Jared Kushner's firm Affinity Partners has dropped out of Paramount Skydance's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Kushner's Affinity Partners exits Paramount bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
WBD agreed to sell its film studio and streaming service HBO Max to Netflix, and plans to spin out Discovery Global, with its TV networks such as ...
Is it prudent for any international news organization to maintain a bureau in Hong Kong?
SPJ condemns Jimmy Lai conviction as press freedom in Hong Kong continues to decline | NewsLab
โ€œHong Kong was promised 50 years of press freedom and civil rights following its handover to China in 1997,โ€ says SPJ National President Chris ...
Chief of Staff Susan Wiles says this Vanity Fair profile is โ€œa disingenuously framed hit piece on me and the finest President, White House staff, and Cabinet in history.โ€
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Susie Wiles Talks About the First Year of Trumpโ€™s Second Term (Part 1 of 2)
In the first half of Vanity Fairโ€™s interview with Susie Wiles, the chief of staff discusses Elon Muskโ€™s DOGE disaster, the FBIโ€™s โ€œincredibl...
EU eases a 2035 zero-emission target to allow some internal-combustion cars to be sold after that date.
EU alters 2035 zero-emission target, extending life of combustion engines
The EU's new proposal reduces tailpipe CO2 emissions by 90 percent versus 2021. The remaining 10 percent of emissions will have to be offset by sus...
Announcement: You can now pre-order the paperback edition of 'Behind the White House Curtain' with an updated preface. Itโ€™ll be released on March 3. https://bookshop.org/p/books/behind-the-white-house-curtain-a-senior-journalist-s-story-of-covering-the-president-and-why-it-matters-steven-l-herman/17f8150fa426901f?ean=9781606355091&next=t
US showing little interest in fighting Russian misinfo in Nigeria despite the countryโ€™s being a bulwark against the potential spread of terrorism and military rule in the Sahel. VoAโ€™s Hausa service has ended and US funding for Nigeria has declined sharply. - CNAS
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CNAS Insights | Russia Is Winning the Battle for Influence in Nigeria
Despite its lack of substantive resources, Russia is winning the battle for influence in the information space across huge swathes of Nigeria
US pauses the $40 billion Tech Prosperity Deal with the UK amid concerns here in Washington about London's approach to digital regulation and food standards.
UK insists negotiations over US tech deal still 'active'
When the partnership was unveiled in September the UK government said it would "shape the futures of millions of people".
A Reuters investigation reveals the owner of Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp made billions of dollars last year from Chinese ads for scams, illegal gambling, pornography and other banned content. https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-tolerates-rampant-ad-fraud-china-safeguard-billions-revenue-2025-12-15/
VOA Korean was heard on the airwaves Monday for the first time in nine months, airing the same five-minute news bulletin three times in a row 15:30-15:45 UTC on 9310kHz.
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The US military says its forces attacked โ€œdesignated terrorist organizationsโ€ smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three people one vessel and two on a second vessel.