Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery in deal of the decade

Streaming giant Netflix said Friday it will buy film and television studio Warner Bros. Discovery for nearly $83 billion, the entertainment industry’s biggest consolidation deal this decade. The acquisition, which will face regulatory scrutiny by the Trump administration and is opposed by top names in Hollywood, gives Netflix access to a vast film catalog as […]

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Gericht untersagt Eurowings irreführende Werbung mit CO2-Ausgleich

Die Fluggesellschaft Eurowings hat bei der Flugbuchung einem Gerichtsurteil zufolge Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher mit Angaben über den CO2-Ausgleich von Flugreisen in die Irre geführt. Das Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf untersagte der Airline, bei Online-Ticketkäufen auf bestimmte Art und Weise mit der Kompensation von CO2-Emissionen zu werben, wie das Gericht am Freitag erklärte. Damit gab es der Berufung […]

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Gericht untersagt Eurowings irreführende Werbung mit CO2-Ausgleich

Die Fluggesellschaft Eurowings hat bei der Flugbuchung einem Gerichtsurteil zufolge Verbraucherinnen und Verbraucher mit Angaben über den CO2-Ausgleich von Flugreisen in die Irre geführt. Das Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf untersagte der Airline, bei Online-Ticketkäufen auf bestimmte Art und Weise mit der Kompensation von CO2-Emissionen zu werben, wie das Gericht am Freitag erklärte. Damit gab es der Berufung […]

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Emotions high, hope alive after Nigerian school abduction 

Samaila Livinus has kept his grief locked inside — trying hard to be strong while awaiting news about his five-year-old son who is among hundreds snatched from their dormitories in one of Nigeria’s worst mass kidnappings. Two weeks on, emotions are still raw, but hopes remain alive for their safe return.”Sometimes you try not to […]

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Another original Hermes Birkin bag sells for $2.86 mn

A Hermes handbag that once belonged to Jane Birkin was sold for $2.86 million (2.45 million euros) at auction in Abu Dhabi on Friday, just months after the record-breaking sale of her first bag from the French brand, Sotheby’s said Tuesday. Hermes first created the design for the British singer and actress in 1984 and […]

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Lebanon president says country does not want war with Israel

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Friday told a United Nations Security Council delegation his country does not want war with Israel, days after civilian representatives from both sides held their first talks in decades. Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem, whose militant group refuses to disarm, on Friday backed Lebanon’s pursuit of diplomacy but called the inclusion […]

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Neue Partnerschaft: Meta bindet Medieninhalte in KI-Assistenten ein

In Rahmen einer neuen Partnerschaft mit Medienhäusern will der Facebook-Mutterkonzern Meta deren Nachrichteninhalte in seinen Assistenten für Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) einbinden. Meta erklärte am Freitag, damit würden Nutzer von Facebook, Instagram und WhatsApp mit Echtzeitinformationen versorgt. Die Inhalte sollen von US-Sendern wie CNN und Fox News kommen sowie von Zeitungen wie “USA Today” und “Le […]

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Signing up to DR Congo peace is one thing, delivery another

Signing an accord is one thing but actual implementation of a peace deal inked Thursday in Washington to end the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) promises to be highly complex amid ongoing intense fighting.- Transactional diplomacy -The Washington agreement comprises three components, the first not surprisingly concerning a cessation of hostilities via […]

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‘Amazing’ figurines find in Egyptian tomb solves mystery

A treasure trove of 225 funerary figurines have been discovered inside a tomb in the ancient Egyptian capital of Tanis in the Nile Delta, a rare find that has also solved a long-running mystery. “Finding figurines in place inside a royal tomb has not happened in the Tanis necropolis since 1946,” French egyptologist Frederic Payraudeau told […]

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