Posts by Amelia Frost
‘Politics Over Peace’: Trump Camp and MAGA Slam Nobel Committee After Peace Prize Snub
[ad_1] KEY POINTS White House official Steven Cheung praised Trump as a ‘humanitarian’ and said ‘there will never be anyone like him’ MAGA influencers and conservative figures expressed outrage online, calling the Nobel ‘a joke’ The Nobel nominations closed in January 2025, just days after Trump’s second term began. The White House has lashed out…
Read MoreVideo: The N.B.A. Returns to China After Six Years
[ad_1] new video loaded: The N.B.A. Returns to China After Six Years transcript Back transcript The N.B.A. Returns to China After Six Years The N.B.A, returns to China this week, after a hiatus sparked by a controversial 2019 tweet. In Macau, New York Times business reporter Tania Ganguli reveals the behind-the-scenes stakeholders who orchestrated the…
Read MorePakistani Taliban Claim Attacks That Killed 23 In Northwest
[ad_1] The Pakistani Taliban on Saturday claimed responsibility for deadly attacks in several northwestern districts that killed 20 security officials and three civilians. The attacks, which included a suicide bombing on a police training school, were carried out on Friday in several districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan. Militancy has surged in Khyber…
Read MoreMexico Heavy Rains Kill At Least 28
[ad_1] Floods caused by torrential rains have killed at least 28 people in Mexico this week and left behind a trail of destruction, local authorities across the country said Friday. Mexico’s civil defense authorities reported intense rainfall in 31 of 32 states, causing rivers to overflow, flooding entire villages, triggering landslides and collapsing roads and…
Read MoreJapan Main Opposition Eyes Unified PM Candidate To Block Takaichi
[ad_1] Japan’s biggest opposition party will seek to support a unified candidate with other groups in a bid to block Sanae Takaichi’s election as prime minister, media reported after the ruling coalition collapsed. Junior partner Komeito quit its 26-year alliance with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Friday, putting in peril Takaichi’s bid to…
Read MorePhilippines Begins Clean-up After Powerful Twin Quakes
[ad_1] Dazed survivors of a pair of major earthquakes in the southern Philippines awoke on Saturday to scenes of devastation, after hundreds of aftershocks rocked the region overnight. Many coastal residents of Mindanao island had slept outdoors, fearful of being crushed to death by aftershocks of the 7.4- and 6.7-magnitude quakes that struck off the…
Read MoreUS Announces Deal For Qatar Air Force Facility In Idaho
[ad_1] US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Friday that Qatar will be allowed to build an air force facility at Mountain Home Air Base in Idaho that will house F-15 fighter jets and pilots. The announcement comes soon after President Donald Trump signed an executive order vowing to defend the Gulf Arab state against attacks,…
Read MoreNorth Korea Shows Off ‘Most Powerful’ Missile At Military Parade
[ad_1] North Korea showed off its “most powerful” intercontinental ballistic missile at a military parade attended by top officials from Russia and China, Pyongyang’s state media reported Saturday. The event to mark 80 years under the ruling Workers’ Party came as leader Kim Jong Un has been emboldened by the war in Ukraine, securing critical…
Read MoreHow Can Europe Protect Its Skies Against ‘Escalating’ Drone Menace?
[ad_1] Drones flying over airports, commercial sites and other sensitive infrastructure in Europe is a growing phenomenon which EU leaders blame on Russia, and preventing the disruption they cause will prove a tough technical challenge, observers say. Detecting the drones, making them non-operational by jamming them, or even shooting them down, are all complex and…
Read MoreWhy Peru Just Ousted Another President, And What Comes Next
[ad_1] In a matter of hours, Peru impeached one of the world’s most unpopular presidents, Dina Boluarte, and appointed its seventh leader in nine years. With only six months to go until the next elections, the country finds itself mired in its umpteenth political crisis. Boluarte was removed in a swift impeachment trial after a…
Read MoreTrump’s China Tariff Threat Shakes Markets—Are You Ready?
[ad_1] Trump China tariffs sent shockwaves through global markets on Friday as President Donald Trump threatened a ‘massive increase’ on Chinese imports following Beijing’s tightening grip on rare earth mineral exports. The announcement triggered an immediate stock market sell-off, with the Dow Jones tumbling 385 points and raising fresh fears about a renewed US-China trade…
Read MoreMarket Close Stock Round-Up October 10, 2025: S&P 500, NASDAQ Take Major Dive Amid Tariff Fears
[ad_1] It’s Friday, October 10, 2025, at market close. Below is your easy to follow summary of how the stock market moved during trading hours. At International Business Times, we monitor the S & P, the Nasdaq, cryptocurrencies, and fast-moving tech markets so you don’t have to. Let’s dive in. U.S. markets tumbled Friday, snapping…
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