Posts by Amelia Frost
Airbus And Boeing Eye India’s ‘Soaring Skies’
[ad_1] Air traffic is booming in India, even though only a tiny fraction of its people fly each year, and manufacturers are seeking lucrative deals at the flagship Aero India exhibition from Monday. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) will also hold its annual general meeting in June in New Delhi, the capital of the…
Read MoreRight-Wing Crusade Against USAID Has Been Fueled by Falsehoods
[ad_1] The video falsely claiming that the United States Agency for International Development paid Ben Stiller, Angelina Jolie and other actors millions of dollars to travel to Ukraine appeared to be a clip from E!News, though it never appeared on the entertainment channel. In fact, the video first surfaced on X in a post from…
Read MoreEU’s Largest Far-right Bloc Makes Show Of Force In Madrid
[ad_1] Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and France’s Marine Le Pen headline a rally in Madrid on Saturday by Europe’s biggest far-right bloc, buoyed by electoral gains and Donald Trump’s return to power. Patriots for Europe has realigned the EU far right and became the European Parliament’s third-largest force after Orban helped launch it last…
Read MoreA 50-year Crisis — Ecuador’s Next President Faces A Stern Test
[ad_1] In the throes of a bloody drug war, a shrinking economy and an acute energy crisis, Ecuadorans are remarkably optimistic about their country’s future as they prepare to vote in Sunday election. The past few years have been brutal for Ecuador, a scenic Andean nation of about 18 million people once a bastion of…
Read MoreRwandan And Congolese Leaders To Meet Over Eastern DRC Conflict
[ad_1] Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame was due to meet his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi in Tanzania on Saturday as regional leaders convene in a bid to defuse the conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo. The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has rapidly seized swathes of territory in the mineral-rich eastern DRC in an offensive that has…
Read MoreHamas, Israel To Begin Fifth Hostage-prisoner Exchange
[ad_1] Hamas is set to release three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for 183 prisoners held by Israel in the fifth exchange of a fragile Gaza ceasefire. The exchange comes despite uproar in the region over a proposal by US President Donald Trump to clear out the Gaza Strip of its inhabitants and for…
Read MoreTrump Says Poor Cybersecurity Aided in DOGE Obtaining Access to Americans’ Personal Data: ‘They Get It Very Easily’
[ad_1] Amid backlash against DOGE’s access to personal data through the Office of Personnel Management and the US Treasury Department, Trump stated it was easy to access due to poor security. Andrew Harnik; Al Drago/Getty Images President Donald Trump suggested Friday that Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been able to access Americans’…
Read MoreHere are the 27 States That Should Brace for Up to a Foot of Snow Tomorrow
[ad_1] A major winter storm is set to slam 27 states with up to a foot of snow, creating dangerous travel conditions, widespread power outages, and ice accumulation. The storm, named Garnett, will begin Friday and intensify Saturday, stretching from the Northern Plains to the East Coast, according to AccuWeather meteorologists. States in the Storm’s…
Read MoreIllinois Governor Slams Trump’s Lawsuit Against the State as ‘a Massive’ Distraction: ‘Unlike Trump, We Follow the Law’
[ad_1] Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker accused the Department of Justice (DOJ) of blindsiding the state with the lawsuit, which challenges Illinois’ sanctuary laws that prevent local police from assisting federal immigration raids. Marco Bello/Getty Images Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker criticized the Trump administration after they filed a lawsuit over Chicago’s migrant sanctuary policies, calling the…
Read MoreTrump and Musk Attack Journalists by Name in Social Media Posts
[ad_1] President Trump has made clear his animus toward mainstream media organizations. Now he’s getting more personal. Mr. Trump and his key lieutenant, Elon Musk, who has been empowered to run what they call the Department of Government Efficiency as a “special government employee,” have attacked journalists by name in recent days on the social…
Read MoreCanadian Police Stop Venezuelan Migrants From Trying to Cross Border in ‘Incredibly Cold’ Weather
[ad_1] A group of refugees, including children, were apprehended by Canadian authorities this week while attempting to cross the U.S.-Canada border in extreme winter conditions, with temperatures plunging as low as -30C (-22F), the crossing could have been a death sentence. “There’s the cross-border piece, but also the humanity piece,” said Assistant Commissioner Lisa Moreland…
Read MoreTrump Administration Move to Freeze E.V. Charger Funding Confounds States
[ad_1] A new federal order that freezes a Biden-era program to build a national network of electric vehicle charging stations has confounded states, which had been allocated billions of dollars by Congress for the program. In interviews on Friday, some state officials said that as a result of the memo from the Trump administration, they…
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