Posts by Amelia Frost
Travis Kelce’s Outing in NYC Gives Taylor Swift Fans Hope for a Met Gala Date Night
[ad_1] Many Taylor Swift fans are taking a break from searching for Reputation (Taylor’s Version) updates to theorize over her attendance at this year’s Met Gala—and Travis Kelce’s latest outing may serve as a clue. On May 1, the 35-year-old NFL player was spotted in New York City just five days ahead of fashion’s biggest…
Read MoreMeta Fighting Nigerian Fines, Warns Could Shut Facebook, Instagram
[ad_1] Meta on Saturday vowed to fight Nigerian fines for various consumer data violations, reportedly threatening to cut off Facebook and Instagram in Africa’s most populous country. A Nigerian tribunal last week rejected the US social media giant’s appeal against a $220 million fine imposed by the country’s consumer protection agency, the Federal Competition and…
Read MoreGabon Ex-junta Chief Oligui Sworn In After Election Win
[ad_1] Gabon’s Brice Oligui Nguema, whose coup ended 55 years of rule by the Bongo family, took oath as president on Saturday before a packed stadium and more than a dozen African leaders. The former junta leader, who won nearly 95 percent of the vote in last month’s election, was sworn in for a seven-year…
Read MoreUN Envoy Urges Israel To Halt Syria Attacks ‘At Once’
[ad_1] United Nations special envoy Geir Pedersen urged Israel Saturday to halt its attacks on Syria “at once”, after it carried out multiple air strikes targeting the Islamist-led authorities following sectarian violence this week. Fresh Israeli raids were reported overnight, after Israel said repeatedly that its forces stood ready to protect the Druze minority after…
Read MoreKylie Jenner’s Studded French Manicure Is Perfect For Summer Weddings
[ad_1] When I first saw those pictures of Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet at that basketball game, my first thoughts had nothing to do with their adorable date night. Instead, I was hyper-focussed on the 27-year-old’s fresh French manicure. I found myself squinting at Getty images and slacking Glamour’s intrepid beauty and news editors, “Is…
Read MoreSerbian President Hospitalised After Cutting Short US Trip
[ad_1] Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic was admitted to a military hospital in Belgrade on Saturday after cutting short a visit to the United States, his office said, without giving a reason. Vucic’s hospitalisation comes as he faces a widespread protest movement over a deadly accident at a train station in the northern city of Novi…
Read MoreI Tried the Viral ‘Salmon Sperm’ Facial–and I’m a True Believer
[ad_1] “You’d probably see some good results from Morpheus.” This is what a dermatologist told me recently when, during a routine body-check visit, I’d grilled him about what I could do to my face to gently mitigate some changes I’d noticed in the five years since a traumatic birth experience, the COVID-19 pandemic, a litany…
Read MoreCardinals Meet Ahead Of Vote For New Pope
[ad_1] The cardinals of the Catholic Church held their ninth in a series of near-daily meetings at the Vatican on Saturday ahead of the election of a new pope. The closed-door “general congregations” allow them to discuss the challenges the successor to Pope Francis will face before they are locked into the Sistine Chapel on…
Read MoreAnthony Albanese: Australia’s Dog-loving, Tory Fighting PM
[ad_1] Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is a craft beer afficionado who loves “fighting Tories”, clawing his way to the nation’s highest office from hardscrabble blue-collar beginnings. Albanese’s centre-left Labor Party won a second term in government on Saturday night, dealing a crushing defeat to its conservative rivals. A Labor Party lifer, Albanese has roamed…
Read MoreWhy OPEC Plus Is Increasing Oil Supplies Despite Falling Prices
[ad_1] Oil prices are falling. Economists are cutting forecasts for global economic growth. Oil giants are reporting lower profits. But on Saturday, eight countries that belong to the oil cartel known as OPEC Plus said they would add about 411,000 barrels of oil a day in June. The move, which follows a similar step by…
Read MoreIndia-Pakistan Tensions Hit Tourism In Kashmiri Valley
[ad_1] Hotels are empty and roads deserted at the start of what is normally peak tourist season amidst the towering peaks and lush valleys of Pakistan’s Kashmir valley, as the threat of attack from India looms. Tensions between the nuclear-armed arch-rivals have soared since India accused Pakistan of backing a shooting that killed 26 civilians…
Read MoreZelensky Says Won’t Play Putin’s ‘Games’ With Short Truce
[ad_1] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed a three-day truce ordered by Russian leader Vladimir Putin as theatrics but said Kyiv was ready for a full ceasefire. Russia has so far rejected an unconditional 30-day ceasefire pushed by Kyiv and Washington, which is trying to broker an end to the three-year Russian invasion of Ukraine. “This…
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