Warner Bros reopens takeover talks with Paramount

NEW YORK (AP) – Warner Bros. Discovery is briefly reopening takeover talks with Skydance-owned Paramount to hear the company’s “best and final” offer, while the Hollywood giant continues to back the studio and streaming deal it struck with Netflix.

Thomas Pritzker steps down from Hyatt board over Epstein

Hotel magnate Thomas Pritzker will step down as the executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels after details of his affiliation with Jeffrey Epstein were revealed in documents related to the burgeoning investigation of ties between the notorious sex trafficker and the elite and powerful.

Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks

WASHINGTON (AP) – Conservation and historical organizations sued the Trump administration on Tuesday over National Park Service policies that the groups say erase history and science from America’s national parks.

Editorials from New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and others

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India eyes $200B in data center investments as it ramps up AI ambitions

NEW DELHI (AP) – India is hoping to garner as much as $200 billion in investments for data centers over the next few years as it scales up its ambitions to become a hub for artificial intelligence, the country’s minister for electronics and information technology said Tuesday.

What climate change means for Greenland's traditional Inuit lifestyle

ILULISSAT, Greenland (AP) – Growing up in a village in northern Greenland, Jørgen Kristensen’s closest friends were his stepfather’s sled dogs. Most of his classmates were dark-haired Inuit; he was different. When he was bullied at school for his fair hair – an inheritance from the mainland Danish father he never knew – the dogs came to him.

Malaysia and Japan plan major cross-border carbon capture project

BANGKOK (AP) – Japan wants to ship carbon emissions to Malaysia in a first-of-its-kind project in Southeast Asia for carbon capture and storage, a widely debated process that critics say is more symbolic than effective in curbing climate change.

Protesters block Beirut roads after Cabinet approves new taxes that raise fuel prices

BEIRUT (AP) – Protesters blocked main roads in and around Beirut on Tuesday after Lebanon’s Cabinet approved new taxes that raise fuel prices and other products to fund public pay hikes.

Shein faces EU investigation over illegal products and addictive features

LONDON (AP) – European Union regulators are investigating Shein over concerns the online retailer hasn’t done enough to limit the sale of illegal products or protect users from the platform’s allegedly addictive design.