The fight in Hollywood to buy Warner Bros Discovery is shaping up to be a blockbuster. Paramount Skydance, backed by the billionaire Ellison family, has been wooing Warner Bros for months, hoping to join forces with the storied Hollywood name as the media company struggles to compete with the likes of Netflix and Disney. So far, Warner Bros has spurned its proposals. Then it announced a deal to sell the most valuable parts of its business – its studio and streaming divisions – to Netflix instead. Undeterred, Paramount chief executive David Ellison launched a hostile takeover bid, taking his suit…
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About 100 US soldiers have arrived in Nigeria to train the West African nation’s armed forces and help them with intelligence in their battle against growing security threats from Islamist militants and other armed groups. The troops and equipment had landed at an airfield in the north-eastern state of Bauchi, Nigerian defence spokesperson Maj Gen Samaila Uba said. He reiterated that the US personnel would not be engaging in combat operations and had come at the request of the government. This is the latest sign of military co-operation between the two countries following the Christmas Day airstrikes launched by the…
Sales reps waste hours each week plotting customer visits by hand. Logistics managers stare at spreadsheets trying to figure out which delivery routes make sense. Operations teams argue over territory boundaries because nobody can see the full picture. These problems share a common thread: location data exists, but nobody can see it properly. Mapping software fixes this. When addresses and sales figures sit in rows and columns, they stay abstract. Put those same numbers on a map and patterns emerge. Clusters of high-value customers become visible. Gaps in service coverage appear. The route that seemed logical reveals itself as a…
Albania offers memorable drives, sweeping coastal roads, tight mountain passes and quiet inland lanes, and every few miles a reminder that cars, like plans, can fail. Do the paperwork at the rental desk, sort insurance and extras, and you strip away much of the hassle before the engine even turns. Book the car and essentials at https://localrent.com/ and you’ll start with one less thing to argue about on the hard shoulder. This guide comes from time spent behind the wheel on these routes: what breaks, what fixes, who turns up fast and which small habits keep a breakdown from ruining…
Walk any big property—hospital campus, airport-adjacent hotel, multi-tenant office tower—and you’ll see the same pattern: signage is everywhere, yet rarely treated like a system. Owners budget for “new signs” the way they budget for paint. Then the inspection fails, a tenant complains, an attorney notices a missing tactile room ID, or a renovation triggers a code review the team didn’t plan for. That is why commercial signage planning belongs in the infrastructure conversation for 2026. Not because signs are “important for branding,” but because they sit at the intersection of enforceable requirements: accessibility, life safety, workplace hazard communication, and ongoing…
Hundreds of families affected by a dam burst in Maai Mahiu, Nakuru County have been resettled as the government fulfilled a promise to find new homes for them. Deputy President Kithure Kindiki on Tuesday handed over title deeds to 105 homeowners who were displaced by flash floods caused by the dam burst in April 2024. Each of them will receive two acres of land. The DP also said the tenants in the homes will also benefit from plots of land to be acquired by the government, DP revealed. “All the families who owned homes and those who rented will be…
President William Ruto Tuesday ordered the creation of a dedicated Nairobi Metropolitan Police Unit to enhance security within the county. The unit will be created from the National Police Service and Nairobi City County. He spoke during the signing of a collaboration agreement between the Nairobi County and the National Government. Ruto directed Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen to prepare a framework within 60 days for the police unit. This, Ruto stated, would make the Capital City a safe hub for both its citizens and investors. “Security is non-negotiable for a modern capital like Nairobi. I therefore direct the Cabinet…
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja secured an additional Sh80 billion in funding following the signing of a cooperation agreement with the National Government aimed at accelerating infrastructure and service delivery projects in Nairobi. The agreement, concluded before President William Ruto, establishes a framework for joint planning, financing, and implementation of development programmes between the two levels of government. It is anchored in Section 6 of the Urban Areas and Cities Act, which permits intergovernmental cooperation in the management and development of urban areas, including the capital city, officials said. Under the arrangement, the National and County Governments will jointly prioritise projects…
Robert Duvall, the Oscar-winning actor of matchless versatility and dedication whose classic roles included the intrepid consigliere of the first two “Godfather” movies and the over-the-hill country music singer in “Tender Mercies,” has died at age 95. Duvall died “peacefully” at his home Sunday in Middleburg, Virginia, according to an announcement from his publicist and from a statement posted on his Facebook page by his wife, Luciana Duvall. “To the world, he was an Academy Award-winning actor, a director, a storyteller. To me, he was simply everything,” Luciana Duvall wrote. “His passion for his craft was matched only by his…
An Austrian man was charged with terrorism and other offences over a plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna in August 2024. Prosecutors said the 21-year-old suspect, identified only as Beran A, was accused of being a member of a terrorist organisation, making explosives and attempting to purchase weapons illegally. He is also said to have been disseminating propaganda for the jihadist group Islamic State. He faces up to 20 years in jail if convicted. The suspect was arrested after a tip-off from the CIA before Swift’s concert. Three sold-out gigs by the US star singer at Vienna’s…
The Director of Public Prosecutions Renson Ingonga has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to strengthening Kenya’s anti-money laundering framework, as senior officials met to review progress on reforms tied to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) action plan. Ingonga joined top government officials in assessing milestones under the International Cooperation Review Group (ICRG) process, which is key to securing Kenya’s removal from the FATF Grey List. Speaking during the high-level session convened by the National Treasury, Ingonga underscored the importance of collaboration and capacity building in tackling money laundering and terrorism financing. “We have strengthened our Anti-Money Laundering (AML) response through…
The Director of Public Prosecutions applied to conduct an age assessment and social inquiry report for the female suspect, who was arrested alongside Amir Latif for allegedly trafficking 109.17 grams of heroin valued at Sh327,510. The prosecution said this is a firm action in the narcotics case involving the young female TikToker and her co-accused, underscoring strong commitment to combating drug trafficking along the Coast region. Appearing today before Resident Magistrate Green Odera in Mombasa, Prosecution successfully sought an age assessment and social inquiry report for the girl. The court directed the Nyali Sub-County Children’s Officer to prepare a social…
The mother of the late Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny says the assessment that her son died of poisoning has validated her belief that he was murdered. On Saturday, the UK and European allies put out a statement saying Navalny, who died in 2024, was killed using a poison developed from a dart frog toxin, and that “only the Russian state had the means, motive and opportunity to deploy this lethal toxin”. “This confirms what we knew from the very beginning,” Lyudmila Navalnaya said while visiting her son’s grave in Moscow on Monday – the second anniversary of his death. “We…
France’s radical left is under pressure after the killing of a student in Lyon was blamed on “anti-fascist” militants. Quentin Deranque, a 23-year-old maths student and nationalist activist, died on Saturday, two days after being beaten up on the street by a group of young men. On Thursday afternoon he had given support to a hard-right feminist collective Némésis, which staged a small protest against a left-wing politician’s visit to Lyon’s Institute of Political Studies (IEP), commonly known as Sciences-Po. Mobile phone video footage taken a few streets away from the protest’s location showed three young men being kicked and…
Three South Africans have been charged with murder following the killing of an e-hailing taxi driver, the manner of whose death, captured on dashcam footage, has shocked many people. A video shared widely on social media shows a man and a woman tussling with the driver, Isaac Satlat, who they appeared to be robbing. Satlat tries to fight back before one of the passengers appears to strangle him until he goes limp. The trio, who were arrested over the weekend, were in court in Pretoria on Monday and have since abandoned their bail applications. They were not asked to comment…