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Discovery to buy $11.9bn network

US cable channel Discovery has agreed to buy Scripps Networks, the No 4 most watched US cable network, for $11.9 (€10bn) in a bet that uniting ownership of cable channels like Animal Planet and HGTV will help the company adapt to the changing television landscape.

Tue, 01 Aug, 2017

HIV vaccine moves a step closer

An HIV vaccine has come a step closer with the identification of immune system cells that can be targeted to provide protection against the most common form of the virus.

Fri, 25 Mar, 2016

Capitalism leaving Earth a ‘pile of filth’

Pope Francis called for a bold cultural revolution to correct what he calls the “structurally perverse” economic system of the rich exploiting the poor that is turning Earth into an “immense pile of filth.”

Fri, 19 Jun, 2015

uSwitch changes owner in €305m deal

Price comparison website uSwitch today followed the advice it has given to thousands of Britons when a $366m (€305m) offer proved too good to turn down.

Thu, 16 Mar, 2006

13 die as giant waves of flame devour homes in California

WILDFIRES driven by hot Santa Ana winds flared into gigantic waves of flame that devoured entire neighbourhoods, choking the sky over Southern California with smoke and ash, and killing at least 13 people, in the state's deadliest outbreak of fires in more than a decade.

Tue, 28 Oct, 2003