Rubio Asks Russia for More Information About Suspected Plague Death; Paramount Takes Over Warner Bros. to Form Skydance

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that Russia should share more information about the death of a plague laboratory worker who died last week, an incident that he said Washington is watching "very closely.”

"I think it's incumbent upon Russia to obviously share more information with the world," Rubio told reporters in Iceland. "We're watching it very closely, hour by hour."

Paramount Skydance on Tuesday completed its blockbuster $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, creating a Hollywood heavyweight called Skydance and handing CEO David Ellison control of one of the world's largest entertainment companies.

The deal brings together the studios behind "Mission: Impossible," "Harry Potter" and DC Studios alongside major television and streaming networks such as CBS, CNN, Paramount+ and HBO Max—forming an entertainment company spanning film, TV and news.