Paramount Skydance has completed its $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, creating a company called Skydance. The merger combines major film, streaming and news businesses after antitrust lawsuits and a settlement with U.S. states.
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British police have made a seventh arrest in an investigation near RAF Fairford. The US has moved bombers from the base, citing threats, but it is unclear whether the move is connected to the arrests.
Indian opposition lawmakers were briefly detained during a New Delhi march demanding the resignation of the election chief. Protesters say a nationwide voter list revision risks excluding eligible voters; the Election Commission denies wrongdoing.
German prosecutors accuse former BND chief August Hanning of using classified material obtained from a former aide in contacts with foreign intelligence services. They say the aide supplied about 2,000 documents in exchange for payment.
Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on IceCube, a South Pole observatory that detects high-energy neutrinos from space. Its sensors use Antarctic ice to reveal rare signals from distant cosmic events.
Saudi-backed Yemeni forces claim control of a key Red Sea strait and the port of Mokha, but the Houthis deny the losses and other accounts leave the city’s status uncertain. The offensive has brought further strikes in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
Trump’s suggestion at a Nebraska rally that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego drew applause from attendees and condemnation from California leaders. His meaning was disputed online, while the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment reported by The Guardian.
The Parti Québécois has won the most seats in Quebec’s election, putting Paul St-Pierre Plamondon on course to become premier. His pledge to hold another independence referendum presents a new challenge for Prime Minister Mark Carney.