An Israel-bound flydubai flight from Dubai made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday after one of the co-pilots allegedly stabbed his captain in an apparent attempt to crash the plane. Israeli passengers intervened to stop the attack, restraining the co-pilot, while a reserve crew was able to stabilise ...
You Can See Everything review – Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes doc is a modern masterpiece of deceitYou Can See Everything review – Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes doc is a modern masterpiece of deceit
No spoilers here – TV’s grand illusionist meets his match when he moves in with Theranos founder and her family For anyone remotely near the worlds of documentary, comedy or medical fraud, there has been one thing on the mind for weeks now: a single-minute clip of Nathan Fielder, the ...
US trade representative declines to commit to imposing new Russian sanctionsUS trade representative declines to commit to imposing new Russian sanctions
The News MILWAUKEE — US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Thursday declined to commit to imposing recently enacted Russian sanctions, telling Semafor and two other outlets that officials plan to “name names” this month but it’s ultimately President Donald Trump’s decision whether to enact the levies. Trump signed the sanctions ...
Where are Wall Street’s big egos today?Where are Wall Street’s big egos today?
Liz’s view Who buys Perella Weinberg? Who cares, says this reporter, who chased that tip for months. Competitive hackles aside, the ranks of the independent advisory boutique now seem like so much ego detritus, a horse painting above a fireplace. The case for boutiques hasn’t disappeared — there will always ...
UBS shareholder pushes for Swiss exitUBS shareholder pushes for Swiss exit
A top-10 UBS shareholder is urging the bank to leave Switzerland, days after Semafor broke the news that the company was mulling doing just that. Artisan Partners said it is worried that the bank won’t be able to compete with US rivals if it has to raise new capital, as ...
UAE pushing for more investment in global water infrastructureUAE pushing for more investment in global water infrastructure
The UAE is pushing governments and private financial institutions to drastically scale up investment in global water infrastructure, a senior government official told Semafor. Although he declined to disclose a specific fundraising target, Abdulla Balalaa, the country’s assistant minister of foreign affairs for energy and sustainability, said that a primary ...
Unstable connectionsUnstable connections
, by Sherry Turkle. MIT sociologist Turkle probes the causes and effects of an increasing emotional reliance on artificial intelligence, with what Kirkus Reviews described as a “frank psychological expertise” that “readers are lucky to hear.” Weaving together interviews with tech developers and profiles of the people who have grown ...
NAZA film-makers say they spoke to more than 100 sources about Israeli actions in GazaNAZA film-makers say they spoke to more than 100 sources about Israeli actions in Gaza
Team behind documentary push back against IDF attempt to discredit its exposure of military systems The team behind the award-winning film NAZA, which details the Israeli military’s targeting policies in Gaza and its alleged acceptance of high numbers of civilian deaths, have revealed they spoke to more than 100 sources ...
Co-pilot in flight stabbing had ‘Islamic radical indoctrination’, says NetanyahuCo-pilot in flight stabbing had ‘Islamic radical indoctrination’, says Netanyahu
Alleged flydubai attacker interrogated by Saudi security services as investigation into apparent crash attempt opens The Omani co-pilot who stabbed his captain in an apparent attempt to crash an Israel-bound flight from Dubai had previously undergone radical Islamist indoctrination and was suicidal, Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has claimed. Israeli ...
Crude oil exports from strait of Hormuz largely return to pre-war levelsCrude oil exports from strait of Hormuz largely return to pre-war levels
Alternative ways being used to move fuel out of Gulf region, but flows of refined products such as diesel still constrained Exports of crude from the strait of Hormuz have largely returned to levels seen before the outbreak of the Iran war, as oil producers and the shipping industry have ...