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NBC News chairman Andy Lack set out his vision for the channel in January, revealing that it would compete with CNN International and BBC World News. He planned to recruit a dedicated team of 100-200 staff, as well as drawing on the output of 3,500 journalists at NBC and Sky News. … [Read more...] about Comcast Abandons Plan To Launch International News Channel NBC Sky World News

After months of uncertainty, staff at NBC Sky World News were told on Wednesday that the launch would not go ahead, leaving around 60 employees looking for jobs. Some journalists had left jobs elsewhere during the pandemic to join the startup, while others are concerned about their legal status after moving to the UK on visas tied to their employment at the station. … [Read more...] about Cancellation of NBC Sky World News plan leaves 60 out of job

The animal's skin and body parts were intended to be sold to dealers almost certainly aiming to smuggle them to China as a trophy and for traditional medicinal cures, reports say. … [Read more...] about ‘Evil poacher’ killed one of the world’s rarest tigers to sell skin and body parts

It quoted Judge Fadi Akiki, a government representative at the military court, as saying authorities had so far questioned more than 18 port and customs officials and individuals responsible for or involved in maintenance work at the warehouse housing highly explosive material that blew up. … [Read more...] about Lebanon detains 16 in probe of Beirut port blast, state news agency says

Aware of the high price he has paid, he once wrote: “For a lot of people, writing is just a job you do, there are no consequences. But for others, it’s not like that.” … [Read more...] about PlayStation by day and AK-47s by night – life as a teenage king pin in the Mafia