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The owner of TVN is the American concern Warner Bros. Discovery has begun the process of selling the company, Reuters reported on Friday. A spokesperson for WBD explained the information, stressing that for “Warner Bros. Discovery, in making the decision to sell, maintaining the independence of TVN news is a priority.” According to a report by Reuters citing four different sources, Warner Bros. Discovery is working with investment bank advisors JP Morgan on the sale of TVN. As two sources told the agency, bankers should have been in contact with potential buyers in recent weeks, and materials related to the…
SegaSonic x Shadow Generations sold over a million copies in a single day when it launched in OctoberSega is considering launching its own Netflix-style subscription service for video games, a move that would accelerate the transition of games to streaming.There are already a number of similar services on the market, such as Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus, which allow players to pay a monthly fee to access a range of titles rather than owning them outright.Sega President Shuji Utsumi told the BBC that these subscription products were “very interesting” and that his company was “evaluating some opportunities.”“We are thinking…
Flickr/East-West CenterGulab Watumull's father Jhamandas (left) started the family business with a store in Honolulu in 1915.In 1915, 29-year-old Indian entrepreneur Jhamandas Watumull arrived on the island of Honolulu in Hawaii to open a retail store of his importing business with his partner Dharamdas.The two men registered Watumull & Dharamdas as a business on Honolulu's Hotel Street, selling exotic goods like silk, ivory crafts, brassware and other Eastern trinkets .Dharamdas died of cholera in 1916, prompting Jhamandas Watumull to bring in his brother Gobindram to manage their store in Honolulu while he handled their business in Manila. Over the next…
Getty ImagesHideko Hakamata, 91, fought half her life to free her brother, the world's longest-serving death row inmate.When a court declared Iwao Hakamata innocent in September, the world's longest-serving death row inmate seemed incapable of understanding, let alone savoring, the moment.“I told him he had been acquitted and he remained silent,” Hideko Hakamata, his 91-year-old sister, told the BBC at her home in Hamamatsu, Japan. “I couldn’t tell if he understood or not.”Hideko had been fighting for her brother to be retried since he was convicted of quadruple murder in 1968. In September 2024, at the age of 88, he…
Anthony AbdoolAnthony Abdool attended the inquest nine times and became friends with others who followed the proceedings.People unconnected with the Post Office have told the BBC how absorbed they have become in the public inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal.It became almost a box office hit – racking up more than 20 million views on YouTube – largely helped by the ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office which brought the scandal to public attention.It was the story of ordinary people who, during their professional lives, fell victim to a faulty computer system, with catastrophic consequences. Some were financially…
A day after the publication of information on obtaining international protection in Hungary, Marcin Romanovski posted a series of entries on the X platform, partially repeating what he had said in a television interview on Thursday. He told Polsat News that he had become “part of the campaign”.He expanded on that idea Friday. “For almost a year, I (along with my colleagues at the Ministry of Justice and social activists from non-governmental organizations) have been the subject of constant attacks carried out using the entire state apparatus and pro-government media,” he wrote. Ta.Marcin Romanowski. PiS MP stays in Hungary, series…
A car crashed into a crowd of people attending a Christmas market in Magdeburg, eastern Germany. According to the daily newspaper Bild's website, between 60 and 80 people may have been injured. At least 11 people died, according to the website. At least two people were killed, according to official information from state authorities.”So far we have no information about the injured Poles, but there are many casualties and the operation is ongoing,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Paweł Wronski said on Friday. President Andrzej Duda described the news from Germany as “tragic”. “We are shocked by the brutal attack on the…
A video from the city of Magdeburg, Germany, appeared on social networks, where the police arrested a suspected attacker who rammed a car into a crowd of people during a Christmas market. It depicts a man lying on the sidewalk surrounded by a group of police.Just after 7 a.m. on Friday in Magdeburg, Germany, a driver crashed his car into a Christmas market. According to Bild newspaper, at least 11 people were killed. Emergency services, referring to the newspaper and the French Press agency, say that 60-80 people were injured. Authorities have not yet confirmed the number of victims of…
Final negotiations between Volkswagen and the unions. The company's management withdrew its demand for a 10 percent wage cut and promised that there would be no immediate closings or layoffs. However, the company will cut 35,000 jobs in the long run.According to Reuters, it was the longest negotiation between the company and unions in Volkswagen's 87-year history. The company has pledged not to immediately shut down manufacturing plants or lay off workers. He also dropped his demand for a 10 percent pay cut. Union leaders described the deal as a “Christmas miracle.” However, the automobile concern is facing serious changes.…
The bomber who plowed into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg on Friday night was from Saudi Arabia, state authorities said. The culprit in the tragedy is 50 years old.The premier of Saxony-Anhalt has lived in Germany for many years and works as a doctor, he added. “He had planned to rent a car shortly before the attack. The culprit is now in police custody,” it read in German media.Der Spiegel reported that the man had been staying with a neighbor to the west since 2006 and was granted refugee status in 2016. As a physician, he specialized…