Posts by Amelia Frost
Perrier Ordered To Remove Water Filters
[ad_1] Regional French authorities ordered Nestle on Wednesday to remove a system that filters Perrier and to renew its authorisation to call it natural mineral water, marking the latest turn in a saga that has ensnared the government. The senior public official in France’s southern Gard region, where the source for Perrier is located and…
Read MoreRepublican Lawmaker Trying to Ban Trading Revealed to Have Made Millions Since Joining Congress Just Months Ago
[ad_1] Freshman Rep. Rob Bresnahan, who recently introduced a bill to ban congressional stock trading, has come under scrutiny after disclosures revealed he reportedly made over $4 million in trades during his first months in office. Elected in November, the Pennsylvania Republican campaigned heavily on restoring trust in government, vowing to prohibit lawmakers and their…
Read MorePink Smoke Signals In Rome Call For Women Priests
[ad_1] Excluded from the conclave to elect a new pope Wednesday — and more broadly from the Church’s entire global priesthood — some Catholic women were determined that their voices will be heard. In a park on a hill overlooking the dome of St Peter’s and the church’s Vatican headquarters, campaigners released pink smoke from…
Read MoreSerbian Leader Vucic Defies EU With Russia Visit
[ad_1] Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic arrived in Moscow Wednesday for the week’s celebrations marking 80 years since the victory over Nazi Germany, risking anger in Brussels as he tries to balance Russian ties and European aspirations. Russian state TV showed footage of Vucic in the capital, where the Kremlin said he will also have a…
Read MoreMarco Rubio Lauds U.S.-Backed Operation That Freed Venezuelan Opposition Members But Questions Still Remain
[ad_1] Five members of Venezuela‘s political opposition who spent over a year sheltered in the Argentine Embassy in Caracas have arrived safely in the United States following an operation that U.S. officials described as “precise.” The extraction, first informed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday, was praised by regional allies lile opposition leader…
Read MoreKim Jong Un Inspects North Korea’s Munitions Factories, Touts Explosive Growth In Shell Output
[ad_1] North Koraen Leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Inter-Korean Summit at the Peace House on April 27, 2018 in Panmunjom, South Korea. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has praised a sharp rise in artillery shell production, calling it a key driver of the country’s growing military strength. His comments came during a recent…
Read MoreNew German Finance Minister Says ‘No Time To Lose’
[ad_1] Germany’s new Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said Wednesday there was “no time to lose” to jump-start Europe’s beleaguered top economy, even as hardline US trade policies complicate his task. Klingbeil of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), the junior partners in Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s coalition, inherits an economy that has been mired in recession for…
Read MoreCountdown to Scott Bessent’s Trade Talks With China
[ad_1] An Israeli spyware company is ordered to pay Meta $167 million. A federal jury in California awarded Meta damages from the NSO Group, whose Pegasus software was used to hack 1,400 WhatsApp accounts belonging to journalists, human-rights activists and government officials. NSO plans to appeal, but the company has already been blacklisted by the…
Read MoreCalgary Sun Letters to the Editor for Wednesday, May 7, 2025
[ad_1] Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Letters Published May 07, 2025 • Last updated 0 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 and Liberal leader Mark Carney speaks during a campaign rally in Mississauga, Ont., April 26, 2025. Photo…
Read MoreJOCK FINLAYSON: PM Mark Carney must work to grow Canada’s economic pie
[ad_1] Breadcrumb Trail Links News Canada Opinion Columnists Beyond the immediate imperative of managing relations with the U.S., the top priority for the Carney team must be creating the conditions for stronger economic growth at home. Under Justin Trudeau, the Liberal government was preoccupied with social policy, income redistribution, climate change and Indigenous reconciliation. Published…
Read MoreChina Is Likely to Play Hardball in U.S. Tariff Talks
[ad_1] By agreeing to meet with the Trump administration to discuss trade, China is seeking to cast itself as the responsible one in a bruising superpower competition that has roiled the global financial system and set off fears of a recession. For weeks, China had publicly said that it would not engage in trade talks…
Read MorePalestinians In Razed West Bank Hamlet Vow To Stay
[ad_1] Standing in the rubble of used to be his home, Palestinian farmer Haitham Dababseh cleared stones to make space for a tent after Israeli army bulldozers destroyed his village in the occupied West Bank. Residents of Khallet al-Dabaa and other hamlets in the West Bank’s Masafer Yatta region have for years contended with violence…
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