Learn “takeover”, “contacts”, “detect” in slow English. From: Paramount completes $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros.
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- Paramount completes $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros
- Kenya reports its first Ebola death
- Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in Physics for neutrino research
- Tens of thousands protest over schools across France
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- France 24Paramount completes takeover of Warner Bros, creating media behemoth Skydance
- BBC NewsParamount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger
- RechercheThe settlement requires the company to release at least 30 films a year and more than 180 television shows.
- RechercheThe merger followed a bidding contest with Netflix. Paramount Skydance won after Netflix declined to raise its offer to match Paramount’s price.
- RechercheTwelve US states led by California sued over competition concerns. The companies later settled, clearing the way for the merger to proceed.
- CBC NewsKenya confirms 1st Ebola case imported from Congo
- BBC NewsKenya confirms its first Ebola death as outbreak spreads
- France 24Kenya reports first-ever Ebola death after patient returns from DR Congo
- AfricanewsKenya confirms first Ebola death as 28 contacts traced
- RechercheWHO said there are no approved vaccines or specific treatments for Bundibugyo virus disease, although candidate products are being evaluated in clinical trials.
- RechercheThe patient arrived in Nairobi on October 3, tested positive for Bundibugyo virus, and died on the night of October 5. Kenya’s authorities said it was the country’s first Ebola death.
- Al JazeeraFrancis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in Physics for work on ‘ghost particles’
- RechercheThe observations have opened a new way to study the universe: neutrinos can provide clues about how it evolved and about distant or extreme cosmic objects.
- NPRFrancis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on high-energy neutrinos from space
- Le Monde2026 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Belgium's Francis Halzen for his work on subatomic particles at the South Pole
- Deutsche WelleNobel Physics Prize goes to Francis Halzen for neutrino work
- France 24Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Francis Halzen for ice research
- RechercheThe IceCube collaboration includes about 450 physicists from 58 institutions in 14 countries.
- France 24Tens of thousands demand better education in demonstrations across France
- Fox NewsFrance explodes again as students riot over education
- France 24'Tense' atmosphere as tens of thousands join French student protests
- RechercheDemonstrators objected to educational reforms and reported shortages of staff and other resources in classrooms.
- RechercheFrench student protests have previously focused on education changes, including changes to high-school tests and curricula, as well as staffing concerns.