Posts by Amelia Frost
Washington’s Besieged Journalists Raise a Cocktail Glass, Darkly
[ad_1] Usually, the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner features Hollywood stars, a zinger-filled comedy set and a public display of comity between the White House and the press corps that covers it. On Saturday, the dinner had no comedian and no president. Among the smattering of celebrities on hand was Michael Chiklis, whose best-known television…
Read MoreNo Handshake At Muted India-Pakistan Border Ceremony
[ad_1] With swaggering soldiers giving high kicks set to booming patriotic music cheered on by crowds, it was the usual daily border ceremony between nuclear-armed arch-rivals India and Pakistan. But there was one key thing at the show that was missing — the usual symbol of cooperation, a handshake between the opposing soldiers, did not…
Read MoreEurope’s Pharma Industry Braces for Pain as Trump Tariff Threat Looms
[ad_1] Insulin, heart treatments and antibiotics have flowed freely across many borders for decades, exempt from tariffs in a bid to make medicine affordable. But that could soon change. For months, President Trump has been promising to impose higher tariffs on pharmaceuticals as part of his plan to reorder the global trading system and bring…
Read MoreAustria Trials DNA Testing To Uncover Honey Fraud
[ad_1] At a laboratory in Austria’s mountainous Tyrol province, scientists are DNA testing about 100 honey samples a month to learn about their composition — and in some cases to determine whether they have been adulterated. With fake honey flooding markets, and only a few European laboratories running such analysis, the small Austrian company Sinsoma…
Read MoreMaligned By Trump, White House Reporters Hold Subdued Annual Gala
[ad_1] The White House Correspondents’ Association staged its annual gala on Saturday in a muted celebration amid mounting concerns about press freedom under President Donald Trump. The dinner, while still as packed as previous years, took on a more somber, understated atmosphere with no president cracking self-deprecating jokes and no comedian. The event has been…
Read MoreTrump Trade War Pushes Firms To Consider Stockpiling
[ad_1] Stockpiling is the reflex response by firms to the imposition of tariffs, but with the rapidly-changing position of the Trump administration, companies are finding that it isn’t so straightforward this time around. Whether it’s the luxury, electronics or pharmaceutical sectors, US President Donald Trump’s unpredictability complicates the calculations of firms. Some companies didn’t wait…
Read MoreContinuity Or Rupture: What Direction For The Next Pope?
[ad_1] For years, traditionalists raged at Pope Francis’s liberal approach. The question now is whether his successor will walk the same path, or take the Catholic Church in a new direction. Cardinals will meet within days for a conclave to elect a new pontiff, sparking fevered speculation about how the next pope will guide the…
Read MoreChinese Tea Hub Branches Into Coffee As Tastes Change
[ad_1] At a mountainside cafe in southwestern China, Liao Shihao brews handfuls of locally grown beans into steaming cups of coffee, a modern twist on the region’s traditional drink. For centuries, Pu’er in Yunnan province has given its name to a type of richly fermented tea — sometimes styled “pu-erh” — famous across East Asia…
Read MoreDiplomacy Likely To Trump Geography In Choice Of New Pope
[ad_1] Pope Francis smashed the stereotypical profile for a pontiff, becoming the Catholic Church’s first leader from the Americas and the first non-European since the eighth century. Some hope his successor, to be chosen in a conclave of cardinals in the coming days or weeks, could come from Africa or Asia. The late Argentine pontiff…
Read MoreEx-Disney Worker Who Hacked Menus Gets 3 Years in Prison
[ad_1] A former employee of Walt Disney World who hacked into menus used by its restaurants and edited them — changing prices, adding profanity and altering listed allergens — was sentenced to three years in prison by a federal judge in Florida this week. None of the changes, including falsified information about food allergens that…
Read MoreHow Pope Francis Wooed Donors
[ad_1] Founded by Conrad Hilton, the hotel magnate, the foundation is one of the biggest financial backers of Catholic sisters’ work around the world, and has given roughly $28.5 million to Vatican-led initiatives, including Vatican departments, the majority of that since 2020. Regardless of the conclave’s outcome, the foundation is committed to continuing its partnerships…
Read MoreBuenos Aires Farewells Native Pontiff With Tears And Calls To Action
[ad_1] With songs, candles, tears and prayers, Buenos Aires mourners marked the burial of pontiff and native son Pope Francis Saturday. As the 88-year-old was being laid to rest an ocean away in Rome, thousands gathered in his hometown cathedral for a dawn vigil, solemn mass and procession of remembrance. “He’s here among the ragged…
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