News Room : Los Angeles Times to lay off 20% of its workforce
The Los Angeles Times announced on Tuesday that it will be laying off around 20% of its newsroom due to financial struggles. The newspaper said it will let go of at least 115 people – the largest layoff in its 142 year history. The news follows other mass layoffs in the US media industry, including at outlets like Sports Illustrated and...
News Room : Mobitel extends rewards package to journalists on President’s directive – The Island
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday said the US is committed to deeper relations with Africa despite global crises as he opened a four-country tour of the continent. Blinken is touring four democracies on the Atlantic Coast – Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Angola – as security deteriorates in the Sahel and doubts grow about a...
News Room : Manhunt as seven found dead in two homes in Illinois
Seven people have been found shot dead in two houses in Illinois, US police say, and a manhunt for a suspected gunman is under way. Police said they are seeking 23-year-old Romeo Nance in connection with the attack in the city of Joliet. Joliet police chief Bill Evans said the suspect knew the victims, who were found in two homes across...
News Room : PM Modi to open Hindu temple on razed Babri mosque site
India’s PM Narendra Modi is due to inaugurate a grand temple to popular Hindu god Ram in the city of Ayodhya. It replaces a 16th-Century mosque, razed by Hindu mobs in 1992. The demolition had sparked nationwide riots in which nearly 2,000 people died. The temple fulfills a decades-long Hindu nationalist pledge to build a shrine to Lord Ram in the...
News Room : New Zealand brush Nepal aside, Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe in rain-hit game
Snehith Reddy slammed an unbeaten 147 off 125 balls, the highest score of the 2024 Under-19 World Cup so far, as New Zealand began their campaign with a comfortable win over Nepal in East London. Reddy, who turned 17 last November, hit 11 fours and six sixes during his knock. Captain Oscar Jackson gave Reddy good company, contributing 75 in...
News Room : Showers may occur in North-central, Central, Sabaragamuwa, Eastern and Uva provinces and in Galle and Matara districts – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 20 January 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces and in Galle and Matara districts during the morning. Showers will occur at times in Eastern, Northern, North-central and Uva provinces and in Matale district. Showers or thundershowers may occur at several...
News Room : Japan’s ‘Moon Sniper’ makes historic lunar landing
Japan’s high-precision “Moon Sniper” lander has touched down on the lunar surface in a first for the country, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has said. But the agency said it was still “checking its status” due to an issue with the craft’s power supply. Officials also said they needed more time to analyse whether the unmanned spacecraft made a...
News Room : Pakistan, Iran agree to ‘de-escalate’ tensions after tit-for-tat attacks
Pakistan and Iran have agreed to “de-escalate” tensions after an exchange of missile and drone attacks this week raised fears of further instability in the region, Islamabad said. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani and the foreign minister of Iran, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, spoke via phone on Friday, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in a statement. “The two foreign ministers agreed that...
News Room : Fairly heavy showers likely at some places in Western and Sabaragamuwa provinces – The Island
Weather forecast issued at 05.30 a.m. on 20 January 2024 by the Department of Meteorology Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa and Central provinces and in Galle and Matara districts during the morning. Showers will occur at times in Eastern, Northern, North-central and Uva provinces and in Matale district. Showers or thundershowers may occur at several...
News Room : Palestine boost Asian Cup knockout hopes after draw with UAE
It was a night to remember at Al Janoub Stadium – a night that belonged to Palestine irrespective of the result on the pitch. The crowd’s noise, flags and numbers all were in the favour of the team that came into the match with an AFC Asian Cup 2023 loss to its name and a relentless war on its people. The...