Israel’s Sam Spiegel International Film Lab has appointed a new director and unveiled the projects selected for its 11th edition, running from now until the early summer. Film industry veteran Mor Eldar has taken up the role of the lab’s director with immediate effect, replacing producer Aurit Zamir who arrived in 2020. Eldar’s 20-year career … Read more
When Snap Inc. went public in 2017, this column boiled down the entire investment opportunity to one, simple question: Do you trust Evan Spiegel? As Snap SNAP, -0.64% stock heads toward its lowest prices since March 2020, and potentially even lower, that question is even more important, and answering “yes” should be even harder. Three … Read more
The CIA warned Berlin about a possible attack on gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea “weeks ago,” German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Tuesday. Germany was looking for answers after both of Russia’s Nord Stream pipelines were damaged and a massive gas leak appeared off the Danish island of Bornholm. A tip from the US … Read more
Barely a week after announcing massive layoffs and initiating a significant restructuring of the company, Snap Inc. CEO Evan Spiegel said the social media firm is committed to staying independent and resisting any takeover offers. “When I look at the long-term opportunity in our business, I really believe it’s enormous. I believe we’re far from … Read more
Kiev has reportedly asked the military bloc to urgently provide it with hundreds of thousands of uniforms and other equipment NATO members have been scraping the barrel in their efforts to supply Ukraine with sufficient winter uniforms and field camp equipment, Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine reported on Monday. Kiev has apparently called on the bloc … Read more
Despite shortages, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’ own coalition members want him to put Ukraine’s military before Germany’s Germany cannot deliver more weapons to Ukraine without depleting its own stocks, its defense ministry has said. Despite the military reaching the “acceptable limit” of what it can send, Chancellor Olaf Scholz is under intense pressure to keep the … Read more
Venice Critics’ Week Unveils 2022 Selection The 37th edition of Venice Critics’ Week has unveiled its 2022 line-up. Films in competition comprise Theo Montoya’s Anhell69 (Colombia), Philippe Petit’s Beating Sun (France), Isabella Carbonell’s Dogborn (Sweden) and David Wagner’s Eismayer (Austria), Dušan Zorić and Matija Gluscevic’s Have You Seen This Woman (Serbia), Niccolò Falsetti’s Margins (Italy) and … Read more
Private and even classified documents of the German chancellor’s wife ended up in a residential dumpster German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s wife Britta Ernst has repeatedly disposed of private documents in household garbage, Der Spiegel reported on Friday. Not only were they mixed in with residential waste, in violation of recycling rules, some of them were … Read more
NYCstock/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Snap (NYSE:SNAP) faced a second quarter that was “more challenging than we expected,” the company says – notable as Snap had already worked to lower the bar in May with a warning of a deteriorating economy that ended up shaking the stock market. Snap stock (SNAP) was 26% lower at … Read more