summer afternoon in Los Angeles, and as always, he is not lacking for words….
In 2006, he founded the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) – a non-profit environmental research organisation based in Beijing. At the time, data collected by his organisation showed around 28 per cent of monitored water sources nationwide were severely polluted and rendered unusable, leaving nearly 300 million people without sufficient clean drinking water,…
Reservoir Media has closed a deal to acquire Miles Davis’s publishing catalog, the company announced on Tuesday, giving Reservoir ownership over one of the most iconic catalogs in the history of jazz music. Reservoir didn’t disclose how much it paid for the catalog but confirmed that with the acquisition, the company is joining Davis’s estate,…
A third of children under five are living in UK homes where there is not enough access to healthy and nutritious food, according to anti-poverty charity Trussell Trust. Surveys by the charity found more than 14 million people in the UK faced the prospect of going hungry last year due to lack of money. This…
Goals from Alejandro Zendejas and Folarin Balogun led the United States men’s national team to a 2-0 victory over Japan in a friendly at Columbus, Ohio’s Lower.com Field on Tuesday. Following Saturday’s 2-0 loss to South Korea, the USMNT quickly bounced back with a more proactive attack through an experimental 3-4-3 formation. In a first…
Production assistants have emerged victorious in their attempt to unionize The Pitt. Support staffers on the second season of the HBO Max medical drama opted to join a union aligned with LiUNA Local 724, the Hollywood laborers’ group, in a landmark election that took place Friday. Participating production and office assistants unanimously voted to join…
PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Schwarber hit his 50th home run of the season and Ranger Suarez struck out a career-high 12 over six shutout innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies to a 9-3 win over the New York Mets on Tuesday night. The Phillies have won the first two games of a four-game series and lead…
