Posts by Amelia Frost
$SAN Soars Above 100%: Memecoins, Other Smaller Tokens Survive Trump Tariff-Triggered Crypto Crash
[ad_1] KEY POINTS $SAN was up 104% in the day and other survivors were far from its stellar performance during a weekend bloodbath $GRIFT surged over 25%, $ALPHA added 24%, and $STNK was up by 23.5% overnight Bitcoin is down over 6% in the day, and $ETH and other major altcoins are also in the…
Read MoreUSAID Crisis: Musk Says Trump Agreed To ‘Shut It Down’ After Officials Blocked DOGE Access
[ad_1] “The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the world’s largest humanitarian aid donor, may be shut down after tech billionaire Elon Musk claimed that President Donald Trump agreed to wind down the agency. Early Monday, Musk held a live session on X Spaces and said that he spoke in detail about USAID with the…
Read MoreTwo Years On, Construction Jungle Emerges From Antioch’s Quake-hit Ruins
[ad_1] Whenever Sema Genc enters a room, the first place she looks is the ceiling: would it hold up in an earthquake, or would she be trapped under the rubble again? “That fear is always with you,” said the 34-year-old, whose home in Antakya collapsed on top of her in a 7.8-magnitude quake that devastated…
Read MoreThree Years After Ukraine Invasion, Europe Still Deals With Energy Crisis
[ad_1] At a newly built dock along Germany’s Elbe River, tankers from the United States unload liquefied natural gas to fuel factories and homes. In central Spain, a forest of wind turbines planted atop mountains helps power the energy grid. In French government buildings, thermostats have been lowered in winter to save electricity. In the…
Read MoreHow China Allegedly Contributes To The Deadly Fentanyl Crisis
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump has slapped new tariffs on Chinese goods, partly in response to Beijing’s alleged role in a deadly opioid epidemic in the United States. Washington has long accused Beijing of turning a blind eye to the deadly fentanyl trade, which US authorities estimate caused tens of thousands of deaths a year.…
Read MoreBeyonce Wins Top Country Album Honors At Grammys
[ad_1] Beyonce on Sunday won the Grammy for the year’s best country album for her culture-shaking “Cowboy Carter,” a record that served as an indictment of the Nashville-centered industry long accused of sidelining Black artists. It was the second prize of the night for the most decorated artist in Grammys history, with four more opportunities…
Read MoreGrammys Red Carpet: All The Drama, All The Hotness
[ad_1] Music’s brightest stars on Sunday rocked the red carpet at the Grammys, music’s biggest night in their sexiest, skin-baring ensembles. While the Oscars are known for embracing a classic brand of Hollywood glamour, the Grammys are daring: some of the most iconic fashion looks have emerged at the storied gala, such as Jennifer Lopez’s…
Read MoreGlobal Markets Brace for Fallout From Trump Tariffs
[ad_1] Markets around the world braced for volatile trading on Monday as investors began to assess the potential fallout from President Trump’s announcement of tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China. On Monday, markets in Japan and South Korea were more than 2 percent lower. The Taiwan Stock Exchange weighted index slumped around 4 percent. Overnight…
Read MoreGlobal Warming Makes French Reservoir A Winter Resort For Migrating Cranes
[ad_1] The Lac du Der was once just a passing glimpse for hundreds of thousands of cranes flying from Scandinavia in search of sunshine, but with global warming the French reservoir has become an attractive winter retreat. Tens of thousands of the majestic birds now spend Europe’s coldest months around the 48 square kilometre (19…
Read MoreOpenAI Unveils New A.I. Agent for Research
[ad_1] A week ago, OpenAI released a tool that can go online to shop for groceries or book a restaurant reservation. Now it is offering A.I. technology that can gather information from across the internet and synthesize it in concise reports. OpenAI unveiled the new tool, called Deep Research, with a demonstration on YouTube on…
Read MorePlane and Aircraft Tug Collide in Chicago, Critically Injuring Driver
[ad_1] A worker at Chicago O’Hare International Airport was critically injured on Saturday after a vehicle that tows aircraft and a plane collided, causing the vehicle to flip over, officials said. The collision took place about 7:35 p.m. local time, when an Air Wisconsin jet that was approaching a gate struck the vehicle, which is…
Read MoreMusk Brands USAID ‘Criminal’ As Civil Service Scrutiny Grows
[ad_1] Elon Musk attacked the US Agency for International Development, calling it a “criminal organization” on Sunday, sparking fear over the intensity of President Donald Trump’s unprecedented scrutiny of the work of the civil service. The assault on the agency tasked with humanitarian relief overseas marks a significant new front in Trump’s move to give…
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