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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA :Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison has named Bari Weiss editor-in-chief of CBS News, as part of a deal to acquire the online news site she founded, The Free Press.The companies did not disclose the deal value in their announcement on Monday. The Wall Street Journal reported it was for $150 million. The announcement capped months of talks between Ellison and Weiss. The newly minted media baron first floated the idea at July’s Allen & Co conference in Sun Valley, a frequent staging ground for major media mergers, according to media reports.Weiss resigned as an opinion writer for…
VIETNAM’S top leader To Lam will visit North Korea for three days from Thursday, Hanoi’s foreign affairs ministry said.Lam, the ruling Communist Party’s general secretary, “will pay a state visit” to North Korea from Oct 9-11, according to a ministry statement on Monday.He will attend an event marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, it added.The trip will be Lam’s first to the diplomatically isolated nuclear nation as Vietnam’s party chief, and follows his August tour of South Korea.The last visit by a Vietnamese party leader to North Korea was in 2007, state media…
For decades, Asia’s leaders have relied on strong growth to deliver stability. But expansion without jobs isn’t sustainableYOUTH-LED protests across Asia in recent months have centred on corruption, elitism and censorship. But behind Generation Z’s anger lies something even more troubling: a staggering jobs crisis. The generation born around the turn of the century is facing a bleak economic future. A shrinking pool of jobs and the advance of artificial intelligence (AI) are weighing on their prospects. Left unaddressed, the demographic dividend (which refers to having more people in the workforce than dependents) that leaders like to tout as a…
Republican Rep. Wesley Hunt is running for the U.S. Senate in Texas, defying Senate GOP leadership and adding a new element to an already contentious primary campaign. The two-term Houston-area congressman said he’s running because he doesn’t believe Republican incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, who’s had a cool relationship with President Donald Trump, has shown he can beat Attorney General Ken Paxton, who’s running despite being shadowed by legal and personal issues. “What I’ve seen in polling over the past few months is people want an alternative, and I’m going to give it to them,” Hunt said in an Associated Press…
Minister Josephine Teo says this development aligns with Singapore’s push to be a leading financial hub in the region[SINGAPORE] UBS, on Monday (Oct 6), launched its Singapore pilot for a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that aims to boost the productivity of advisers.The AI solution, which focuses on periodic know-your-client reviews and source-of-wealth corroboration, is expected to drastically cut down the time taken to review each client. This will provide advisers with more client-facing time, a press statement noted.This development comes as Singapore aims to further push its status as a leading financial hub in the region, said Minister for…
Image Source: Bing Image. License: All Creative Commons Is the Russian military’s worst nightmare its own vulnerability? The RS-28 Sarmat, or “Satan II” as the Russians are known to call it in NATO circles, has been promoted by Moscow as a weapon without equal — a missile capable of annihilating swaths of territory, outsmarting missile defense systems, and resetting the nuclear balance. But behind the hyperbole is a story of engineering overconfidence, strategic calculation, and increasingly, technological vulnerability. Image Source: Bing Image. License: All Creative Commons Since its public debut in 2018, the Sarmat has led Russia’s nuclear modernization program,…
And then there were none. The Eagles and Bills went down to defeat on Sunday, leaving no unbeaten teams in the NFL. That shakes up my rankings, with the Lions rising to the top, the Buccaneers, Steelers and Colts climbing, and three new teams joining the top 10. Let’s see where everyone stands after the Week 5 upsets.Credit Dan Campbell for quickly reshaping the Lions into title contenders with a pair of new coordinators leading the way. Despite dealing with numerous coaching staff changes, Detroit looks primed and ready to go on a deep postseason run.After taking to the air…
Updated 1m ago Senate expected to vote again Monday on measures to fund government The Senate is set to reconvene Monday afternoon after breaking for the weekend and is set to take votes on competing measures to fund the government after they fell short of the 60 votes needed for a fourth time last week. The latest round of procedural votes on the dueling bills comes after they failed to pick up any new support during Friday’s votes. Republicans are pushing for a House-passed measure to keep the government funded until Nov. 21, while Democrats have a separate measure…
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U.S. holiday online sales are expected to grow at a slower pace this year, according to projections by data firm Adobe Analytics released on Monday, as macroeconomic uncertainty continues to pressure consumer spending.Adobe expects U.S. online sales to rise 5.3 per cent to $253.4 billion between November 1 and December 31, this year, compared with an 8.7 per cent rise last year.Cyber Monday, a major online shopping event that takes place on the Monday after Thanksgiving, is expected to be the biggest online shopping day of the season and year, with sales rising 6.3 per cent to $14.2 billion on the…