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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Spanish Broadcasting System Sells Puerto Rico TV to Christian Media Group
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. (SBS), the largest minority-owned Hispanic media company in the U.S., has entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement for the sale of WVEO(DT), WTCV(DT), and WVOZ-TV Puerto Rico to Word of God Fellowship, Inc., a Christian faith-based broadcast owner-operator known as Daystar Television Network. This strategic sale reinforces SBS's focus on its core audio and digital businesses, continuing SBS's industry-leading radio portfolio dominance (including the most-listened-to-and-streamed station in the nation, WSKQ-FM, in New York City), along with its digital platforms (among which is included the highest-rated Latino music streaming app, LaMusica) in further serving and empowering Hispanic audiences across the US and Puerto Rico footprints. "This transaction is a decisive step in our long-term strategy of expanding our core competency—delivering culturally resonant content through radio and digital channels that connect, entertain, and inform millions of Hispanics every day. This sale allows us to sharpen that focus and invest in our growth with unmatched expertise," commented SBS Chairman and CEO, Raúl Alarcón. Daystar is honored to bring our faith-based channel "Daystar Español" to Puerto Rico through this signal, "We look forward to serving the island's communities with inspirational content and uplifting messages, continuing our mission of producing and providing quality television that will reach our viewers, refresh their lives, and renew their hearts," commented Joni Lamb, Daystar's President and CEO. SBS will retain its strong presence in Puerto Rico through its top-rated radio stations, Mega 106.9, La Nueva 94, Zeta 93 and Estereotempo 96.5, continuing its mission to uplift and engage the island's listeners with premium audio experiences. Greg Guy of Tideline Partners served as the exclusive broker representing SBS in this transaction. Contact: Claudia Puig, cpuig@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tory Lanez Rushed To Hospital After Prison Yard Stabbing
Tory Lanez has been rushed to the hospital after another inmate stabbed him in prison. The rapper is serving a 10-year sentence at California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi. He was jailed after being convicted of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in 2020. On Monday, TMZ reported that Lanez was the victim of a prison yard stabbing that left him needing medical attention. Sources told the outlet that the rapper was in the correctional facility's yard when another inmate stabbed him. However, the motivation for the attack on Lanez remains unknown, though an insider confirmed that an ambulance rushed him to a nearby civilian hospital in Bakersfield. Sources also disclosed that Lanez's stabbing injury is not life-threatening. News of Lanez's stabbing comes only a few days after he shared pictures of himself from prison. Lanez posed with other roommates in the snapshot and showed off his impressive buffed-up physique. In addition to the pictures, Lanez bragged about his upcoming album, noting that it would be out by summer 2025. Lanez also shared that a second album from prison was "100% recorded, mixed & mastered." Many of the rapper's fans were pleased with the photos and album announcement and praised him for working hard while in prison. One fan wrote, "2nd album from prison. This man is crazy," while another person shared, "Can you hurry up and come out?" A third person commented, "Miss you." On July 12, 2020, Lanez was arrested in the Hollywood Hills after a party dispute turned violent. He was charged with carrying a concealed firearm in his vehicle. Fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion was also in the car and was initially reported to have sustained a foot injury caused by broken glass. However, Megan later revealed she had actually been shot and underwent surgery for gunshot wounds, stating the attack was intentional. In August 2020, Megan publicly named Lanez as the shooter during an Instagram Live session, condemning his publicist for allegedly spreading false information. The situation escalated when Lanez released his album "Daystar" in September 2020, denying the accusations and suggesting Megan and her team were attempting to frame him. In response, Megan's attorney accused Lanez's team of spreading manipulated content and false narratives. Lanez's representatives denied the allegations and promised to investigate the matter. As public backlash grew, Lanez claimed news outlets were colluding in a biased smear campaign against him. Later that October, he was formally charged with multiple felonies, including assault with a semiautomatic firearm and carrying a loaded, unregistered weapon. The charges included a claim that he personally inflicted great bodily harm. A protective order was issued mandating Lanez stay at least 100 yards away from Megan and surrender any firearms. On October 13, 2020, Megan wrote an op-ed for The New York Times, where she addressed the shooting and broader issues of violence against Black women. She clarified that she had been shot twice while walking away from Lanez and emphasized that they were not romantically involved. In April 2022, Lanez was arrested again for violating the protective order, but was released on an increased bond of $350,000. Then, on December 23, 2022, he was found guilty by a jury on three felony charges: assault with a semiautomatic weapon, having a loaded and unregistered firearm in a vehicle, and gross negligence in discharging the firearm. He was taken into custody immediately after the verdict. Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison on August 8, 2023. Despite Lanez's incarceration, he and Megan Thee Stallion have continued their legal battle. Following his conviction, Lanez is currently appealing his conviction in the California Court of Appeal. Meanwhile, Megan has since obtained a five-year restraining order against Lanez, which was extended until 2030. The order came after Megan accused Lanez of harassing her from prison. Additionally, Megan has filed a defamation lawsuit against Lanez and YouTube blogger Milagro 'Gramz' Cooper, accusing them of spreading false narratives about the shooting incident. As part of the civil case, Megan's legal team is working to depose Lanez while he is behind bars. Recently, her lawyers filed a motion for contempt against Lanez, citing inappropriate behavior during a deposition.
Observer
20-04-2025
- Politics
- Observer
Qatar voices frustration over pace of Gaza talks
DOHA: Qatar's chief negotiator says 'frustrated' by talks for a truce in Gaza in an interview, a month after Israel resumed its strikes on the Palestinian territory and another round of negotiations ended without a deal. "We're definitely frustrated by the slowness, sometimes, of the process in the negotiation. This is an urgent matter. There are lives at stake here if this military operation continues day by day," Mohammed al Khulaifi said. Qatar, with the United States and Egypt, brokered a truce in Gaza between Israel and Hamas which came into force on January 19 and largely halted over a year of war triggered by Palestinians October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The initial phase of the truce ended in early March, with the two sides unable to agree on the next steps. Hamas has insisted that negotiations be held for a second phase to the truce, leading to a permanent end to the war, as outlined in the January framework. Israel, which had called for an extension to the opening phase, resumed air and ground attacks across the Gaza Strip on March 18 after earlier halting the entry of aid. Late on Thursday, Hamas signalled the group would not accept Israel's newest proposal for a 45-day ceasefire. Israel had wanted the release of 10 living hostages held by the Palestinian group, the militant group said. "We've been working continuously in the last days to try to bring the parties together and revive the agreement that has been endorsed by the two sides," the Qatari minister of state said. "And we will remain committed to this, in spite of the difficulties," he added. During the long mediation process, Qatar has been the target of direct criticism from Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. At least two of Netanyahu's aides are suspected of receiving payments from the Qatari government to promote Doha's interests in Israel, prompting an Israeli criminal probe. Qatar has dismissed the attacks as a "smear campaign". Earlier in March, an investigation by Israel's domestic security agency attributed funds from the Gulf state to an increase in Hamas's military strength before the October 7 attack. Qatar has rebuffed the accusation as "false". "We've been receiving those types of criticism and negative comments since the early times of our involvement," Al Khulaifi said. "Critiques without any context, such as the ones that we keep hearing from Netanyahu himself, are often just noise," he added. Al Khulaifi rejected recent remarks from Netanyahu to the US-based evangelical Christian channel Daystar that Qatar had promoted "anti-Americanism and anti-Zionism" on US college campuses. "His claims about Qatar's educational partnerships have been repeatedly disproven. Everything we do is transparent," the Qatari official added. Meanwhile, Gaza's civil defence agency reported that Israeli air strikes since dawn on Sunday have killed at least 25 people across the Gaza Strip, including women and children. Israel resumed its aerial and ground assault on Gaza on March 18, reigniting fighting after a two-month ceasefire that had paused more than 15 months of war in the coastal territory. "Since dawn today, the occupation's air strikes have killed 20 people and injured dozens more, including children and women across the Gaza Strip," Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for the civil defence agency said. In a separate statement later, the agency reported that five people were killed in an Israeli drone strike on a group of civilians in eastern Rafah. Since Israel resumed its offensive last month, at least 1,827 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry. The overall death toll in the Gaza war has reached 51,201, the majority of them civilians, according to the ministry, figures the UN considers reliable. — AFP
Khaleej Times
20-04-2025
- Politics
- Khaleej Times
Qatar's chief negotiator says 'frustrated' by pace of Gaza talks
Qatar's chief negotiator voiced frustration over talks for a truce in Gaza in an interview with AFP, a month after Israel resumed its strikes on the Palestinian territory and another round of negotiations ended without a deal. "We're definitely frustrated by the slowness, sometimes, of the process in the negotiation. This is an urgent matter. There are lives at stake here if this military operation continues day by day," Mohammed Al Khulaifi said on Friday. Qatar, with the United States and Egypt, brokered a truce in Gaza between Israel and Hamas which came into force on January 19 and largely halted over a year of war triggered by Palestinian militants' October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. The initial phase of the truce ended in early March, with the two sides unable to agree on the next steps. Hamas has insisted that negotiations be held for a second phase to the truce, leading to a permanent end to the war, as outlined in the January framework. Israel, which had called for an extension to the opening phase, resumed air and ground attacks across the Gaza Strip on March 18 after earlier halting the entry of aid. Late on Thursday, Hamas signalled the group would not accept Israel's newest proposal for a 45-day ceasefire. Israel had wanted the release of 10 living hostages held by the Palestinian group, the militant group said. 'Noise' "We've been working continuously in the last days to try to bring the parties together and revive the agreement that has been endorsed by the two sides," the Qatari minister of state said. "And we will remain committed to this, in spite of the difficulties," he added. During the long mediation process, Qatar has been the target of direct criticism from Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. At least two of Netanyahu's aides are suspected of receiving payments from the Qatari government to promote Doha's interests in Israel, prompting an Israeli criminal probe. Qatar has dismissed the attacks as a "smear campaign". Earlier in March, an investigation by Israel's domestic security agency attributed funds from the Gulf state to an increase in Hamas's military strength before the October 7 attack. Qatar has rebuffed the accusation as "false". "We've been receiving those types of criticism and negative comments since the early times of our involvement," Al-Khulaifi said. "Critiques without any context, such as the ones that we keep hearing from Netanyahu himself, are often just noise," he added. Al-Khulaifi rejected recent remarks from Netanyahu to the US-based evangelical Christian channel Daystar that Qatar had promoted "anti-Americanism and anti-Zionism" on US college campuses. 'De-escalation' "His claims about Qatar's educational partnerships have been repeatedly disproven. Everything we do is transparent," the Qatari official added. Qatar, with Al-Khulaifi as its lead negotiator, has emerged as a facilitator in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has flared in recent months, with the armed M23 group making a series of rapid gains in the country's resource-rich east. In early March, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, who is accused of backing the M23, held surprise meetings in Doha and later expressed their support for a ceasefire. "This meeting happened to really find a pathway towards de-escalation and more of an agreement on an implementation mechanism," Al-Khulaifi said. "We've managed to create this flexible line of communication between the two sides, and we're hoping there are more successes than you can hear within the next days," the Qatari minister added. Al-Khulaifi said following the meetings between the leaders that Qatar had convinced the M23, Rwanda and the DRC to "de-escalate" near the strategic mining hub of Walikale. This allowed "a process of withdrawing from Walikale to the eastern sides, to Goma. That movement by itself was, in our view, a positive development," he added, referring to the M23-held capital of DR Congo's North Kivu Province. Al-Khulaifi said the United States had been "a reliable partner" in DR Congo and he hoped to discuss the conflict with the US envoy for Africa, Massad Boulos, in Washington in the coming days. In the United States, Khulaifi said he would also raise the issue of ongoing sanctions on Syria following the ousting of president Bashar al-Assad. Along with Qatari funding for gas supplies to Syria, Qatar is discussing with regional partners an increase in public sector salaries in the country. "We're discussing it very closely with our US colleagues to see, how can we move on within this project," Al-Khulaifi said.
Yahoo
20-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Qatar's chief negoitator says 'frustrated' by pace of Gaza talks
Qatar's chief negotiator voiced frustration over talks for a truce in Gaza in an interview with AFP, a month after Israel resumed its strikes on the Palestinian territory and another round of negotiations ended without a deal. "We're definitely frustrated by the slowness, sometimes, of the process in the negotiation. This is an urgent matter. There are lives at stake here if this military operation continues day by day," Mohammed Al-Khulaifi said on Friday. Qatar, with the United States and Egypt, brokered a truce in Gaza between Israel and Hamas which came into force on January 19 and largely halted over a year of war triggered by Palestinian militants' October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. The initial phase of the truce ended in early March, with the two sides unable to agree on the next steps. Hamas has insisted that negotiations be held for a second phase to the truce, leading to a permanent end to the war, as outlined in the January framework. Israel, which had called for an extension to the opening phase, resumed air and ground attacks across the Gaza Strip on March 18 after earlier halting the entry of aid. Late on Thursday, Hamas signalled the group would not accept Israel's newest proposal for a 45-day ceasefire. Israel had wanted the release of 10 living hostages held by the Palestinian group, the militant group said. - 'Noise' - "We've been working continuously in the last days to try to bring the parties together and revive the agreement that has been endorsed by the two sides," the Qatari minister of state said. "And we will remain committed to this, in spite of the difficulties," he added. During the long mediation process, Qatar has been the target of direct criticism from Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. At least two of Netanyahu's aides are suspected of receiving payments from the Qatari government to promote Doha's interests in Israel, prompting an Israeli criminal probe. Qatar has dismissed the attacks as a "smear campaign". Earlier in March, an investigation by Israel's domestic security agency attributed funds from the Gulf state to an increase in Hamas's military strength before the October 7 attack. Qatar has rebuffed the accusation as "false". "We've been receiving those types of criticism and negative comments since the early times of our involvement," Al-Khulaifi said. "Critiques without any context, such as the ones that we keep hearing from Netanyahu himself, are often just noise," he added. Al-Khulaifi rejected recent remarks from Netanyahu to the US-based evangelical Christian channel Daystar that Qatar had promoted "anti-Americanism and anti-Zionism" on US college campuses. - 'De-escalation' - "His claims about Qatar's educational partnerships have been repeatedly disproven. Everything we do is transparent," the Qatari official added. Qatar, with Al-Khulaifi as its lead negotiator, has emerged as a facilitator in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has flared in recent months, with the armed M23 group making a series of rapid gains in the country's resource-rich east. In early March, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart, Paul Kagame, who is accused of backing the M23, held surprise meetings in Doha and later expressed their support for a ceasefire. "This meeting happened to really find a pathway towards de-escalation and more of an agreement on an implementation mechanism," Al-Khulaifi said. "We've managed to create this flexible line of communication between the two sides, and we're hoping there are more successes than you can hear within the next days," the Qatari minister added. Al-Khulaifi said following the meetings between the leaders that Qatar had convinced the M23, Rwanda and the DRC to "de-escalate" near the strategic mining hub of Walikale. This allowed "a process of withdrawing from Walikale to the eastern sides, to Goma. That movement by itself was, in our view, a positive development," he added, referring to the M23-held capital of DR Congo's North Kivu Province. Al-Khulaifi said the United States had been "a reliable partner" in DR Congo and he hoped to discuss the conflict with the US envoy for Africa, Massad Boulos, in Washington in the coming days. In the United States, Khulaifi said he would also raise the issue of ongoing sanctions on Syria following the ousting of president Bashar al-Assad. Along with Qatari funding for gas supplies to Syria, Qatar is discussing with regional partners an increase in public sector salaries in the country. "We're discussing it very closely with our US colleagues to see, how can we move on within this project," Al-Khulaifi said. csp/dcp
