TikTok may look (or sound) a little different when you scroll through the app going forward. Earlier this week, Universal Music Group — which represents big-name artists like Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and Drake — said that it would no longer allow its music on TikTok following the Wednesday expiration of a licensing deal between the two companies. Now, the takedown of UMG-related music has begun, ByteDance-owned TikTok confirmed to The Associated Press. As of early Thursday, a vast roster of popular... Читать дальше...
France’s two major farmers unions have announced their decision to suspend protests and lift road blockades across the country. The President of Young Farmers union, Arnaud Gaillot, spoke alongside the head of France’s biggest farmers union FNSEA on Thursday and said “we call on our members to suspend the blockades.” The move comes just after France’s prime minister earlier on Thursday unveiled a new set of measures meant to address the concerns of farmers who have been protesting for days across the country to denounce low wages... Читать дальше...
Stocks are opening higher following their worst tumble in months. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% in early trading Thursday. The Dow was up 71 points, and the Nasdaq composite was up 0.8%. Stocks got some relief as yields eased in the bond market following the release of a couple reports on U.S. workers. The data could give the Federal Reserve more of the evidence it wants of a slowdown in inflation before it will deliver the cuts to interest rates that investors desire. A day earlier, stocks fell sharply... Читать дальше...
More than 200 reporters, photographers and other staffers with the Chicago Tribune and six other newsrooms around the nation began a 24-hour strike Thursday to protest years of “slow-walked” contract negotiations and to demand fair wages. Chicago Tribune Guild member Caroline Kubzansky says the strike includes 76 members of the Chicago Tribune reporting staff, photographers and some editors. It is the latest recent strike in the U.S. news industry. The striking workers are employees of Alden Global Capital... Читать дальше...
Gaza's Health Ministry says Israel's offensive in the territory has killed more than 27,000 people. South Africa’s foreign minister has accused Israel of ignoring last week’s ruling by the United Nations’ top court, which ordered Israel to do all it can to prevent deaths in Gaza. The number of deaths has grown by more than 1,100 since the International Criminal Court told Israel to do its best to prevent acts of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. Israel denies the genocide accusations brought... Читать дальше...
President Joe Biden is planning to celebrate his recent endorsement by the United Auto Workers union during a visit to Michigan. But his visit on Thursday to the critical battleground state with the nation’s highest density of Arab Americans threatens to be overshadowed by growing anger over U.S. support for Israel’s war in Gaza. Biden’s trip to the Detroit area will include meetings with UAW workers just days after the union offered its endorsement. However, the Democratic president’s Michigan schedule... Читать дальше...
UAlbany faces a Vermont team that has won 20 consecutive conference games.
