Posts by Amelia Frost
Richard Carlson, Journalist Who Led Voice of America, Dies at 84
[ad_1] Richard Carlson, who won a Peabody Award for his investigative television reports about an automobile company’s brazen fraud — during which he also outed the company’s founder as a transgender woman — and who later ran Voice of America during the last years of the Cold War, died on March 24 at his home…
Read MoreAftershocks Rattle Myanmar As Rescuers Search For Survivors
[ad_1] Rescuers braved aftershocks to scour the devastated city of Mandalay for survivors on Monday, after a massive earthquake killed at least 1,700 people in Myanmar and at least 18 in neighbouring Thailand. The initial 7.7-magnitude quake struck near the central Myanmar city of Mandalay Friday afternoon, followed minutes later by a 6.7-magnitude aftershock. The…
Read MoreKate Middleton Bucks Tradition One Year After Her Mother’s Day Photoshoot Controversy
[ad_1] Last year’s Mother’s Day family portrait was one of Kate Middleton’s biggest (of very few) controversies. At the time, the image was revealed to have been manipulated after being removed from the Associated Press news wires. Of course, the public did not yet know that the princess was suffering from cancer and did not…
Read MoreWhat We Know About Syria’s New Government
[ad_1] Syria’s new government, dominated by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s inner circle, faces the daunting challenge of gaining the trust of Syrians, as well as that of Western countries to secure sanctions relief. The transitional 23-member cabinet — without a prime minister — was announced on Saturday, more than three months after Sharaa’s Islamist group…
Read MoreKendall Jenner’s $100 Dad Sneakers Should Be Added to Your Cart
[ad_1] Sneakerheads, take note of Kendall Jenner. If you dream of a Nike Jordan 1 in collaboration with Off-White or the New Balance 1906L, if you’ve been on the waiting list to get one of Wales Bonner’s models for Adidas, if a Mexico 66 by Otnisuka Tiger sits on your shoe rack next to a…
Read MoreTrump Says ‘Very Angry’ With Putin Over Ukraine: NBC
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump said Sunday he was “very angry, pissed off” with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, NBC reported, marking a sharp change of tone as Washington seeks to end the war in Ukraine. NBC’s Kristen Welker said Trump had called her to express his anger over Putin questioning Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s future…
Read MoreConvalescing Pope Says Illness Is Universal As Misses Another Angelus
[ad_1] Pope Francis, who is recovering from a life-threatening bout of pneumonia, urged Catholics Sunday to mark Lent as a “time of healing” as he missed his seventh consecutive Angelus prayer. The 88-year-old head of the Catholic Church left Rome’s Gemelli hospital last Sunday after five weeks of treatment, returning to the Vatican for what…
Read MoreEuropean Orbital Rocket Crashes After Launch
[ad_1] The first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe crashed seconds after blast-off Sunday, in a closely watched test for the continent’s bid to build a new space economy. The Spectrum rocket, developed by German start-up Isar Aerospace, started smoking from its sides, then crashed back to Earth with a powerful explosion just after launching…
Read MoreNetanyahu Offers Hamas Leaders Gaza Exit But Demands Group Disarm
[ad_1] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday offered to let the leaders of Hamas leave the Gaza Strip but demanded the group abandoned its arms, as his country kept up its bombardment of the Palestinian territory. On Sunday morning, an Israeli air strike that hit a house and a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians killed…
Read MorePrince Harry Charity Rift Blows Up As Chair Makes Fresh Allegations
[ad_1] A bitter boardroom row at an African charity Prince Harry founded and then quit escalated Sunday after its chairperson accused the prince of “bullying” and being involved in a “cover up”. Earlier this week, Harry and Lesotho’s Prince Seeiso announced their departure from the Sentebale charity they founded in 2006 following a “devastating” dispute…
Read MoreMyanmar Junta Accused Of Air Strike Even After Quake
[ad_1] Myanmar’s junta has pressed ahead with its campaign of air strikes despite the country’s devastating earthquake, with a rebel group telling AFP Sunday seven of its fighters were killed in an aerial attack soon after the tremors hit. The Myanmar military has increasingly turned to air strikes as it struggles to gain the upper…
Read MoreRSF Paramilitary Chief Admits Forces Withdrew From Sudan Capital
[ad_1] The head of the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces admitted in a speech to fighters on Sunday that the group had withdrawn from the capital Khartoum which rival army forces have retaken. The comment from RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo came three days after the group said there would be “no retreat and no…
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