Posts by Amelia Frost
Letters to the Editor, Oct. 19, 2025: ‘Teachers need to be specific’
[ad_1] Breadcrumb Trail Links News Alberta Opinion Letters Published Oct 19, 2025 • Last updated 22 minutes ago • 2 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. A sign on Stanley Jones School in Calgary lets visitors know the school is closed due to…
Read MoreNorth Korean Soldier Held By Seoul After Crossing Land Border
[ad_1] A North Korean soldier was taken into custody by the South after he voluntarily crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas on Sunday, Seoul’s military said. The soldier was seeking to “to defect to the South”, a defence ministry official told AFP. Tens of thousands of North Koreans have fled to…
Read MoreNuns, Ex-Satanic Priest Among Seven New Saints Created By Pope Leo
[ad_1] Bells rang out Sunday over St Peter’s Square as Pope Leo XIV created seven new saints, including the first from Papua New Guinea, an archbishop killed in the Armenian genocide and a Venezuelan “doctor of the poor”. Also canonised during the solemn ceremony, under sunny skies in the vast plaza on World Mission Day,…
Read MoreUK Police ‘Looking Into’ Claims Prince Andrew Tried To Smear Accuser
[ad_1] British police said Sunday they were probing claims that Prince Andrew asked an officer to dig up dirt for a smear campaign against his sexual assault accuser Virginia Giuffre. The development comes after Andrew on Friday renounced his royal title under pressure from King Charles III, following further revelations about his ties to late…
Read MoreBangladesh Probes Cause Of Massive Airport Fire
[ad_1] Bangladeshi traders on Sunday assessed heavy losses after a devastating fire tore through the cargo complex of the country’s main international airport, as the government opened an investigation into possible arson. Firefighters had brought the blaze under control and flight operations resumed late Saturday, airport executive director S. M. Ragib Samad told AFP, after…
Read MoreCrisis-hit Bolivia Looks To The Right For Economic Salvation
[ad_1] Bolivia chooses between two pro-business candidates in presidential elections on Sunday, ending two decades of socialist rule that have left the beleaguered South American nation deep in economic crisis. With dollars and fuel in short supply and annual inflation at more than 20 percent, weary voters snubbed the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party founded…
Read MoreNew Deal Puts Takaichi On Track To Be Japan’s First Woman PM: Reports
[ad_1] Japan’s ruling party is set to sign a new coalition deal on Monday, paving the way for Sanae Takaichi to become the country’s first woman prime minister, media reports said. Takaichi became leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) earlier this month, but her bid to become premier was derailed by the collapse…
Read MoreColombia Accuses US Of Violating Sovereignty In Strike
[ad_1] Colombia’s president accused on Saturday Washington of violating his country’s sovereignty and killing a fisherman, shortly after US leader Donald Trump confirmed that US forces carried out another strike in his military campaign against “narcoterrorists.” Trump has waged an unprecedented military campaign that he says is aimed at choking the flow of drugs from…
Read MoreFrance’s Ex-president Sarkozy Goes To Jail
[ad_1] France’s ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy is to be jailed Tuesday over a scheme to acquire Libyan funding for his 2007 presidential run, becoming the first former head of an EU country to serve time behind bars. Sarkozy, France’s right-wing leader from 2007 to 2012, was convicted in late September of criminal conspiracy over a plan…
Read MoreWithering Vines: California Grape Farmers Abandon Fields As Local Wine Struggles
[ad_1] For more than a century, Lodi’s grape growers have supplied the old wineries that make this Californian city famous. But rocketing costs, falling demand and competition from imports mean some are now abandoning their vineyards. Randy Baranek, whose family has farmed these hillsides for generations, said thousands of acres (hectares) of vines — a…
Read MoreChina’s Power Paradox: Record Renewables, Continued Coal
[ad_1] Call it the China power paradox: while Beijing leads the world in renewable energy expansion, its coal projects are booming too. As the top emitter of greenhouse gases, China will largely determine whether the world avoids the worst effects of climate change. On the one hand, the picture looks positive. Gleaming solar farms now…
Read MoreBrit Gala? British Museum Hosts Met-inspired Fundraising Ball
[ad_1] Supermodel Naomi Campbell and rocker Mick Jagger were among the attendees at the British Museum’s inaugural fundraising ball on Saturday, a glitzy event touted by some observers as London’s answer to New York’s Met Gala. The museum, which boasts one of the largest permanent collections on the planet, said the ball would aim to…
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