Posts by Amelia Frost
Toll Of Air India Disaster Rests At 260 As Focus Turns To Crash Report
[ad_1] Indian forensic investigators have identified all 260 people killed in last month’s crash of a London-bound passenger plane, health authorities said Wednesday, ahead of a hugely anticipated preliminary report into what went wrong. India’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau is leading the probe into one of the deadliest air disasters in decades — with an…
Read MoreSpain PM Announces Anti-graft Plan As Scandal Rocks Govt
[ad_1] Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday announced an anti-corruption plan designed with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development in a bid to salvage confidence in his scandal-hit government. The implication of two former Socialist heavyweights and close Sanchez allies in a graft scandal has rocked the minority leftist coalition and thrown its…
Read MoreDutch Art Sleuth Recovers Stolen Trove Of UNESCO-listed Documents
[ad_1] A Dutch art sleuth has recovered a priceless trove of stolen documents from the 15th to the 19th century, including several UNESCO-listed archives from the world’s first multinational corporation. Arthur Brand, nicknamed the “Indiana Jones of the Art World” for his high-profile recovery of stolen masterpieces, said the latest discovery was among his most…
Read MoreJapan Imperial Couple Visit WWII Memorial, Hail ‘Deep Friendship’ In Mongolia
[ad_1] Japan’s imperial couple commemorated compatriots who died in internment camps after the end of World War II during the first state visit to Mongolia by a Japanese emperor. Japan and Mongolia have drawn closer in recent years, with aid from Tokyo helping to spur economic development in the vast, sparsely populated country. Emperor Naruhito…
Read MoreThe Long Slow Death Of Norway’s Wild Salmon
[ad_1] Waist-deep in a rain-swollen river, Christer Kristoffersen cast his line, landed it gently on the water, and caught … nothing. Norway’s iconic wild salmon is in dramatic decline, a victim of fish farming and climate change. “As a kid, in the early 1980s, there was so much fish in the river, you have no…
Read MoreChina’s Snaps 4-month Consumer Decline But Factory Price Deflation Deepens
[ad_1] Consumer prices in China rose slightly in June, official data showed on Wednesday, snapping a four-month decline even as factory gate prices were bruised by a fierce trade war with Washington. Chinese officials have been trying to revive sluggish domestic spending since the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the government’s official growth target…
Read MoreChina’s ‘New Farmers’ Learn To Livestream In Rural Revitalisation
[ad_1] Gao Chaorong knows what it takes to turn out good crops of sweet potatoes, peanuts and wheat, but tasty produce is no longer enough to draw China’s app savvy crowd. To prevent her crops from rotting unsold in the fields, the 56-year-old is now back in school, attending a “hands-on livestreaming bootcamp” to learn…
Read MoreFrance Wildfire Shuts Down Marseille Airport, Halts Trains
[ad_1] A wildfire in southern France on Tuesday that forced Marseille airport to close and interrupted train traffic has not been fully contained, the country’s interior minister said. Several forest fires have raged in recent days in southern France, fanning out at speed due to wind and parched vegetation after a heatwave, including Tuesday’s just…
Read MoreRubio Departs For Whirlwind Asia Trip Overshadowed By Tariffs
[ad_1] US Secretary of State Marco Rubio departed for Malaysia on Tuesday for meetings with ASEAN allies, a trip that has been overshadowed by fears of a trade war. The brief trip to Kuala Lumpur is intended to allow Rubio, who is also President Donald Trump’s national security advisor, to focus on US policy in…
Read MoreTexas Floods: Misinformation Across Political Spectrum Sows Confusion
[ad_1] Following deadly floods in Texas, misinformation from both left- and right-wing users was roiling social media, with liberals baselessly blaming staffing cuts at US weather agencies for flawed warning systems and conservatives ramping up conspiracy theories. The catastrophic floods over the weekend have left more than a 100 people dead, including more than two…
Read MoreTrump Explodes After Reporter Asks ‘Unbelievable’ Epstein Question: ‘Are People Still Talking About This Guy?’
[ad_1] During a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday, President Donald Trump erupted after a reporter directed a question about Jeffrey Epstein to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi. The reporter asked Bondi whether Epstein had ever worked for an American or foreign intelligence agency following the Department of Justice’s controversial two-page memo released…
Read MoreSelena Gomez’s Lip Gloss Nails Are the Natural Evolution of the Milky-Jelly Nail Trend
[ad_1] See, this is why Selena Gomez has her own beauty brand. Somewhere in the milky, jelly, faux-nude manicure swirl of trends, it became obvious that the look of the summer was definitely glossy, but why did we never put it together that you could just…match your nail polish to your lip gloss? Thank you,…
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