The European Commission has approved the proposed $110 billion merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery after Paramount agreed to end its European film distribution partnership with Universal Pictures. Regulators said the move addresses concerns that the combined company could gain excessive control over cinema distribution across Europe. Despite
Hundreds of individuals in Russia gathered for the funeral of Alexei Navalny, the outspoken Putin critic who died in prison last month. Despite a substantial police presence and erected barricades, mourners broke into applause as Navalny’s body was brought into a church near Moscow. Attendees knowingly risked arrest for expressing support, while Navalny’s wife

