Warner Bros shareholders approve Paramount’s $111bn takeover
The approval came as Donald Trump is to attend a dinner with billionaire Paramount backers the Ellisons.
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Amsterdam airport offers discounts to airlines amid rising costs caused by Iran war
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Continue ReadingIs the US singer Celeste R.’s murderer?
David Anthony Burke, known as D4vd, on April 20, 2026 in Los Angeles, USA – four days after his arrest.Image: keystone The US musician D4vd is targeted by investigators after a dead minor was found in his car. While clues and allegations mounted, it remained unclear for a long time what exactly happened. April 23, […]
Continue ReadingBrussels ponders the naked body in AI bill – POLITICO
The EU rules around nudification tech come after Elon Musk’s AI tool Grok was heavily criticized earlier this year for allowing users to generate images of real people in bikinis or fully nude without their consent. The chatbot may have generated as many as 3 million non-consensual sexual images and 20,000 child sexual abuse images […]
Continue ReadingZelensky is hoping for EU money and new sanctions
April 23, 2026, 4:45 p.mApril 23, 2026, 4:45 p.m Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has praised the release of EU aid funds totaling 90 billion euros (around 83 billion francs) for his country. “This European package strengthens our army, gives Ukraine more resilience and allows us to fulfill our social obligations to Ukrainians,” the head of […]
Continue ReadingEU leaders meet in Cyprus to talk Ukraine, Hormuz, energy and mutual defense
European Union leaders have gathered in Cyprus for an informal summit that will kick off an internal process to establish a mutual assistance clause that could, one day, stand in for NATO’s Article 5, should the United States withdraw from the alliance, something that President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Russia’s full-scale invasion […]
Continue ReadingMaggie Gyllenhaal to lead Venice Film Festival jury
Actor and filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal will preside over the main competition jury for the 83rd Venice International Film Festival later this year. Festival organisers announced the selection on Thursday. Gyllenhaal, who most recently directed The Bride!, brought her directorial debut The Lost Daughter to the festival in 2021. Maggie Gyllenhaal attends The Bride world premiere […]
Continue ReadingOrbán may be out, but Patriots aren’t changing course – POLITICO
Rather than question the outcome of Hungary’s pivotal April 12 election, the politicians both accepted and downplayed Orbán’s defeat. “Democracy worked very well in Hungary,” Bardella said, waving away allegations by independent journalists of vote-buying during the election campaign. Instead of dwelling on the latest developments in Budapest, the pair took aim at Madrid and […]
Continue ReadingHeineken beer sales could be impacted by ‘complex and volatile’ market caused by Iran war
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Heineken has reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter revenues and volumes, but the Dutch brewing giant warns that escalating energy costs and inflation, […]
Continue ReadingEU sanctions more Russian banks to squeeze Putin’s war economy – POLITICO
The sanctions also include four banks from Kyrgyzstan, Laos and Azerbaijan, in a bid to crack down on sanction-busting strategies and efforts to pay for Russian oil and gas through the back door. EU businesses are also banned from dealing with Russian companies that handle or exchange cryptocurrencies. The list of sanctioned Russian banks now […]
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