Posts by Amelia Frost
All the Best Red Carpet Looks From the 2025 BAFTAs
[ad_1] The 2025 BAFTA Awards are well underway, and the red carpet looks are just as dazzling as the star-studded guest list. The British Academy Film Awards are the perfect precursor to the Oscars, especially when it comes to fashion. A little more elevated and formal than the Critics Choice Awards, red carpet looks from…
Read MoreTrump’s Aid Freeze Could Cause Millions More AIDS Deaths: UN Agency
[ad_1] President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend US overseas funding could result in millions more deaths from AIDS, the head of the UN’s programme for the illness warned Sunday. The United States is the world’s largest provider of official development assistance, with most funds directed through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Trump…
Read MoreVatican Says ‘Stable’ Pope Francis Watched Sunday Mass On Hospital TV
[ad_1] Pope Francis followed Sunday mass and his traditional Angelus weekly prayer on television in a Rome hospital where the 88-year-old pontiff is being treated for bronchitis. The Argentine pope was admitted to Gemelli hospital on Friday for the latest respiratory infection, influenza or bronchitis, he has caught in recent winters. The Vatican said Sunday…
Read MoreBachelor Nation Stars Are Showing Support For Katie Thurston Amid Her Cancer Diagnosis
[ad_1] Katie Thurston has been diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 34. The former Bachelorette made her mark on Bachelor Nation by being unapologetically herself, showing up to Matt James’ season of The Bachelor with a purple vibrator in hand. During her own turn as the leading lady of the franchise, she took…
Read MoreOne Killed In Lebanon As Israel-Hezbollah Truce Deadline Looms
[ad_1] Lebanese media on Sunday reported that Israeli gunfire killed a woman as Washington pressed Beirut to disarm Hezbollah, two days before a deadline in the ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed group. Lebanon has faced unrest this week after a government decision to block Iranian flights from landing in Beirut, with a UN peacekeeper…
Read More‘Very Personal’: Hundreds Flock To Navalny Grave On Death Anniversary
[ad_1] Standing in the freezing cold at Moscow’s Borisovsky Cemetery, 63-year-old Anna looked at the hundreds of people flocking to the grave of a man whose name the Kremlin has warned not to utter in public — Alexei Navalny — and could not hold back the tears. The child psychologist joined hundreds to honour the…
Read MoreEuropean Countries To Meet In Paris On Monday To Discuss Security: France FM
[ad_1] France’s President Emmanuel Macron will host leaders from key European countries on Monday to discuss the continent’s security, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said, amid growing concerns over US efforts to end the Ukraine war. US President Donald Trump blindsided Ukraine and its European backers this week by starting discussions on Russia’s invasion in a…
Read MoreM23 Seize Key City Amid Mounting Fears Of DR Congo Breakup
[ad_1] Columns of M23 fighters allied with Rwandan troops on Sunday entered the centre of another key city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the African Union highlighted growing fears that the strife-torn country could break up. The armed group reached outlying districts of Bukavu, capital of South Kivu province, on Friday, shortly after…
Read MoreCalgary Sun letters to the editor, Feb. 16, 2025
[ad_1] Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Letters Published Feb 16, 2025 • Last updated 25 minutes ago • 2 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre arrives at the Canada First rally on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. Photo by Andrej…
Read MoreNavalny Supporters Risk Reprisals With Memorial Events A Year After Death
[ad_1] A year after Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died behind bars, his supporters held memorial events on Sunday, with hundreds risking reprisals by visiting his grave in Moscow. Throughout the morning, people braved glacial temperatures to file past Navalny’s grave in Moscow’s Borisovskoye cemetery, defying warnings that authorities would be watching them. Meanwhile, world…
Read MoreMarvel’s New ‘Captain America’ Is No. 1, Despite Poor Reviews
[ad_1] At the height of the superhero boom a few years ago, Disney pushed its Marvel assembly lines to run faster and faster. After awhile, quality suffered and ticket sales declined. So Disney slowed the pace. Last year, Marvel released one movie (the megasuccessful “Deadpool & Wolverine”) and two Disney+ series. To compare, in 2021…
Read MoreHow Trump’s One-for-One Tariff Plan Threatens the Global Economy
[ad_1] The world economy was already grappling with a perplexing assortment of variables, from geopolitical conflicts and a slowdown in China to the evolving complexities of climate change. Then, President Trump unleashed a plan to uproot decades of trade policy. In starting a process to impose so-called reciprocal tariffs on American trading partners, Mr. Trump…
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