Posts by Amelia Frost
Smart Driving New Front In China Car Wars Despite Fatal Crash
[ad_1] Intelligent driving features are the new battleground in China’s merciless car market, with competition spurring brands to world-leading advances — but a recent fatal crash has seen the government intervene to put the brakes on runaway enthusiasm. Advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) help with tasks ranging from cruise control to parking and collision avoidance, with…
Read MoreAfter 100 Days In Office, Trump Voters Still Back US President
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump has come racing out of the gates in his second term in office, slashing government agencies, launching trade wars with friends and foes alike and even taking on the judiciary over his immigration crackdown. The Republican’s approval rating has sunk since returning to the White House — but his supporters…
Read MoreUS Says It Struck 800 Targets In Yemen, Killed 100s Of Huthis Since March 15
[ad_1] The United States has hit more than 800 targets in Yemen since mid-March, killing hundreds of Huthi rebel fighters, including members of the group’s leadership, the US military said Sunday. Washington’s forces have hammered the Huthis with near-daily air strikes since March 15 in an operation dubbed “Rough Rider,” seeking to end the threat…
Read MoreNew Details Emerge on Trump Officials’ Sprint to Gut Consumer Bureau Staff
[ad_1] Two weeks ago, a three-judge panel from the federal appeals court in Washington lifted a freeze on firing employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, with some conditions. The judges, ruling on a Friday night, said that workers could be fired if agency leaders determined, after a careful assessment, that they were not needed…
Read MoreConflicts Spur ‘Unprecedented’ Rise In Military Spending
[ad_1] Worldwide military expenditure saw its steepest rise in 2024 since the end of the Cold War, reaching $2.7 trillion as wars and rising tensions drove up spending, researchers said Monday. Military spending rose worldwide with particularly large increases in Europe and the Middle East, according to a new report by the Stockholm International Peace…
Read MoreTitanic Survivor’s Letter, Written Aboard the Ship, Sells for Nearly $400,000
[ad_1] Days before the Titanic struck an iceberg, a first-class passenger, Col. Archibald Gracie, described the vessel in a letter written while on board: “It is a fine ship but I shall await my journey’s end before I pass judgment on her.” Colonel Gracie’s journey on the Titanic had a catastrophic end, but he fared…
Read MoreIsrael Strikes South Beirut, Prompting Lebanese Appeal To Ceasefire Guarantors
[ad_1] Israel struck south Beirut on Sunday for the third time since a fragile November 27 ceasefire, prompting Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to call on its guarantors France and the United States to force a halt. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the strike targeted a building used by Hezbollah to store “precision-guided…
Read MoreMissteps, Equipment Problems and a Common but Risky Practice Led to a Fatal Crash
[ad_1] As they flew south along the Potomac River on the gusty night of Jan. 29, the crew aboard an Army Black Hawk helicopter attempted to execute a common aviation practice. It would play a role in ending their lives. Shortly after the Black Hawk passed over Washington’s most famous array of cherry trees, an…
Read MoreCan Trump-Zelensky Vatican Talks Bring Ukraine Peace?
[ad_1] Donald Trump’s meeting in the Vatican with Volodymyr Zelensky was hailed by both sides as one for the history books. Whether it will help seal a ceasefire deal between Ukraine and Russia will become clearer in the coming days. Brought together by the funeral of Pope Francis, the US and Ukrainian presidents sat knee-to-knee…
Read MoreReligious Hate Has No Place In France, Says Macron After Muslim Killed In Mosque
[ad_1] There can never be a place for racism and hate in France, President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday after the brutal stabbing to death of a Muslim in a mosque in the south of the country. “Racism and hatred based on religion can have no place in France. Freedom of worship cannot be violated,”…
Read MoreLast Day Of Canada Election Campaign Jolted By Vancouver Attack
[ad_1] Canadian leaders made their final push for votes Sunday, one day before an election dominated by President Donald Trump’s policies, but rattled in the campaign’s final hours by a deadly car-ramming attack in Vancouver. Prime Minister Mark Carney, the Liberal Party leader, is favored to beat Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in Monday’s vote, but…
Read MoreNine Killed As Driver Plows Into Filipino Festival In Canada
[ad_1] Canada said Sunday that a man staged a deliberate attack by driving his car into a crowd at a Filipino street festival and killing nine people, but the assault was not considered to be terrorism. With the country in shock a day before its national election, police spokesman Steve Rai said the lone 30-year-old…
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