A frost delay warning displays on a video board on the sixth hole before the first round of the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club on Thursday, May 18, 2023 – Getty Images/Darren Carroll 12:33 PM Play to begin at 1.50pm BST 12:32 PM And more frost… A general view of the 18th hole … Read more
Text size Alibaba announced plans earlier this year to split itself up into separate units that could go public. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images Alibaba said it would spin off its highly prized cloud computing division via a stock dividend to shareholders—news that has sent shares in the Chinese tech giant lower, despite its earnings … Read more
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad headed to Saudi Arabia on Thursday to attend a regional summit, his first visit to the oil-rich kingdom since Syria’s conflict began in 2011, the president’s office said. Assad’s attendance at the Arab League summit, which starts Friday, is expected to seal Syria’s return to the … Read more
Photo illustration: Quinn Lemmers/Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images What does it take to be considered the world’s happiest country? For the sixth year in a row, Finland has earned that accolade, winning the top spot yet again in the annual World Happiness Report, which makes this determination by measuring things like healthy life expectancy, GDP … Read more
(Reuters) -China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Thursday that fourth-quarter revenue climbed 2%, missing expectations. The 208.20 billion yuan ($30.12 billion) logged for the three months ended in March compares with a Refinitiv consensus estimate of 210.3 billion yuan drawn from 26 analysts. Chinese consumer spending has gained some momentum since the country abandoned … Read more
WASHINGTON — He was never elected to House leadership. He’s not a committee chairman, nor does he sit on the key committees that oversee the U.S. budget. But Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., has been tapped by Speaker Kevin McCarthy for one of the most important tasks facing House Republicans: cutting a deal with President Joe … Read more
UPDATE: Fox News issued another statement to address potential changes to its primetime schedule, this time on the status of Laura Ingraham. A network spokesperson said, “Reports based on various tweets by left wing activists are wildly inaccurate — Laura Ingraham, the top-rated woman in cable news, is now and will continue to be a … Read more
Cubs blow lead late and get swept by the Astros originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago HOUSTON (AP) — Kyle Tucker’s two-run single capped a four-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning and the Houston Astros beat the skidding Chicago Cubs 7-6 on Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep. Chicago built a … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Micron Technology Inc. is poised to land about ¥200 billion ($1.5 billion) in financial incentives from the Japanese government to help it make next-generation memory chips in the country, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest step in Tokyo’s effort to bolster domestic semiconductor production. Most Read from Bloomberg The US … Read more
HARLINGEN, Texas (AP) — An 8-year-old girl died Wednesday in Border Patrol custody, authorities said, a rare occurrence that comes as the agency struggles with overcrowding. The child and her family were being held at a station in Harlingen, Texas, in Rio Grande Valley, one of the busiest corridors for illegal crossings, U.S. Customs and … Read more