Posts by Amelia Frost
DeepSeek Doesn’t Scare OpenAI, Thanks to the ‘Jevons Paradox’
[ad_1] Economic jargon is usually confined to textbooks and business school seminars. But every once in a while, something happens in the world that drives the lingo out of obscurity and into popular discussions. One such emergence happened late last month when, following a weekend of alarm over the viability of A.I. investments, Microsoft’s chief…
Read MoreWhiskey Offers Window Into the Pain of a Trade War
[ad_1] Liquor lobbyists gathered in a ritzy private club on a recent rainy evening in Brussels to swill cocktails with names like “Toasts Not Tariffs” and fret over the potential disaster confronting their industry. Again. Seven years ago, the spirits industry found itself a casualty in a worldwide trade war as President Trump unleashed tariffs…
Read MoreJapan To Release Emergency Rice Reserves To Fight Runaway Inflation
[ad_1] The Japanese government said Friday it will release a fifth of its emergency rice stockpile after hot weather, poor harvests and panic buying over a “megaquake” warning nearly doubled prices over a year. Japan has previously tapped into its reserves to cope with disasters, but this marked the first time since the stockpile was…
Read MoreShould Tulips Replace Roses for Valentine’s Day? Florists Think So.
[ad_1] For the past five years, Molly Culver, owner of Molly Oliver Flowers in Brooklyn, has mounted a quiet battle against the goliath of Valentine’s Day flowers: the rose. Classically red, multilayered, prickly and velvety, millions of roses, most imported from overseas, will be sold for the annual day of love. But Ms. Culver is…
Read MoreAfter Revolution, Bangladesh Textbooks Rewrite History
[ad_1] Bangladeshi high schooler Laiba is being educated for the future, but what she learns has been determined by the latest chapter in her country’s battle over its past. Last year, a student-led revolution overthrew the government of iron-fisted premier Sheikh Hasina when public anger over her increasingly autocratic rule boiled over. Her ouster has…
Read More‘Because They Serve The Public, Not Billionaires’: Dems Blast Trump’s Probationary Federal Workforce Cuts
[ad_1] KEY POINTS Thursday’s job cuts affected the VA, FS, GSA, OPM, Energy Department, and more Rep. Brown said the targeted cuts Thursday were because the employees serve the public, ‘not billionaires’ Sen. Murray urged the Trump government to reverse the firing of VA researchers X users have different views on the issue, with some…
Read MoreCambodia Nears Khmer Rouge Survivor’s Dream Of Eradicating Malaria
[ad_1] Cambodian scientist Yeang Chheang has spent six decades fighting malaria — even in the Khmer Rouge labour camp where his wife and baby died — and stands tantalisingly close to fulfilling his life’s work. The kingdom is stepping up a “last mile” push to wipe out the mosquito-borne disease, focusing on hard-to-reach communities in…
Read MoreWhere China’s Exports Begin: Inside the Vast Markets of Guangzhou
[ad_1] Rows of white concrete buildings near the Pearl River in southern China house one of the world’s fastest-growing industries: Gritty workshops are churning out inexpensive clothing that is exported straight to homes and small businesses around the world. No tariffs are paid, and no customs inspections are conducted. The laborers who make these goods…
Read MoreIndonesia Hands Lengthy Sentences To Javan Rhino Poachers
[ad_1] An Indonesian court has handed lengthy prison terms to poachers who killed dozens of rare Javan rhinos, court rulings seen by AFP Friday showed, drawing praise from conservationists who said it would help deter lucrative wildlife crime. The rhinoceros endemic to Indonesia’s most populous island is critically endangered, with authorities believing there are only…
Read MoreInside the Murdochs’ Succession Drama
[ad_1] Michael Roberson, one of the other new managing directors that Rupert and Lachlan had installed, followed. Like Barr, he had a fiduciary duty to carefully consider the amendment and weigh whether it was in the best interests of the beneficiaries. He admitted, however, that he had not done any substantive research into the original…
Read More‘For Them’: US Figure Skating Plane Crash Victims Remembered In China
[ad_1] Two teenage figure skaters who died in the Washington plane crash that killed 67 people were poignantly remembered this week at the Asian Winter Games in China’s Harbin. Nearly half of the passengers who perished on board the American Eagle flight on January 29 were members of the figure skating community. The dead included…
Read MoreMost Asian Stocks Rise As US Tariffs Give Breathing Space
[ad_1] Asian markets mostly rose Friday in line with a rally on Wall Street as traders were buoyed by news that Donald Trump’s latest, sweeping reciprocal tariffs would not likely be implemented until April, giving time for negotiations. The president has unveiled a range of hardball measures to bring an end to what he says…
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