Kenyan authorities on Tuesday confirmed the country’s first imported Ebola case from Congo, making Kenya the latest country affected by the fast-moving outbreak.
The current outbreak was declared in mid-May. At least 8,400 cases have been recorded, including over 4,000 deaths, according to government data, making it the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease in history.
It’s official: Skydance-owned Paramount has closed its $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Skydance Corp. emerges from one of the biggest tie-ups ever in the media and entertainment industry. Including billions of dollars in debt, the Warner acquisition amounted to nearly $111 billion.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune swung through Minnesota farm country on Monday, arguing Michele Tafoya is one of a precious few Republican candidates who can flip a Senate seat and buck the expected blue wave in the midterm elections.
Hours earlier, Tafoya’s Democratic opponent, Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan, stood outside a Brooklyn Park gas station and said Minnesotans frustrated with rising prices will again vote for Democrats in a state that hasn’t sent a Republican to the U.S. Senate since 2002.
Ilah Daood can be reached at daoo3174@stthomas.edu
