Warner Bros. Discovery is expected to urge shareholders to vote against Paramount’s hostile takeover bid. This comes after Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, also withdrew his private equity firm from the financing of the offer.
Category: 3. Europe
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Warner Bros will urge shareholders to reject hostile bid as Trump attacks Paramount
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‘A tourist attraction in their own right’: Two new metro stations open in Rome
Expanding Rome’s metro network is a notoriously complicated task, as excavations are regularly halted by the discovery of archaeological treasures.
So it’s big news that two new metro stations have just opened beneath the Italian capital.
One is located deep underneath the Colosseum, a…
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Signing the EU-Mercosur deal now is 'premature,' Italy's PM Meloni says
Italy’s position is pivotal, as France, Hungary, Poland, and Austria oppose the deal, which requires the approval of a qualified majority for the EU executive chief Ursula von der Leyen to sign it.
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Video doesn’t show armed military conscripting men in Germany
A video shared on X claims to show heavily armed police officers going from door to door registering young men for the German army in Berlin’s Charlottenburg district.
“Military police are currently going from house to house and registering all young men between 18 and 35. I am not at war…
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Ukraine suffering continues as electricity is cut for days amid ongoing Russian attacks
In an update from Ukraine, the UN’s top aid official there, Assistant Secretary-General Matthias Schmale, reports that half the population in Kherson city, about 30,000 or more residents, have been without electricity for several days.
It’s not the only city without power, he told UN News on…
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Crimean Tatar artist moulds new path through clay in wartime Ukraine
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine has endured relentless air raids and drone strikes, disrupting daily life and endangering safety.
Ahead of the International Day for Migration on 18 December, Elvira explained how art and the quiet strength of creativity have helped her…
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UK to rejoin EU's Erasmus+ student mobility fund in 2027
The deal is being hailed in London as a step towards greater EU-UK relations, but the recent failure to agree on UK involvement in the SAFE defence fund has critics complaining about a “piecemeal” approach to Europe.
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‘Safe Hearts Plan’: The EU aims to tackle cardiovascular disease. But does it go far enough?
The European Union’s new ‘Safe Hearts Plan’ aims to cut cardiovascular deaths by 25 per cent in the next decade.
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Italy's cash ceiling proposal: Balancing freedom and fraud concerns
An amendment to Italy’s upcoming budget law proposes raising the ceiling for cash payments in the country. While some lawmakers are pushing for more ‘consumer freedom’, others fear the potential effect on tax evasion and criminal activity.
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X sues challenger ‘Operation Bluebird’ for trying to ‘steal’ Twitter branding
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Will Twitter’s blue bird ever fly again? Not if X can help it.
The company owned by Elon Musk, which bought the Twitter brand and social media platform…
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