Posts by Amelia Frost
Cold Baths, Climate Shelters As Southern Europe Heatwave Intensifies
[ad_1] Authorities across Southern Europe urged people to seek shelter Sunday and protect the most vulnerable as punishing temperatures from Spain to Portugal, Italy and France climbed higher in the summer’s first major heatwave. Ambulances stood on standby near tourist hotspots and regions issued fire warnings as experts warned that such heatwaves, intensified by climate…
Read MoreLetters to the Editor, June 29, 2025: ‘Bill C-5 brings a little hope’
[ad_1] Breadcrumb Trail Links News Canada Opinion Letters Published Jun 29, 2025 • Last updated 20 minutes ago • 2 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Prime Minister Mark Carney rises during a vote for Bill C-5 in the House of Commons on…
Read MoreTaiwan VP Says Not Intimidated After Alleged China Plot
[ad_1] Taiwan’s vice president said she would not be intimidated by Beijing after the government accused Chinese embassy staff of planning to ram her car during an official visit to Europe. Taiwan’s top China policy body, the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), on Friday said Hsiao Bi-khim’s motorcade was followed, surveilled and nearly hit by a…
Read MoreGraft Case Piles Pressure On Turkey’s Main Opposition
[ad_1] A court hearing that could upend the leadership of Turkey’s main opposition CHP is the latest bid to hobble the party behind a wave of spring protests that shook the government, analysts say. The hearing, which takes place on Monday at an Ankara court, could render null and void the result of a leadership…
Read MoreUK Considers Envoy For Britons Held Abroad
[ad_1] Britain is preparing to emulate the United States by appointing an envoy tasked with freeing citizens arbitrarily detained abroad, as it faces calls to do more to bring them home. High-profile cases like jailed Egyptian-British activist Alaa Abdel Fattah and imprisoned Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai have spotlighted the plight of Britons held…
Read MoreRussia’s ‘Mr Nobody’ Gambles All With Film On Kremlin Propaganda
[ad_1] When Moscow invaded Ukraine, Pavel Talankin, a staff member at a secondary school in Russia’s Ural Mountains, was ordered to film patriotic lessons, songs and morning drills. Talankin, the school’s event organiser and also a keen videographer, found the propaganda work so depressing that he wanted to quit his job in the industrial town…
Read MoreTrump Metal Tariffs Wreak Havoc On US Factory
[ad_1] In the sweltering US summer, metal containers decorated with snowmen and sleighs are taking shape — but tempers are also rising as their manufacturer grapples with President Donald Trump’s steep steel tariffs. At Independent Can’s factory in Belcamp, Maryland northeast of Baltimore, CEO Rick Huether recounts how he started working at his family’s business…
Read MoreFrance Imposes Smoking Ban On Beaches, Parks
[ad_1] Anyone who lights up on a beach or in a public park in France will be breaking the law from Sunday under new rules aimed at protecting children from the dangers of passive smoking. Bus shelters and areas in the immediate vicinity of libraries, swimming pools and schools will also be affected by the…
Read MoreColour And Ease Lift Paris Men’s Fashion Week
[ad_1] Colours ran wild and silhouettes softened at Paris Men’s Fashion Week, which ends Sunday, as designers brought a rare breath of fresh air to a gloomy fashion climate. Despite the heavy news cycle and economic turbulence affecting the luxury sector, this Fashion Week was a “shot of creativity that felt incredibly good”, Alice Feillard,…
Read MoreAI Is Learning To Lie, Scheme, And Threaten Its Creators
[ad_1] The world’s most advanced AI models are exhibiting troubling new behaviors – lying, scheming, and even threatening their creators to achieve their goals. In one particularly jarring example, under threat of being unplugged, Anthropic’s latest creation Claude 4 lashed back by blackmailing an engineer and threatened to reveal an extramarital affair. Meanwhile, ChatGPT-creator OpenAI’s…
Read MoreMorocco’s Atlantic Gambit: Linking Restive Sahel To Ocean
[ad_1] A planned trade corridor linking the landlocked Sahel to the Atlantic is at the heart of an ambitious Moroccan project to tackle regional instability and consolidate its grip on disputed Western Sahara. The “Atlantic Initiative” promises ocean access to Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger through a new $1.3-billion port in the former Spanish colony…
Read More‘Dopamine Anchoring’ Is the Science-Backed Hack for Getting Through Everything on Your To-Do List
[ad_1] When you were a kid, the adults in your life likely used some kind of bartering system to convince you to do things. Eat your vegetables? You get dessert after. Do your home work? You get an extra half hour of television time. Sadly, when we grow up, we don’t get little treats for…
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