Posts by Amelia Frost
Trump Admin Defends Kicking Reporter From White House for Refusing to Use ‘Gulf of America’: ‘We Are Going to Hold Lies Accountable’
[ad_1] The White House press secretary defended its right to bar reporters who don’t use “Gulf of America.” Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended the White House’s decision to kick out Associated Press reporters on Tuesday for refusing to use “Gulf of America.” During a press briefing on Wednesday, Leavitt declared in a…
Read MoreEx-N.Y. Official Accused of Working for China Faces Bribery Allegation
[ad_1] Linda Sun, a former aide to two New York governors, faces new allegations related to charges that she used her position to benefit the Chinese government, according to a superseding indictment against Ms. Sun and her husband unsealed Tuesday. Ms. Sun, who served as Gov. Kathy Hochul’s deputy chief of staff and in lower-level…
Read MoreElon Musk’s Attacks on CFPB Remove Obstacle to Building ‘X Money’
[ad_1] Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is widely known for amassing his fortune through Tesla, his electric car company, and SpaceX, the rocket ship company he founded. But he started his career trying to disrupt consumer finance as a co-founder of a digital financial services company that later became PayPal. Now, he’s working to…
Read More‘I Will Fight’: Khelif Responds To Boxing Organisation Lawsuit
[ad_1] Algerian Olympic champion Imane Khelif has denounced “false and offensive” allegations after the International Boxing Association (IBA) said it will sue the International Olympic Committee over her inclusion at the Paris Games’ women’s boxing last year. The IBA has “again made baseless accusations that are false and offensive, using them to further their agenda”,…
Read MoreLouisiana School District That Turned to AI Tutors Amid Severe Teacher Shortage Promises ‘It’s Not Going to Take Jobs’
[ad_1] Facing a severe teacher shortage, Louisiana’s Jefferson Parish School District has turned to artificial intelligence to help fill the gap in classrooms—but officials insist the technology is meant to support, not replace, human educators. At Phoebe Hearst Elementary, students are using an AI-powered reading tutor named Amira to develop literacy skills, particularly among English…
Read MoreBurundi Warns Rwanda As Eastern DR Congo Conflict Advances
[ad_1] M23 fighters and Rwandan troops on Wednesday pushed further into the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as Burundi warned Kigali it would respond if attacked. The armed group, which has gained ground against the Congolese army since it re-emerged in 2021, seized two towns on the road to Bukavu, the provincial capital of South…
Read MoreCanadian Steel Firms Face Turmoil After US ‘Stab In The Back’
[ad_1] When Shale Tobe heard President Donald Trump planned to impose tariffs on Canadian steel, a product that has supported his family for decades, he was in New York on holiday, “spending money down in the US.” “I’ll have second thoughts about that” now, he told AFP on the warehouse floor of North York Iron,…
Read MoreUS Releasing Russian Crypto Kingpin Vinnik In Exchange For Fogel: Official
[ad_1] The United States is releasing Russian cryptocurrency kingpin Alexander Vinnik as part of an exchange deal that saw Moscow free US teacher Marc Fogel a day earlier, a White House official said Wednesday. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, replied “yes” when asked if US authorities had released or would be releasing Vinnik…
Read MoreUS Trade Deficits At Core Of Trump Tariff Moves
[ad_1] Imposing punitive tariffs on countries with high trade surpluses with the United States has been at the heart of US President Donald Trump’s economic policy. Trump has lived up to his campaign pledges to resume his hardball trade diplomacy. But analysts say trade imbalances can sometimes be the result of US policy itself. A…
Read More7,000 Workers Could Be Jobless After Former KFC, Pizza Hut Franchisee Goes Bankrupt
[ad_1] IS Gida, the former operator of the KFC and Pizza Hut franchises in Turkey, operated 537 restaurants AFP The former operator of the KFC and Pizza Hut franchises in Turkey on Wednesday promised to pay the outstanding salaries of its 7,000 staff just days after filing for bankruptcy. IS Gida, the franchise operator, filed…
Read MoreInflation Rises Sharply in January, Stock Markets Sink On News
[ad_1] A worker sorts the money in the cash register in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images A key government report showed inflation in the United States rose 0.5% in January, much more than expected. Stock market futures plunged in the moments after the number was released as expectations for interest rate cuts appear to be…
Read MoreMacron Courts Modi In Quest For Geopolitical ‘Independence’
[ad_1] French President Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited southern France with a packed schedule on Wednesday, fostering a relationship that Paris sees as an alternative to great power rivalries. Macron took Modi for dinner in the picturesque southern town of Cassis on Tuesday, before Wednesday’s visit to the Mediterranean coast and…
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