Posts by Amelia Frost
UN Warns Worst May Be Yet To Come If East DRC Violence Spreads
[ad_1] The United Nations warned Friday that the worst may be yet to come if the violence engulfing the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo spreads throughout the wider region. UN human rights chief Volker Turk said civilians in eastern DRC were suffering and insisted there could be no military solution to the conflict. Turk was…
Read MoreTrump’s Executive Orders Leave Imprint on the Fed
[ad_1] President Trump has so far restrained himself from trying to meddle with the Federal Reserve on matters related to monetary policy during his second term. But some of the more than 50 executive orders he has signed since returning to the White House are leaving an imprint on the central bank. The latest evidence…
Read MoreUSAID Unions Sue Trump Administration, Citing ‘Unconstitutional Actions’
[ad_1] Labor organizations representing employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, aiming to halt what they describe as the illegal dismantling of the agency. The lawsuit, filed in a Washington, D.C., federal court Thursday, was brought forward by the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE)…
Read MoreAI Starts To Help India’s Struggling Farms
[ad_1] Each morning Indian farmer R Murali opens an app on his phone to check if his pomegranate trees need watering, fertiliser or are at risk from pests. “It is a routine,” Murali, 51, told AFP at his farm in the southern state of Karnataka. “Like praying to God every day.” Much of India’s vast…
Read MoreTrump Fires FEC Chair Ellen Weintraub; She Calls It Illegal
[ad_1] Ellen Weintraub, Chair of the U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC), revealed on Thursday that she had received a letter from President Donald Trump stating that she had been removed from her post. However, she swiftly rejected the action, labeling the removal as not valid under the law. “Received a letter from POTUS today purporting…
Read MoreTrump, the Panama Canal and China’s Role: What We Know
[ad_1] President Trump’s claim that China controls the Panama Canal has placed a Hong Kong tycoon and his conglomerate at the heart of a showdown between the United States and China. That sprawling company, CK Hutchison Holdings, is one of Hong Kong’s most valuable publicly listed firms and counts some of the world’s biggest investors…
Read MoreOutrage On X As Nancy Mace Reveals $10M Taxpayer Funds Used In ‘Creating Transgender’ Animals
[ad_1] KEY POINTS Mace said the ‘DEI grants’ were used to fund the ‘painful and deadly’ studies across U.S. university labs She cited a WCW analysis that alleged taxpayer money was being used in the ‘forced’ transition of animals X users were outraged as Mace’s speech at a Thursday oversight hearing went viral on the…
Read MoreC. Richard Kramlich, Early Investor in Silicon Valley, Dies at 89
[ad_1] C. Richard Kramlich, an early investor in Silicon Valley who co-founded the investment giant New Enterprise Associates, helping to fuel the booming tech industry, died on Saturday at his home in Oakville, Calif., in the Napa Valley. He was 89. His death was announced by New Enterprise Associates. Mr. Kramlich (pronounced CRAM-lick), whose career…
Read MoreEurope’s Trump Playbook: Offer Carrots but Warn That You Have a Big Stick
[ad_1] The European Union spent last year drawing up secret plans for what the bloc would do if President Trump made good on his threats of imposing higher tariffs on European goods and services. Now, as those threats go from hypothetical to potentially imminent, its plans are coming into broad focus. Hit specific, politically sensitive…
Read MoreJudge Pauses Musk Plan For Mass Cull Of US Govt Workers
[ad_1] A judge on Thursday suspended a scheme masterminded by billionaire Elon Musk to slash the size of the US government by encouraging federal workers to quit through a mass buyout. The federal judge in Massachusetts ordered a temporary injunction on the plan’s deadline — midnight Thursday — given by Musk for the country’s more…
Read MoreTaiwan Says Detects Six Chinese Balloons Near Island
[ad_1] Taiwan detected six Chinese balloons off the island, the defence ministry said Friday, as Beijing maintains military pressure to push its claim of sovereignty. The six balloons were spotted in the 24 hours to 6:00 am on Friday (2200 GMT Thursday), the ministry said, giving one of its highest daily tallies of the devices.…
Read More‘Lottery Ticket’: Crypto Investors Brace For Bumpy Ride Under Trump
[ad_1] Nick was enjoying his Saturday off work in Pennsylvania when he received an unexpected and alarming message: cryptocurrencies, buoyed since Donald Trump’s November 5 election win, were in freefall. The crash immediately wiped out tens of thousands of dollars from his savings. “I clicked on it and watched it for like a minute just…
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