Ray Panthaki Debut, Jose Maria Cabral, Frederic Baillif Pics Make the Cut at Tallinn Black Nights Official and First Films Competitions

Tallinn’s Black Nights Film Festival (known as PÖFF), the only A-list festival in Northern Europe, has unveiled its official selection and first feature competitions, taking in 21 world premieres and three international premieres such as “Sh*t Happens” by Sundance selected José María Cabral (“Woodpeckers”), and British actor Ray Panthaki’s feature debut “In Starland.”

Yemen’s displaced children dream of returning to school

Taiz, Yemen – At sunrise, 12-year-old Ahmed wakes up under the roof of a tent in a displacement camp in the Wadi Bani Khawlan area of Taiz governorate’s Jabal Habashi district. He spends his days playing with other children or retreating to lie down inside the tent. This has been his routine for the past two weeks, ever since he had to flee his village of al-Ashroh, west of the city of Taiz.

Finland orders halt to work on Google data centre sites

Finnish opposition has called for measures to prevent power shortages, soaring energy prices caused by data centres.

A Finnish government authority has ordered work on two Google data centre sites to stop until compulsory environmental impact assessments have been completed.

Porsche’s Future Plans Include the 718 EV, More One-Off Specials, and Possibly a New Supercar

  • Porsche has announced its plans for the next several years, including an array of new products and the intention to substantially reduce its workforce.
  • The company confirmed that it is working on a new mid-engined supercar architecture that could end up spawning a model line positioned above the 911.
  • First, though, Porsche will launch the 718 EV sports cars, a new gas-powered Macan, and many more special-edition models and Sonderwunsch one-off projects.

Michael Leiters has a plan. Appointed as CEO of Porsche in January, Leiters inherited a tricky situation after Porsche’s profits plummeted from the equivalent of $5.9 billion in 2024 to just $101 million for 2025. Porsche had invested heavily in electric vehicles only to find the market wasn’t quite ready to transition away from gas, and reversing that strategy proved costly. An increasingly competitive environment in China and new tariffs in the United States only added to the troubles.