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NEW YORK (Reuters) - CBS Corp (CBS.N) and Viacom Inc (VIAB.O) are in the final stages of negotiating an all-stock merger that values Viacom at a discount to its closing price on Friday, two sources told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The CBS broadcasting logo is seen outside the CBS Broadcast Center in Manhattan, New York, U.S.,…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Japan's decision to change South Korea's trade status drew protests South Korea has said it will take Japan off its favoured trade partners' list.The move is a tit-for-tat response to Japan's decision earlier this month to do the same to South Korea.Industry Minister Sung Yun-mo said Japan would be…

don't ask about the next drop — The coolest thing about Hobbs and Shaw aren't the cars, it's the outfits Jonathan M. Gitlin - Aug 11, 2019 3:09 pm UTC Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham star in Hobbs and Shaw. But so does the work of designer Errolson Hugh. Universal Pictures He's The Rock, so…

Alejandro Giammattei, presidential candidate for the "Vamos" political party, celebrates with supporters as he takes the lead during vote counting in the presidential election, at his campaign headquarters in Guatemala City, Guatemala August 11, 2019. REUTERS/Jose CabezasGUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala’s Electoral Tribunal on Sunday declared conservative Alejandro Giammattei of the Vamos party winner of…

Image copyright RCMP Image caption Police released a photo of the slack line and a car which fell only a short distance Canadian police are investigating after a cable car gondola was sabotaged in an apparent act of vandalism.Almost all of the 30 cars on the Sea-to-Sky gondola in Squamish, north of Vancouver, fell to…

A well-considered pause — Damon Lindelof co-wrote satirical thriller about rich people hunting "deplorables." Jennifer Ouellette - Aug 10, 2019 5:33 pm UTC Enlarge / In The Hunt, Betty Gilpin plays Crystal, a woman who must fight for her life when she's hunted by wealthy "elites."YouTube/Universal[Update: 1:35pm ET, August 10, 2019] Universal Pictures has now…

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras will analyze any U.S. plan to have the Central American country act as a so-called safe third country to help contain migration north, but it has yet to receive any official proposal, the Honduran foreign minister said on Saturday. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is pictured during a news…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Police at the scene of the blast in Copenhagen An explosion has hit a police station in the Danish capital, Copenhagen, the second blast to hit the city this week. The building was damaged but no-one was injured in the incident early on Saturday, which took place just outside the…

Feeling the burn — Uber has been burning cash at more than $1 billion per quarter. Timothy B. Lee - Aug 10, 2019 1:30 am UTC Enlarge / Dara Khosrowshahi, shown here in 2013, is CEO of Uber.Matthew Lloyd/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesUber is freezing hiring for software engineers and product managers across its US and…

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range missiles on Saturday, South Korea said, in a “show of force” against U.S.-S.Korea joint military exercises. FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin (not pictured) at Far East Federal University on Russky Island in…