Posts by Nathan Pine
Berlin Film Festival To Open With ‘No Good Men’ By Afghan Director Shahrbanoo Sadat
No Good Men, the latest feature from Afghan filmmaker Shahrbanoo Sadat, will open the 2026 Berlin Film Festival. The film follows Naru, the only camerawoman at Kabul TV, who is convinced that there are no good men in Afghanistan. But when the reporter Qodrat takes her on assignment just before the Taliban’s return, sparks fly –…
Read MoreBBC Gets 1,000 Complaints About Pro-Trump Bias After Reporting On His Plan To “Acquire” Greenland
The BBC has received more than 1,000 complaints about its output being biased in favor of Donald Trump, following a report about the president’s plans to use U.S. military might to “acquire” Greenland. BBC News has consistently used the word “acquire” to characterize Trump’s ambitions for the semi-autonomous territory of Denmark, with viewers taking particular…
Read MoreDisney+ EMEA Promotes ‘Rivals’ Commissioner & Three Others As Content Chief Angela Jain Sets Out Ambitions Internally
EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ has promoted four executives in Europe as new content chief Angela Jain says she wants to set her team up “for long term success in EMEA.” In one of her first big decisions since stepping into the role, Jain has promoted Rivals commissioner Lee Mason and Blind Date overseer Sean Doyle to VPs…
Read MoreRussia eyes Trump’s “extraordinary” Greenland grab, plots Arctic expansion
The Kremlin said it is closely watching the “extraordinary” situation around the self-governing Danish territory of Greenland, as European NATO allies deploy forces to the Arctic island for military exercises in a show of unity against U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive push to secure control of it for Washington. Russia said it would strengthen its…
Read MoreSIA, Air India ink pact for commercial cooperation
The airlines are exploring ways to enhance privileges beyond the current Star Alliance and KrisFlyer programmes [SINGAPORE] Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a commercial cooperation framework agreement with Air India that will build on existing partnerships between the two carriers. In a joint release on Friday (Jan 16), the two airlines said that this latest…
Read MoreBank of Japan says sales of its ETF holdings to start next week
[TOKYO] The Bank of Japan said it will start selling its holdings of exchange-traded funds on Monday (Jan 19), a project that may take more than a century if it proceeds at the currently planned pace. The BOJ will start selling its holdings of ETFs and Real Estate Investment Trusts from next week, according to…
Read MoreDonald Trump Given Nobel Peace Prize By Venezuela’s Opposition Leader — But Nobel Committee Says It Is Not Transferable
Donald Trump has his long-awaited Nobel Peace Prize, but only symbolically. Yesterday at the White House, Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado, who was awarded the prize late last year, gave her medal to the POTUS in recognition of what she described as his committment to Venezuela’s freedom. This came after Trump greenlit an American operation…
Read MoreWho is Matthew Ammel? Kristen Sinema bodyguard at center of affair lawsuit
Bodyguard Matthew Ammel has been accused of having an affair with Kyrsten Sinema, a former U.S. senator from Arizona, while working in her security detail. Matthew Ammel’s ex-wife Heather Ammel made the allegation in a lawsuit, filed in North Carolina, and said the alleged affair led to the breakdown of their marriage. Newsweek reached out…
Read MoreBBC Close To Agreeing Landmark Deal To Produce Shows For YouTube
The BBC is set to produce content for YouTube under a landmark deal with the Google-owned platform, which is increasingly challenging the dominance of traditional television networks. The BBC is preparing to make original shows for YouTube, which could then later switch to iPlayer or BBC Sounds. The hope is that this will ensure the…
Read MoreSingapore stocks rise amid mixed Asian performance; STI up 0.3%
Across the broader market, advancers beat decliners 307 to 261 after 1.4 billion shares worth S$1.5 billion change hands [SINGAPORE] The Straits Times Index (STI) rose 0.3 per cent or 15.76 points to close at 4,849.10 on Friday (Jan 16), bringing the benchmark index up a total of 2.1 per cent for the week. Across…
Read MoreMillions of social media accounts removed in crackdown
A crackdown on social media access for under-16s in Australia has led to the removal of access to around 4.7 million accounts so far across the various platforms, such as Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok, officials in the country said, with tech firms facing the threat of large fines if they fail to take appropriate action…
Read MoreChina clamps down on high-speed traders, removing servers
The move shows that officials are focused on levelling the playing field for investors and ensuring market stability [SHANGHAI] China is pulling the plug on a key advantage held by high-frequency traders, removing servers dedicated to those firms out of local exchanges’ data centres, according to people familiar with the matter. Commodities futures exchanges in…
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