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Is Bluesky Down? What We Know
[ad_1] By Tahar Rajab is a Newsweek News and Features Journalist based in London, UK. His focus is audience engagement, traffic growth and analytics. He has covered a wide range of topics from world news to sport and politics and has a particular love for lifestyle content. He joined Newsweek in 2024 from The Times…
Read More‘The King Of Kings’ Surpasses ‘Parasite’ To Become Top-Grossing Korean Film In The U.S.
[ad_1] Korean animated film The King of Kings has surpassed Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning Parasite to become the top-grossing Korean film in the U.S. Produced by Korean animation outfit Mofac Studio, The King of Kings has earned a cumulative $54.7M at the box office so far, surpassing Parasite, which previously raked in a total of $53.8M…
Read More‘Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy’ & ‘Paddington In Peru’ Drive Canal+ Content Revs Up 8% In First Quarter Since London Stock Exchange Listing; Share Price Remains Sticky
[ad_1] Helped along by theatricals including Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Paddington in Peru and We Live in Time, revenues in Canal+‘s content and distribution division rose by more than 8% per the French major’s first quarterly results since the London Stock Exchange (LSE) listing. The division, which incorporates Studiocanal and Dailymotion, saw turnover…
Read MoreFirst Reit Q1 DPU dips 3.3% to S$0.0058 amid forex headwinds
[ad_1] [SINGAPORE] First Real Estate Investment Trust’s (First Reit) distribution per unit (DPU) fell 3.3 per cent to S$0.0058 for the first quarter ended Mar 31, compared to S$0.006 in the corresponding year-ago period. Rental and other income fell 2.8 per cent to S$25.4 million, while net property and other income slipped 2.8 per cent…
Read MoreIsabel Arrate Fernandez Named Artistic Director Of IDFA, World’s Biggest Documentary Festival
[ad_1] International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam has selected its new artistic director: Isabel Arrate Fernandez, a prominent figure in nonfiction filmmaking with deep ties to IDFA. Arrate Fernandez succeeds Orwa Nyrabia, who steps down July 1 after serving as IDFA’s artistic director for the last seven years. IDFA is the largest documentary festival in the…
Read MoreUnion Workers turn on Trump tariffs: ‘Direct attack on the working class’
[ad_1] A union representing West Coast dock workers has decried President Donald Trump‘s tariffs as a “direct attack on the working class,” and said that the duties have already begun to damage critical sectors of the U.S. economy. Newsweek has reached out to the U.S. Trade Representative via email for comment outside of business hours.…
Read MoreWilmar reports higher earnings for Q1 2025 on better performance from business segments and associates
[ad_1] [Singapore] Wilmar reported a 13.5 per cent increase in earnings for Q1 2025 to US$343.9 million from US$302.9 million in Q1 2024 in a bourse filing on Tuesday (Apr 29). Revenue for Q1 2025 grew 3.3 per cent to US$16.2 billion from US$15.7 billion in Q1 2024. The growth in earnings was driven by…
Read MoreBBC Greenlights “Real Life ‘Black Mirror’” Doc About Artificial Intelligence As Factual Chief Jack Bootle Urges Competitors To Make More Science Shows
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: The BBC’s head of science and natural history has greenlit a “real life Black Mirror”-style documentary series about AI while revealing his red lines when it comes to using artificial intelligence to make TV shows. Jack Bootle, who runs specialist factual for the BBC, was speaking to Deadline yesterday before a glitzy London…
Read MoreImage Nation Abu Dhabi & Timur Bekmambetov Unveil Winners Of First UAE-Based Screenlife Accelerator Program
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Image Nation Abu Dhabi and director Timur Bekmambetov have announced the winners of the first edition of the UAE Screenlife Accelerator Program. The eight projects range from a supernatural thriller about a vlogger investigating a disappearance in the mountains of Oman; a sci-fi horror about a woman who resurrects a dead twin through…
Read MoreTrade war may lower growth and inflation in eurozone, ECB’s Cipollone says
[ad_1] Published Tue, Apr 29, 2025 · 05:06 PM A GLOBAL trade war could lower both economic growth and inflation in the eurozone, and it could have an “unambiguously recessionary effect” on the countries involved, ECB board member Piero Cipollone said on Tuesday (Apr 29). Cipollone’s remarks strengthened the case for a further ECB rate…
Read MoreNorwegian Canneseries Contender ‘Rebound’ Back For Second Season
[ad_1] EXCLUSIVE: Following its Canneseries screening over the weekend, Norwegian relationship drama Rebound has been renewed for a second season. Null47, an emerging Norwegian streamer curated for youth and young adult audiences and other niche groups, has quietly greenlit Season 2 of the short-form show, which is from Melike Leblebicioglu Kaveh and stars Mathilde Storm,…
Read MoreNorway wealth fund CEO sees potential in real estate, renewable assets
[ad_1] [OSLO] Real estate and renewable assets are becoming more attractive in the face of stock market volatility, according to the head of Norway’s US$1.8 trillion sovereign wealth fund. “The world is splitting into two and that means that we will probably see lower growth and we will see higher inflation,” Norges Bank Investment Management…
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