Posts by Amelia Frost
Summer 2025 Markets: Invest or Wait? Expert Tips to Thrive in the Lull!
[ad_1] As Good Friday approaches on 18 April 2025, investors are eyeing a historical trend: markets often climb in the week leading up to this holiday. This seasonal pattern has delivered gains for decades, but with economic headwinds looming, will 2025 follow suit or defy expectations? Let’s explore the data, expert insights, and strategies to…
Read MorePhilippine Film Legend Nora Aunor Dies Aged 71
[ad_1] Nora Aunor, considered by many Filipinos as their country’s greatest actress and singer, has died aged 71, the government and her family said Thursday. Proclaimed a “National Artist for Film and Broadcast Arts” by the Philippines in 2022, the once child snack vendor who would go on to star in 170 films will be…
Read MoreIs Your Spotify Down? Try These Three Alternatives
[ad_1] If your Spotify app suddenly stopped working last April 16, don’t worry—you’re not the only one facing the silence. Tens of thousands of users across the globe have reported issues with the world’s leading music streaming platform. From malfunctioning apps to tracks that just won’t play, Spotify is at the moment experiencing widespread technical…
Read MoreSweden Turns Up Eurovision Heat With Wacky Sauna Song
[ad_1] Sweden is getting up a head of steam for what could be a record number of Eurovision wins this year with a humorous sauna act. KAJ, a comedy group more accustomed to playing birthday parties than large arena shows, is already the bookies’ favourite to triumph at the extravaganza in Basel, Switzerland on May…
Read MoreItaly’s Meloni Heads To White House Seeking EU Tariff Deal
[ad_1] Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni heads to Washington on Thursday to meet with Donald Trump, hoping a personal charm offensive can help convince the US president to cut a more favourable deal on EU tariffs. The far-right Meloni — described by Trump as a “fantastic leader” and who shares many of his conservative views…
Read MoreNigerian Mixed-faith Families Sense Danger As Violence Flares
[ad_1] When the news came through of yet another massacre in the countryside in Nigeria’s volatile Plateau state, local Christian Jamaima Haruna was terrified for her Muslim husband. The slayings in the Bokkos district left 52 dead — one of two major bouts of suspected intercommunal violence this month, in a state where Muslim herders…
Read MoreAsian Markets Boosted By ‘Big Progress’ In Japan Tariff Talks
[ad_1] Tokyo led stocks higher Thursday as optimism over Japan-US trade talks offset Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell’s warning that Donald Trump’s tariffs could force officials to choose between fighting inflation or unemployment. Investors are keeping a nervous eye on Washington for the next three months as governments scramble to cut deals to avert crippling…
Read MoreEl Salvador Becoming ‘Black Hole’ For US Deportees, Critics Fear
[ad_1] Rights groups are increasingly worried that El Salvador’s notorious CECOT prison is becoming a “black hole” for the United States to rid itself of expelled migrants or other unwanted people with no legal consequences. A US senator who traveled to the Central American country Wednesday to try and retrieve a man wrongly deported and…
Read MoreTrump Admin Proposes Redefining ‘Harm’ To Endangered Animals
[ad_1] The Trump administration aims to remove degradation of habitat from its definition of “harm” to endangered species, proposing Wednesday a rule change that would open the door to human activity in ecologically sensitive environments. The US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the definition of “harm” in the…
Read MoreArsenal Oust Holders Real Madrid To Reach Champions League Semis
[ad_1] Arsenal staved off Champions League holders Real Madrid’s superstars and rich history of unlikely comebacks to snatch a 2-1 victory on Wednesday and reach the semi-finals with a superb 5-1 aggregate triumph. The Gunners’ 3-0 quarter-final first leg triumph last week gave them a vital cushion in the Spanish capital as they made the…
Read MoreNone Spared In Nigeria Gun, Machete Massacre: Survivors
[ad_1] People were hacked to death with machetes. Gunfire erupted everywhere, seemingly at random. No one was spared, including a nine-month-old baby. Two attacks in as many weeks in Nigeria’s Plateau state have left more than 100 people dead in a region known for intercommunal conflict and land disputes between herders and farmers. But the…
Read MoreThese Are My Most-Worn High-Waisted Leggings
[ad_1] Every workout wardrobe needs a pair of versatile leggings—and these high-waisted leggings from Athleta come highly recommended by Glamour senior commerce editor Jenifer Calle. “I’ve worn these leggings (with matching sports bra) to many reformer Pilates classes, and even a hot Pilates class in Fuze House NYC. I particularly like them for the gym…
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