Posts by Nathan Pine
People who harass ICE agents face years in prison under new proposal
U.S. Senator Ashley Moody is introducing new legislation called the Halo Act that would, if passed, outlaw people from getting too close to or harassing federal immigration officers while they are carrying out their job. The Republican Senator’s proposed law, first reported by Fox News, would make it illegal for people who have been told…
Read MoreBeIN Media Group Extends NBA Deal For Middle East & North Africa
BeIN Media Group and the National Basketball Association have re-upped. The pay-TV operator has extended its long-running deal for NBA games and the agreement gives it a raft of games to show across the Middle East and North Africa. Specifically, BeIN gets up to nine regular-season NBA games a week and will have coverage in…
Read MoreLufthansa enters race for TAP stake against Air France-KLM
TAP is of interest to bigger players due to its routes to Brazil and Portuguese-speaking Africa [FRANKFURT] Germany’s Lufthansa on Thursday (Nov 20) expressed an interest for a stake in TAP Air Portugal, joining Air France-KLM in the race for part of the carrier which is set to be privatised. TAP, nationalised during the Covid…
Read MoreDavid Darg To Direct ‘The Desert Beyond’ About Arab World’s First Female Astronaut
Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning filmmaker David Darg (Body Team Twelve, You Cannot Kill David Arquette) has signed to direct Emirati female-led drama The Desert Beyond about a young woman with ambitions to become the Arab world’s astronaut. The story is inspired by the real-life story of Nora Al Matrooshi, who became the first Emirati and Arab…
Read MorePaul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio On ‘One Battle After Another’: “We Really Got Lucky”
Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio took time out from their busy awards-season promotional schedule for a Q&A session at London’s BFI Southbank last night. Speaking to a packed house, the pair fielded soft-soap questions of the kind that voters expect for free, but don’t sit so well with a paying public audience. Nevertheless, there…
Read MoreHongkong Land Q3 profit falls 13% on lower contributions from its office portfolio
[SINGAPORE] Hongkong Land’s underlying profit for the third quarter of its 2025 financial year is 13 per cent lower than the same period the previous year. This is primarily due to lower contributions from its Hong Kong office portfolio and pre-opening costs of its prime properties in China, said the property company in an interim…
Read MoreSkyShowtime Greenlights Season 3 Of Alexandra Rapaport’s Crime Series ‘Veronika’ Ahead Of Season 2 Premiere
EXCLUSIVE: SkyShowtime has ordered a third season of Veronika ahead of Season 2 of the Swedish crime drama bowing next month. It marks the first time that NBCUniversal and Paramount-backed European steamer SkyShowtime has greenlit a third outing for one of its originals. Along with the news we’ve got the Season 2 launch date –…
Read MoreAs Elon Musk plans a robot army, China’s humanoid bots are already on the market
As Elon Musk touted plans to eventually manufacture an army of Tesla bots in Silicon Valley this month, humanoid robots were already being produced and sold to consumers in China. Chinese and U.S. companies have begun a battle to build the world’s best bots. While it’s early days, experts say China is leading in the…
Read More50 Must-Have Amazon Black Friday 2025 Beauty Deals: Shop the Biggest Discounts Today
What Brands Have the Best Sales on Black Friday? Amazon Black Friday 2025 is expected to feature major discounts across top beauty, fashion, and lifestyle brands. Some of the biggest markdowns typically come from brands like Dyson, Olaplex, Charlotte Tilbury, Lululemon, Kate Spade, Peter Thomas Roth, Anastasia Beverly Hills, Coach, Michael Kors, and more. Whether…
Read MoreRussia-Ukraine peace deal denounced as “capitulation”
A reported plan devised by the U.S. and Russia involving major territorial concessions from Kyiv to end the war in Ukraine would amount to a “capitulation” for Kyiv, a Ukrainian advocacy group has told Newsweek. Reports carried by Axios, Reuters and the Financial Times said Moscow and Washington had privately drawn up proposals for Kyiv to give up some territories and weapons and significantly cut Ukraine’s Armed Forces. Olena Halushka, co-founder of the International Center…
Read More‘I Wanna Marry Harry’ Indie Zig Zag Targeting $26M Special Purpose Vehicle Fund For New Projects
I Wanna Marry Harry producer Zig Zag has launched a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) for film, TV and sports and is targeting a £20M ($26M) fund to support them. Zig Zag, which had its production arm declared insolvent last year before re-emerging, has joined with Seventy7Ventures on the SPV. The pair are looking to create…
Read MoreSingapore stocks rise as market cheers new SGX announcements; STI up 0.2%
Frasers Logistics & Commercial Trust is top gainer on benchmark index; three local banks also end higher [SINGAPORE] Singapore stocks ended higher on Thursday (Nov 20), as the market cheered the latest set of measures announced by the Singapore Exchange (SGX) the day before. The measures, which aim to strengthen the Singapore equities market, include…
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