By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – It turns out South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol can sing. At the end of a festive dinner at the White House on Wednesday, President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, President Yoon and his wife, Kim Keon Hee, moved from the East Room to the State Dining Room…
By Dan Whitcomb (Reuters) – Former Fox News star Tucker Carlson surfaced publicly on Wednesday for the first time since abruptly leaving the network this week, releasing a videotaped statement in which he criticized the state of public discourse on U.S. television. Carlson in the videotaped statement did not directly address his departure from Fox,…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Apple Inc and its Android rivals saw sales slide in the first quarter in China, research firm Canalys reported on Thursday, as consumers continued to tighten their belts following the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. The iPhone maker was the top-selling brand over the first three months of the year, with 20% market…
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A jury on Wednesday convicted Grammy Award-winning rapper Prakazrel “Pras” Michel of The Fugees hip hop group on criminal charges that he conspired with a Malaysian financier to orchestrate a series of foreign lobbying campaigns aimed at influencing the U.S. government under two presidents. His conviction in federal court…
(This April 25 story has been refiled to correct the spelling of Jean-Pierre’s first name in paragraph 2) By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The cast of American TV show “The L Word: Generation Q” visited the White House Tuesday to mark Lesbian Visibility Week, touting the role the long-running show has played for gay…
(Reuters) – Universal Music Group, the label representing Drake and Taylor Swift, on Wednesday posted a slump in first-quarter core profit due to compensation expenses, and reiterated concerns over AI-made music. Core profit, or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation, slumped 43.4% in constant currency to 261 million euros ($288.04 million), due to non-cash,…
(Reuters) – Media company Fox Corp on Wednesday said it would house its standalone digital businesses under a new unit, Tubi Media Group, along with its news, sports and entertainment digital platforms. Fox’s standalone digital businesses include free, ad-supported streaming platform Tubi, which Fox acquired in 2020; Tubi founder Farhad Massoudi will now step down as…
By Sam Tobin and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry is not criticising his grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth, or Britain’s royal family over a “secret agreement” with Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspaper arm, his lawyer told London’s High Court on Wednesday. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, is suing Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers…
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) – Here is a good rule of thumb for entrepreneurs: Opportunity does not always look like what you expect. In fact, sometimes it looks like its exact opposite. It might come in the form of a phone call famed sportscaster Rich Eisen got while at the Los Angeles airport…
By Tatiana Gomozova and Alexander Marrow MOSCOW (Reuters) -Some former KFC restaurants in Russia began reopening as Rostic’s on Tuesday, as the new owners revive a brand born soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union, although franchise agreements mean the U.S. chain’s brand is set to live on. KFC’s U.S. parent company Yum! Brands…
