Posts by Amelia Frost
Chinese Regulator To Vet Panama Ports Deal: Hong Kong Media
[ad_1] China’s market regulator said it will review Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison’s sale of Panama Canal ports to a US-led consortium, a Beijing-backed newspaper in Hong Kong reported on Friday. The business empire built by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing offloaded its global ports business outside China — including operations in the vital Central…
Read MoreWhere Do Celebrity ‘Feuds’ Come From—and Why Do We Keep Clicking?
[ad_1] According to social media, celebrity “feuds”—like the one between Gwyneth Paltrow and Meghan Markle—are very real and something to be taken very seriously. Never mind that the people involved often go to great lengths to dispel the gossip—we still tend to devour it. Where does that instinct come from? Maybe from the same place…
Read MoreNepal Police Clash With Pro-monarchy Demonstrators
[ad_1] Nepal police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of people gathered in Kathmandu demanding the restoration of the monarchy, prompting authorities to impose a curfew in the area. The Himalayan nation adopted a federal and republican political system in 2008 after parliament abolished the monarchy as part of a peace deal…
Read MorePanic On The Streets Of Bangkok As Quake Collapses Skyscraper
[ad_1] A mushroom cloud of dust and debris swept through the streets of northern Bangkok on Friday as panicked residents ran for their lives after an under-construction skyscraper came crashing down following a powerful earthquake. The construction site of a new 30-storey government building quickly turned into a disaster scene, with people jumping into cars…
Read MoreIsrael Hits South Lebanon After Threatening Beirut Over Rocket Fire
[ad_1] Israel carried out air strikes in southern Lebanon Friday after its defence minister threatened Beirut over new rocket fire, rattling an already fragile truce that largely ended more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah. It was the second time rockets had been fired from Lebanon since the November ceasefire, and the second time…
Read MoreLines Of Wounded At Myanmar Hospital After Powerful Quake
[ad_1] Rows of wounded lay outside the emergency department of the 1,000-bed hospital in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw on Friday, some writhing in pain and others in shock after a powerful earthquake. A stream of casualties were brought to the hospital — some in cars, others in pickups, and others carried on stretchers, their bodies bloody…
Read MoreMusk And DOGE Defend Federal Layoffs, Claim All Departures Were Voluntary And No One Was Fired
[ad_1] President Donald Trump’s senior adviser, Elon Musk, and seven high-ranking officials from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), have defended recent layoffs within the federal government. According to Musk and DOGE officials, the number of firings is minimal, with most federal employees leaving voluntarily, The Hill reported. Anthony Armstrong, a former Morgan Stanley banker…
Read MoreCrypto Lauds Paul Atkins Senate Confirmation For SEC Chief, Gary Gensler Trends Amid Senator’s Criticism
[ad_1] KEY POINTS Sen. Scott said he believes Atkins will “provide the long overdue clarity on digital assets” Sen. Moreno said he expects Atkins to become “the greatest” SEC chief as long as he doesn’t follow in Gensler’s footsteps Gary Gensler was trending on X overnight after Moreno called him one of the “stupidest people…
Read MoreSEC Officially Files Litigation Dismissal In Kraken, Consensys, Cumberland Cases; ‘When Ripple?’ $XRP Army Asks
[ad_1] KEY POINTS The new SEC has been actively coordinating with crypto firms sued by the Gensler team Consensys was one of few crypto firms that, like Coinbase and Ripple, fought the SEC’s lawsuit $XRP users are starting to get frustrated over the seemingly slower progress in ending the Ripple case The U.S. Securities and…
Read MoreChina’s Xi Vows Deeper Cooperation In Meeting With Bangladesh Leader
[ad_1] Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday pledged deeper cooperation with Bangladeshi counterpart Muhammad Yunus in a meeting that came as Dhaka seeks new friends to offset frosty ties with India. Yunus took charge of Bangladesh last August after the toppling of autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina, who fled to New Delhi after a student-led uprising.…
Read MoreRubio Vows To Keep Stripping Visas After Furor Over Snatched Student
[ad_1] US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday he has canceled more than 300 visas in a crackdown on anti-Israel activism and vowed to keep doing so, brushing aside furor after masked agents snatched a student. Rubio, a staunch supporter of Israel, said that he personally signed off on every visa revocation and rejected…
Read MoreRain Gives Some Respite To South Korea Firefighters As Death Toll Rises
[ad_1] Overnight rain helped douse some of South Korea’s worst-ever wildfires, authorities said Friday, as the death toll from the unprecedented blazes raging for nearly a week reached 28. More than a dozen fires have ravaged large areas of the country’s southeast, destroying an ancient temple, and forcing around 37,000 people to evacuate. The flames…
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