Posts by Amelia Frost
Smith government should cut corporate welfare from upcoming budget
[ad_1] Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Published Feb 12, 2025 • Last updated 0 minutes ago • 2 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Alberta Minister of Finance Nate Horner. Jim Wells/Postmedia Article content The Smith government will table its next budget on Feb.…
Read MoreFrance Set To Hand Over Sole Military Base In Ivory Coast
[ad_1] In a few days, France will hand over its only military base in Ivory Coast, its former star colony in west Africa, and both sides say the run up is proceeding seamlessly without any rancour. The 230-hectare (570-acre) Port-Bouet military camp flanking Ivory Coast’s main city has been a fixture in the country’s life…
Read MoreTrump Softens Tone on Inflation After Pledging to Lower Prices
[ad_1] President Trump promised voters that, if elected, he would enact policies that would bring prices down on “Day 1” in office. But three weeks into his term, Mr. Trump and White House officials have become more measured in how they discuss their efforts to tame inflation. They have begun downplaying the likelihood that consumer…
Read MoreMarmoush’s Man City Move Sparks Excitement In Egypt
[ad_1] In a packed cafe in Cairo, all eyes were glued to a flickering flat-screen TV, waiting for Omar Marmoush, now donning Manchester City’s sky-blue jersey, to step onto the pitch. In the 84th minute, the Egyptian forward finally jogged to the sideline, ready to make his UEFA Champions League debut against Real Madrid. The…
Read MoreSBA Layoff Chaos: Agency Sends, Retracts, Then Confirms Termination Notices
[ad_1] The Small Business Administration (SBA) sparked confusion and anxiety among its probationary employees after mistakenly sending termination notices Friday, reversing the decision by Monday, only to follow through with actual layoffs Tuesday. Last Friday evening, several probationary employees at the SBA received emails notifying them that their employment would be terminated on Feb 21,…
Read MoreX’s Oval Office Takeover: Trump Amused By Elon Musk’s Son, A ‘High IQ Individual’
[ad_1] KEY POINTS X’s antics stole the press briefing, with the president looking unbothered even as the young boy picked his nose at one point X also made funny faces at the press as his billionaire father spoke about U.S. government bureaucracy Some social media users found the boy’s antics adorable and praised the president…
Read MoreCanned Tuna Sold At Costco, Trader Joe’s, Walmart Recalled Over Botulism Risk
[ad_1] A voluntary recall has been initiated for certain canned tuna products available nationwide at stores like Trader Joe’s, Walmart, Costco, and others, due to faulty packaging that could pose a serious risk of botulism food poisoning. Tri-Union Seafoods, the manufacturer, issued the voluntary recall for a selected batch of canned tuna products sold under…
Read More‘Saudi Is The Best!’: Why Are TikTok Mumfluencers Lauding Desert Megacity?
[ad_1] Expat “mumfluencers” are taking to TikTok to sing the praises of life in Saudi Arabia and to extol the virtues of its new NEOM megacity, filming their idyllic lives spent picnicking by turquoise waters and shopping in gleaming malls. “If you have children, Saudi Arabia is the best place,” Aida McPherson, an Azerbaijani born…
Read MoreWhat Modi and India Can Offer Trump on Trade
[ad_1] The economic relationship between India and the United States is widely seen as good for both sides. Two-way trade is growing and, alone among Asian countries, India routinely trades more with the United States than it does with China, its neighbor and rival. Yet under President Trump, trade is a point of friction. Like…
Read MoreFlattery And Pragmatism: UK Plan To Stay On Trump’s Good Side
[ad_1] With its flattering rhetoric, leniency in responding to US trade threats and alignment with Washington this week at a summit on artificial intelligence, the United Kingdom has signalled a willingness to take President Donald Trump’s side over Europe. “The UK has no closer ally than America,” Britain’s newly appointed ambassador to the United States,…
Read MoreUS Inflation Fight To Take Time In ‘Highly Uncertain’ Environment: Fed Official
[ad_1] The US Federal Reserve is in a strong position to weather the “highly uncertain” economic outlook, but its inflation fight will take time to win, a senior US central bank official said Tuesday. “As we enter 2025, the economy is in a good place,” New York Fed President John Williams told a conference in…
Read MoreCalifornia’s FAIR Plan Gets $1 Billion Bailout After L.A. Fires
[ad_1] California’s home insurance plan of last resort, designed for people who can’t get coverage on the private market, does not have enough money to pay claims from the Los Angeles wildfires and is getting an infusion of cash from regular insurers. State regulators said Tuesday that they will allow the program, known as the…
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