By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) – For most Americans, this past April 18 was a day to get those tax forms in and perhaps reluctantly write some checks. For others, that day came and went like any other – and now they are in a bit of a pickle. Being late on your taxes…
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Hong Kong’s Security Chief Chris Tang criticised an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on a seizure by authorities of a statue commemorating Beijing’s Tiananmen Square crackdown on democracy protesters in 1989. Tang said in a letter to the newspaper that the WSJ opinion piece, titled “Subversive Art is a…
By Lisa Richwine and Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – (This May 8 story has been corrected to say that Yahlin Chang is the co-showrunner and executive producer of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, and not co-executive producer and writer, in paragraph 2, and to change the description of ‘American Born Chinese’ in paragraph 13) Writing for…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden on Tuesday revoked requirements that most international visitors to the United States be vaccinated against COVID-19 as well as similar rules for federal employees and contractors. Biden’s orders take effect at 12:01 a.m. ET May 12 with the expiration of the U.S. COVID public health emergency….
(Reuters) -Media company Paramount Global, looking to reduce costs as it merges its Showtime and MTV networks, is letting go about 25% of the staff in its domestic cable networks, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday. Employees are being notified Tuesday, according to the report. Paramount is combining nine separate teams into one and among the…
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Here is a timeline of writer E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit against Donald Trump that culminated on Tuesday with jurors finding that he sexually abused and defamed her and awarding her $5 million in damages. June 2019 – E. Jean Carroll publishes an excerpt from her memoir, “What Do We Need…
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A Delaware judge on Tuesday dismissed a shareholder class action seeking to hold Jack Dorsey and other board members at Block Inc liable for approving the payments company’s purchase of Jay-Z’s streaming service Tidal. Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick in Delaware Chancery Court said the Florida pension fund leading the case did…
(Reuters) – Walt Disney Co’s quarterly revenue growth is expected to hit its lowest in nearly two years, underlining the hurdles that Chief Executive Bob Iger faces in revitalizing a company that is now caught in what could be a long strike by Hollywood writers. The results, slated for Wednesday, will mark the first full…
LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) – Eurovision 2023 kicked off on Sunday when 37 contenders walked the “Turquoise Carpet” in Liverpool, the English city hosting the competition on behalf of Ukraine. Under the banner “United by Music”, the 67th edition of the song contest will comprise three live shows that will unite the cultures of Ukraine and…
By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Russians were united in a “sacred” fight with the West over Ukraine but the strains of war were evident at one of the most pared back anniversaries of the victory over Nazi Germany in decades. Putin has repeatedly likened the war in Ukraine…
