Posts by Amelia Frost
End Of $800 Duty-Free Rule Sends Shockwaves Through US Small Businesses
[ad_1] President Donald Trump on Tuesday unleashed a new wave of tariffs targeting countries that have failed to finalize bilateral trade deals with the U.S., signaling a dramatic escalation of his second-term trade agenda. The White House announced a sweeping series of import duties, some taking effect as early as Aug. 1, that are expected…
Read MoreAuthorities Abandon Recovery Of German Olympian Killed In Pakistan
[ad_1] Authorities have abandoned efforts to recover the body of German Olympic biathlete Laura Dahlmeier, who died in a mountaineering accident in Pakistan this week. Dahlmeier was confirmed dead on Wednesday, having been hit by falling rocks while climbing at an altitude of 5,700 metres (18,700 feet) on Laila Peak in the Karakoram range. Attempts…
Read More10 Years of Ethereum : ETH Meme Coin Pepeto Ends Stage 6 With $5.770.000 Raised In Presale
[ad_1] Pepeto is currently conducting its presale, having raised over $5.77 million and attracted more than 100,000 community members to date. Distinct from meme coins that primarily rely on viral momentum, Pepeto is outlining an ecosystem that includes planned infrastructure such as PepetoSwap, a zero-fee exchange, and a cross-chain bridge aimed at enabling interoperability between…
Read MoreIt’s the Summer of the Crash Out
[ad_1] So what was your breaking point this summer that made you go full crash out? Maybe it was yet another piece of bad news on reproductive rights, like the report this week that the US government, under the Trump administration, is destroying $9.7 million worth of contraceptives. Or the fact that it’s significantly more…
Read MoreSweden Jihadist Jailed For Life Over Jordan Pilot Burned Alive
[ad_1] A Stockholm court on Thursday handed down a life term to Swedish jihadist Osama Krayem over the 2015 murder of a Jordanian pilot burned alive by the Islamic State group in Syria. The Swedish court was the first to try a person over the infamous killing which sparked outrage around the world. Judge Anna…
Read MoreTrump’s Envoy Arrives In Israel As Gaza Criticism Mounts
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Israel on Thursday to discuss ways to end the crisis in Gaza, where nearly 22 months of grinding war and dire shortages of food have drawn mounting international criticism. Gaza’s civil defence agency reported dozens of Palestinians killed late Wednesday when Israeli forces…
Read MoreHong Kong Sees 3.1% Growth In Second Quarter
[ad_1] Hong Kong’s economy grew by 3.1 percent in the second quarter, according to government estimates released Thursday, beating expectations, with strong exports buoyed by businesses racing to take advantage of US tariff easing. Hong Kong is a special administrative region in China with its own trade policies, but is still vulnerable to tariff threats…
Read MoreBMW Says Can Weather Tariff Storm Despite Profit Plunge
[ad_1] German carmaker BMW stuck to its 2025 targets Thursday despite quarterly profits tumbling a third due partly to US tariffs, insisting its large American operations meant it could weather the storm. Their optimism stands in contrast to domestic rivals Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz, who cut their outlooks in the past week as they grapple with…
Read MoreMacau Ex-lawmaker Arrested In City’s First National Security Law Action
[ad_1] A former Macau pro-democracy lawmaker became the first person to be arrested under the city’s national security law, with authorities alleging on Thursday that he had ties to foreign groups endangering China. The Chinese casino hub, which has its own legal system largely based on Portuguese law, enacted national security legislation in 2009 and…
Read MoreUS Tariffs Corrode Steelmaker ArcelorMittal’s Profitability
[ad_1] The world’s number two steelmaker, ArcelorMittal, said on Thursday its half-year net profit jumped on exceptional items but US tariffs began to eat into its margin. Net profit for the period from January through June rose 39 percent from the same period in 2024 to hit $2.6 billion, thanks to a $1.7 billion exceptional…
Read MorePuppet Ban In Indonesian Capital Threatens Buskers
[ad_1] In the sweltering streets of Jakarta, buskers carry towering, hollow puppets and pass around a bucket for donations. Now, they fear becoming outlaws. City authorities say they will crack down on use of the sacred ondel-ondel puppets, which can stand as tall as a truck, and they are drafting legislation to remove what they…
Read MoreTerrified By Trump Raids, LA’s Undocument Migrants Hide At Home
[ad_1] For over a month, Alberto has hardly dared to leave the small room he rents in someone’s backyard for fear of encountering the masked police who have been rounding up immigrants in Los Angeles. “It’s terrible,” sighed the 60-year-old Salvadoran, who does not have a US visa. “It’s a confinement I wouldn’t wish upon…
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