Paramount has closed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, uniting major Hollywood studios, streaming services and cable networks including CBS News, CNN, Comedy Central and TNT under the new company Skydance. The deal follows months of legal disputes and competition concerns. Reported deal values differ, with some sources citing $110 billion and others $81 billion.
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NPR – World Belgian-born physicist Francis Halzen, 82, has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work detecting high-energy neutrinos from deep space. His research, which began in the 1980s, led to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. The Nobel committee described neutrinos as "ghostly messages from space." Halzen is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
NYTimes – US President Donald Trump approved a plan to execute former Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad for the 2009 Fort Hood shooting that killed 13 people, the Pentagon confirmed. The US Army has not carried out an execution since 1961, and Hasan's would be the first military execution by firing squad since World War Two. The date and location have not yet been set.
Sky News – Front Page Former "American Idol" contestant and Ohio music pastor Caleb Flynn was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of his wife, Ashley Flynn. Prosecutors said he staged a home invasion after shooting her while having an affair. Flynn maintained his innocence at Monday's sentencing hearing in Ohio.
Kicking off the 2026 Nobel prizes in is the award for physiology or medicine. This year the prize went to three scientists for their work investigating the mysteries of the brain. Karl Deisseroth of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Stanford University, Peter Hegemann of the Humboldt University of Berlin and Georg Nagel of the University of Würzburg have been awarded the prize “for their discoveries concerning…
NPR – US Paramount has closed its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, uniting major Hollywood studios, streaming services and cable networks including CBS News, CNN, Comedy Central and TNT under the new company Skydance. The deal follows months of legal disputes and competition concerns. Reported deal values differ, with some sources citing $110 billion and others $81 billion.
Sky News – World Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called a snap election for November 29 after his governing coalition failed to pass emergency housing measures. Sánchez is framing the housing crisis as central to the campaign, while reports also note separate pressures from a migration crisis and corruption scandals involving his inner circle.
BBC Sport Daniil Medvedev was disqualified from his China Open semi-final against Novak Djokovic in Beijing after hitting a rebounding ball into the crowd, striking a spectator in the face or eye. The incident occurred while Medvedev was trailing 7-5, 5-3, advancing Djokovic to the final against Alex de Minaur.
NYTimes – World Congressional candidate Jim Desmond says he ‘served to protect Americans, not write off American cities’ A Republican candidate in San Diego has criticized Donald Trump after the US president suggested Iran could “take out” the city or Los Angeles. Trump has faced a chorus of condemnation from Democratic leaders in California after his comments at a rally in Nebraska on Monday night. Republicans have largely remaine…
BBC News – World Kenya has confirmed its first-ever Ebola death after a Kenyan national who had been living in DR Congo died following his return. The case makes Kenya the fourth country to record an Ebola case in the current outbreak, declared in eastern DR Congo in mid-May, where more than 4,000 people have died this year.
BBC Sport Belgian-born physicist Francis Halzen, 82, has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work detecting high-energy neutrinos from deep space. His research, which began in the 1980s, led to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. The Nobel committee described neutrinos as "ghostly messages from space." Halzen is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
