Another major deal for local TV stations may be brewing, with Sinclair Broadcast Group (and its 185 or so local stations) revealing Monday that it is pursuing a deal for E.W. Scripps, which owns some 61 local stations across the country. Sinclair disclosed the talks in an SEC filing, in which it noted that it…
China’s central bank has just drawn the contours of its digital-finance strategy for the next five years. The sequencing is unmistakable: clear the ground first, then rebuild the system. The rhythm has been unusually coherent. On October 27 at the Financial Street Forum in Beijing, People’s Bank of China Governor Pan Gongsheng delivered the first…
Punjabi storytellers find new readers as the prize spotlights voices across borders VANCOUVER: The world’s leading award for Punjabi fiction announced its 12th annual winner on Wednesday, naming Balbir Parwana of Jalandhar, India, for his novel In the Time of Unrest. He received a $25,000 award. Balbir Parwana, Dhahan Prize winner (2025) Two finalists,Mudassar Bashir…
An emergency food charity that sends meals to foodbanks across Blackpool has said it could face closure without support to keep its services running. The Big Food Project is a redistributor of surplus food from supermarkets and manufacturers to 125 foodbanks, schools, community kitchens, crisis services and families across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. It said…
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DENVER — Travis Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs‘ star tight end, broke the franchise’s record for most total touchdowns in team history with his 21-yard TD reception in Sunday’s 22-19 loss to the Denver Broncos. Kelce’s 84th career score occurred early in the fourth quarter, which gave the Chiefs their first lead of the game….
Jon Stewart may still be tossing dynamite with his Monday comedy diatribes against Donald Trump on The Daily Show. But that doesn’t mean he thinks the people paying him to do so are filled with the same passion. “I don’t know that you feel the other humans in the room,” Stewart said of management at…
Malaysian girl group Dolla have withdrawn their latest music video after religious groups and a government minister accused the performers of wearing overly suggestive outfits amid mounting moral scrutiny of women in the country’s entertainment industry. The video for “Question”, released in early November, featured the three members – Sabronzo (Wan Sabrina Wan Rusli), Tabby…
Forty-five Indian pilgrims have been killed after the bus they were travelling in caught fire in an accident near Medina in Saudi Arabia, the police commissioner of India’s Hyderabad city has said. The bus had 46 passengers, said VC Sajjanar in a news conference, adding that one man who survived the accident had been admitted…
Elected in April 2023 with 48 votes, Haq opted not to resign and instead chose to face the no-confidence vote head-on Ousted AJK Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq (L) and new elected Premier Faisal Rathore (R) The Azad Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Monday voted out Prime Minister Chaudhry Anwarul Haq and picked Pakistan…
