NEW YORK — Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery have agreed to delay closing their $81 billion merger well into next year, a stunning move that arrives as a judge continues to consider a challenge from 12 states seeking to block the deal altogether. Paramount said in a filing Friday that it won’t close its Warner … Read more

A wildfire near Madrid is “beyond the capacity” of firefighters to contain, Spanish officials have warned, after three fires west of the capital merged into a single blaze. Spain’s government has declared a national emergency after blazes spun out of control in several areas close to Madrid, prompting the evacuation of at least 30,000 people. … Read more

Royal titles can be difficult to follow, particularly as they change with marriage, succession, and shifts within the monarchy. Catherine, Princess of Wales, for example, was widely known to the public as Kate Middleton before becoming the Duchess of Cambridge and later assuming her current title—though many people continue to refer to her simply as … Read more

CHAPINERIA, Spain — Spain’s government declared a national emergency Friday after wildfires forced the evacuation of some 20,000 people from villages near Madrid, while in southern France more than 60,000 residents fled their homes, including by boat, to escape two major blazes. “We are experiencing a dramatic situation, not just in several Spanish regions but … Read more

The US has imposed new tariffs on 60 trading partners in the latest escalation in the trade war reignited by US President Donald Trump when he returned to office last year. Those targeted, including the UK, China and the European Union, will face a tariff of 10% to 12.5% on all goods, accounting for almost … Read more

Being a celebrity’s child is a complicated and messy reality. You get the stigma of being a nepobaby and get barely any privacy. That said, when celebrity kids make a name for themselves inHollywood, we get the rare phenomenon of an A-list mother-and-daughter duo gracing the redcarpet. Here are our favorites! 1. Carrie Fisher and … Read more

The sender of the first ransom note in Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance opened with a direct warning to her daughter, “Today” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, telling her that her mother’s life “is in your hands,” according to a new podcast report. Crime journalist Briana Whitney read the note’s contents aloud during an appearance on the “Crime … Read more

During Trump’s first term as US president, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain signed the Abraham Accords, resulting in a historic normalisation of relations between Israel and two Arab nations – the first in decades. Sudan, Morocco and Kazakhstan have since also signed them, too. Saudi Arabia has previously said it will not do … Read more

Most of us like to think that we’re not judgemental people, we don’t make assumptions based on how people walk, talk or look. We’re thoughtful and treat people with kindness, or at least that’s what we like to think. But the reality is that we start reading people’s posture, gait, their clothes, and a whole … Read more

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan made a criminal referral to the Justice Department on Wednesday, asking prosecutors to see if they can bring charges against former Special Counsel Jack Smith for cagey statements he made about obtaining lawmakers’ text messages. Mr. Smith led a Justice Department special counsel probe of President Trump, which resulted … Read more