Posts by Amelia Frost
Pope Francis Saw Clergy’s Lack Of Humility As A ‘Cancer’: Author
[ad_1] Pope Francis saw priests’ embrace of the trappings of power as a “cancer” corroding the Roman Catholic Church, according to a best-selling Spanish author who travelled to Mongolia with the pontiff. Javier Cercas, a journalist and novelist who was raised in a devout Catholic household but is himself an atheist, was invited to join…
Read MoreIndustrial Waste for Regenerative Growth: Steve Wood Reimagines Energy Waste Through Industrial Symbiosis
[ad_1] Data centers and cryptocurrency mining operations have become critical infrastructure with the digital economy surging forward. However, they’ve come with significant environmental costs. These facilities are energy-intensive, consuming vast electricity to maintain continuous operations and generating enormous waste heat. Steve Wood, a seasoned energy project manager, acknowledges that the convergence of energy consumption and…
Read MoreDespite War’s End, Afghanistan Remains Deep In Crisis: UN Relief Chief
[ad_1] Climate change, women’s rights, displacement, poverty: Afghanistan remains a priority as it faces overlapping crises, the UN’s relief chief Tom Fletcher told AFP on Wednesday, deploring “brutal” aid budget cuts. “We’ve identified 17 crises across the world where our engagement is most urgent, most vital. Afghanistan is high on that list,” said the United…
Read MoreMigrants’ Dreams Buried Under Rubble After Deadly Strike On Yemen Centre
[ad_1] Africans in search of a better future became the latest casualties of Yemen’s decade-long conflict after a deadly strike blamed on the United States hit a migrant detention centre, killing dozens of people. The pre-dawn attack on Monday killed more than 60 people in their sleep, the country’s Huthi rebels said, attributing the raid…
Read MoreMexico Avoids Recession Despite Tariff Uncertainty
[ad_1] Mexico’s economy returned to growth in the first quarter of 2025, avoiding a recession despite deep uncertainty over US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, official data showed Wednesday. Gross domestic product (GDP) grew 0.2 percent from the fourth quarter of 2024, when Latin America’s second-largest economy had contracted for the first time in three…
Read MoreTrump Admitting He ‘Could’ Bring Back Abrego Garcia May Undermine His Administration’s Legal Strategy
[ad_1] President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he “could” order the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man wrongly deported to El Salvador and whose case has dominated headlines as the administration continues refusing to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that determined he should be brought back. However, his claim may undermine an…
Read MoreSweden Arrests Teen After Triple Killing
[ad_1] Swedish police have arrested a teen suspect after three youths aged from 15 to 20 were killed in a shooting at a hair salon, authorities said Wednesday, amid rising concern over gang violence in the Scandinavian nation. Tuesday’s shooting took place in broad daylight in the university city of Uppsala, a day before it…
Read MoreDo CEOs Dare Risk Tariff Transparency, and Draw Trump’s Fury?
[ad_1] Trump’s price war At a rally in Michigan last night, President Trump declared that “we’re ending the inflation nightmare.” But corporate chiefs are bracing for the opposite, revealing a split-screen view of the future that has sharpened as trade uncertainty grows. Companies have warned for weeks that tariffs could scramble supply chains, force them…
Read MoreVietnam Used to Be a Safe Haven for Trade. Now It Might Not Be.
[ad_1] During President Trump’s first U.S.-China trade war in 2018, American companies flocked to Vietnam to sidestep escalating tariffs, and the country became increasingly critical to their bottom lines. But in Mr. Trump’s escalating trade fight across the globe, Vietnam has become a new target. Tensions were so high that there were doubts about whether…
Read MoreUPS Cuts 20,000 Jobs, Closes Centers as Amazon Delivery Volume Drops
[ad_1] UPS announced Tuesday that it will eliminate 20,000 jobs and shut down 73 buildings in the US by the end of June, as the company continues reducing the volume of packages it handles for Amazon. The decision is part of a broader plan to streamline operations and lower costs amid changing business conditions. UPS…
Read MoreGermany’s Next Finance Minister, ‘Bridge-builder’ Lars Klingbeil
[ad_1] Germany’s incoming finance minister Lars Klingbeil is a self-styled political “bridge-builder” whose calm and personable demeanour belies his sharp political instincts. Despite the bruising election loss of his centre-left Social Democrats (SPD), he will control the purse strings of Europe’s top economy under conservative chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz. Klingbeil — who studied political science, sociology…
Read MoreUS Official Tells UN Top Court ‘Serious Concerns’ Over UNRWA Impartiality
[ad_1] A US official on Wednesday told the International Court of Justice there were “serious concerns” about the impartiality of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA. ICJ judges are holding a week of hearings to help them formulate an advisory opinion on Israel’s obligations towards UN agencies delivering aid to Palestinians in Gaza. “There…
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