Posts by Amelia Frost
Jenna Ortega’s Freaky Ballet Platforms Are the Spookiest Heels for Fall
[ad_1] If you can’t grow long legs, store-bought is fine. At five-foot-one, Jenna Ortega proves that petite girls can be as stylish as the tall, willowy models, but sometimes she may want a boost to elevate her style, literally. Lately that’s been in the form of platform heels, bordering on stilts. As Ortega makes the…
Read MoreSpinning With Soul: The Passion-Fueled Journey of DJ John Hubela and How He Turns Events Into Experiences
[ad_1] There’s a rhythm to every great event, the kind that gets people smiling, dancing, and remembering the night long after it ends. For John Hubela, founder of City Disc Jockeys, orchestrating that rhythm is not just a service, it’s a personal mission, shaped by decades of experience and a deep love for music. John’s…
Read MoreSasha Obama Is Bringing Back the ’00s Toe-Ring Jewelry Trend
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[ad_1] By now we know that Sasha Obama is the queen of Y2K fashion, often seen sporting anything from chunky belts to her trusty belly-button piercing. However, the latest trend from the naughties that she’s chosen to pluck from is definitely more on the niche side and we are so here for it. Introducing: the…
Read MoreTrump Says To Name New Labor Statistics Chief This Week
[ad_1] President Donald Trump said Monday that he would pick an “exceptional replacement” to his labor statistics chief, days after ordering her dismissal as a report showed weakness in the US jobs market. In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump reiterated — without providing evidence — that Friday’s employment report “was rigged.” He…
Read MoreThe Sydney Sweeney American Eagle Controversy Just Got Even More Politicized
[ad_1] This article was updated on August 4. If you’ve caught the new Sydney Sweeney “Great Jeans” American Eagle ad, chances are you’ve also caught wind that there’s been some controversy over it. The campaign was meant to be a cheeky play on the word jeans, which is a homophone of the word genes, but…
Read MoreA ‘Thinker’ Drowns In Plastic Garbage As UN Treaty Talks Open
[ad_1] A replica of Auguste Rodin’s famous sculpture “The Thinker” outside the United Nations headquarters was being slowly submerged in plastic rubbish Monday as countries gathered in a bid to finalise a global treaty on plastic pollution. The sculpture will slowly disappear under layer upon layer of bottles, toys, fishing nets and other garbage during…
Read MoreStocks Rebound On US Rate Cut Bets
[ad_1] Most stock markets bounced on Monday on hopes of US interest rate cuts after weak jobs figures raised concerns about the world’s top economy. The broad gains followed a sell-off on Wall Street Friday in reaction to the jobs data and news that dozens of countries would be hit with US tariffs ranging from…
Read MoreIsrael Wants World Attention On Hostages Held In Gaza
[ad_1] Israel said Monday the plight of hostages held in Gaza should top the global agenda, after Palestinian militants released videos showing them looking emaciated, heightening fears for their lives after nearly 22 months in captivity. Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, in a press briefing ahead of the UN Security Council session on the issue, said…
Read MoreS.Africa Eyes New Markets After US Tariffs: President
[ad_1] South Africa is seeking new markets in Africa and Asia as it negotiates with the United States over looming 30-percent trade tariffs, which could cost around 30,000 jobs, officials said Monday. Government ministers expressed frustration with the United States over the tariff — among those due to take effect against several countries later this…
Read MoreSouth Korea Removing Loudspeakers On Border With North
[ad_1] South Korea said Monday it was removing loudspeakers used to blare K-pop and news reports to the North, as the new administration in Seoul tries to ease tensions with its bellicose neighbour. The nations, still technically at war, had already halted propaganda broadcasts along the demilitarised zone, Seoul’s military said in June after the…
Read MoreTycoon Who Brought F1 To Singapore Pleads Guilty In Graft Case
[ad_1] A Malaysian hotel tycoon who helped bring Formula One to Singapore pleaded guilty Monday to abetting the obstruction of justice, in a rare corruption case in the city-state that saw a former transport minister jailed last year. Singapore-based billionaire Ong Beng Seng, 79, was charged in October last year with helping former transport minister…
Read MoreAustralian Police Charge Chinese National With ‘Foreign Interference’
[ad_1] Australian police said Monday they had charged a Chinese national with “reckless foreign interference”, accusing the woman of spying on local Buddhists for Beijing. Assistant police commissioner Stephen Nutt said the unnamed woman had been covertly gathering information on the Guan Yin Citta Buddhist association in Australia’s capital, Canberra. Nutt said she was working…
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