Keyword "RBCST" - List of latest news (26 results)

23:56 US judge blocks Trump's shutdown of government-funded news broadcasts

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Tuesday to halt efforts to shut down Voice of America, Radio Free Asia and Middle East Broadcasting Networks, whose news broadcasts are funded by the government to export U.S. values to the world.

29/03 US judge temporarily blocks Trump from firing Voice of America staff

A federal judge on Friday ordered U.S. President Donald Trump's administration to temporarily pause its efforts to shut down Voice of America, stopping the government from firing 1,300 journalists and other employees at the U.S. news service that were abruptly placed on leave earlier this month.

15/08 Berkshire invests in Ulta Beauty, Heico as it retreats from Apple

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway acquired stakes in cosmetics store chain Ulta Beauty and aircraft parts maker Heico during the second quarter, when it also nearly halved its huge stake in Apple .

08/08 Australians jubilant as sports-mad country bags record gold at Olympics

Australians bagged a national record 18 gold medals at the Olympics in Paris as the sports-crazed nation moved into third place in the medals tally behind China and America, sparking celebrations in offices, pubs and schools down under.

03/05 Canada police charge three with murder of Sikh leader Nijjar, say media

Canadian police charged three people on Friday with the murder of Sikh separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in the province of British Columbia in June 2023, Canadian media said, citing court documents.

26/04 Burkina Faso suspends BBC, VOA radio broadcasts over killings coverage

Burkina Faso has suspended the radio broadcasts of BBC Africa and the U.S-funded Voice of America (VOA) for two weeks over their coverage of a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing the army of extrajudicial killings, authorities said late on Thursday.

15/04 U.S. news organizations urge Biden, Trump to commit to debates

A dozen leading U.S. news organizations collectively urged U.S. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Sunday to publicly commit to debating each other during the run-up to the November election.

02/04 US, Canadian companies kick off 2024 with layoffs

Companies in the United States and Canada have kicked off 2024 with thousands of job cuts across sectors, signaling that the spate of layoffs seen in 2023 could persist as they scramble to rein in costs.

22/01 Israel's AM radio pierces Gaza tunnels in bid to soothe hostages

After conquering a Hamas tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip, a group of Israeli soldiers went down it with some unusual kit in hand - not explosives, robot probes or pistols for close combat, but rather: old-style, dial-operated transistor radios.

09/01 Radio broadcaster Audacy seeks fast-track bankruptcy turnaround

Lawyers for Audacy said on Monday the radio broadcaster is seeking to complete its bankruptcy court case in under two months and that it had already lined up lender support for a $1.6 billion debt reduction deal when it filed for Chapter 11 protection a day earlier.

17/11 Canadian white nationalist found guilty of murdering four Muslims in truck attack

A 22-year-old self-confessed Canadian white nationalist who deliberately ran over and killed four members of a Muslim family in his truck in 2021 was found guilty of first degree murder on Thursday.

20/10 Canada pulls 41 diplomats out of India, says New Delhi being unreasonable

Canada has withdrawn 41 diplomats from India amid a dispute over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said on Thursday, adding that Ottawa would not take retaliatory steps.

04/10 Test of US emergency system to briefly hit cellphones, TV, radios

The United States will conduct a test of its emergency warning system on Wednesday, sending alerts across cellphones, radio and television to millions of Americans.

22/09 Canada's Trudeau wants India to cooperate in murder probe, declines to release evidence

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday called on India to cooperate with an investigation into the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia and said Canada would not release its evidence.

08/08 Canadian publishers seek antitrust probe of Meta blocking news

Canadian news industry groups on Tuesday asked the country's antitrust regulator to investigate Meta Platforms' decision to block news on its platforms in the country, accusing the Facebook parent of abusing its dominant position.

25/07 Ahead of Canadian cabinet shuffle, three more ministers bow out

Three more Canadian government ministers said on Tuesday they would step down at the next election, freeing up room inside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet for a reshuffle that he will unveil this week.

30/06 Hong Kong pro-democracy radio closes in face of "dangerous" pressure

Hong Kong's pro-democracy online Citizens' Radio station will cease operations on Friday owing to what its founder described as a "dangerous" political situation and the freezing of its bank account.

03/05 Musk threatens to reassign NPR Twitter account, NPR says

Twitter chief Elon Musk has "threatened" to reassign National Public Radio's Twitter account to another company, the U.S.-based broadcaster said on Tuesday.

02/05 Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has died at 84

Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, best known for folk-pop hits such as "If You Could Read My Mind" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," died on Monday in a Toronto hospital, it was announced on his official Facebook page.

21/04 Twitter drops 'government-funded media' tag on NPR, other media accounts

Twitter dropped the "Government-funded Media" tag, which implies government involvement in editorial content, on some accounts like National Public Radio and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

18/04 Canada's CBC says Twitter 'not serious' after '69% government-funded media' label

Public broadcaster Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) on Tuesday pushed back against Twitter's move to label it "69% government funded media," saying it had complete editorial independence.

12/04 NPR to stop using Twitter, says account's new label misleading

National Public Radio (NPR) will no longer post content to its 52 official Twitter feeds in protest against a label by the social media platform that implies government involvement in the U.S. organization's editorial content.

06/03 Radio company SiriusXM cuts workforce by 8%

SiriusXM Holdings Inc on Monday said it would lay off 8% of its workforce, or about 475 employees, as the satellite radio firm takes a hit from slow subscriber growth.

28/02 Hacking attack prompts Russian regional broadcasters to issue air alert warnings

A hacking attack caused some Russian regional broadcasters to put out a false warning on Tuesday urging people to take shelter from an incoming missile attack, the emergencies ministry said.

08/02 Two children dead after bus rams into daycare in Canada; driver arrested

Two children died and six others were injured after a bus rammed into a daycare center in the Montreal-area suburb of Laval on Wednesday morning, police said.

10/01 Dutch regulator grants Russian independent TV Rain five-year broadcasting license

The Dutch Media Authority issued a five-year broadcasting permit for the Russian independent television station TV Rain after its license had been cancelled in Latvia, according to a statement on the regulator's website.