Posts by Amelia Frost
EU Plans Two-euro Flat Fee On Small Parcels From Outside Bloc
The EU said Tuesday that it was preparing to impose a two-euro ($2.25) flat fee on the billions of low-value packages that flood into the bloc each year, the great majority from China. Trade chief Maros Sefcovic told the European Parliament that e-commerce platforms would be expected to pay the levy per parcel, which aims…
Read MoreThree Dead As Thunderstorms Hit Southeastern France
At least three people died, including a couple in their eighties, when thunderstorms hit southeast France on Tuesday, leaving behind what one official described as “scenes of war”. According to local authorities, the elderly couple died in the seaside town of Le Lavandou and one other person in the town of Vidauban. The couple’s vehicle…
Read MoreQatar Didn’t Offer Trump Luxury Plane, His Admin Asked About Using It for Air Force One Themselves: Report
A new report revealed that the Trump administration—not Qatar—reportedly initiated discussions about acquiring a luxury Boeing 747 for potential Air Force One use, contradicting President Donald Trump‘s repeated claims that the plane was offered to him as a gift. After Trump took office in January, the Pentagon was informed by Boeing that delivery of the…
Read MoreAdidas, Puma Family Feud To Be Turned Into TV Series
The bitter brotherly feud that sparked the creation of sports-shoe brands Adidas and Puma in the same small German town in the 1940s is to be turned into a television series with the help of family archives, its producers announced Sunday. Hollywood-based film producer No Fat Ego is backing the project, which has the blessing…
Read MoreZelensky Accuses Russia Of Buying Time To Stall Peace Talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday accused Russia of delaying peace talks in a bid to press on with its three-year invasion, even as US President Donald Trump pushes for an immediate ceasefire. Trump spoke by phone Monday with Zelensky and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, while Russian and Ukrainian officials met in Istanbul Friday for…
Read MoreDutch Museum Removes ‘Priceless’ Benin Bronzes For Return To Nigeria
Clad in protective blue surgical gloves, a Dutch museum worker gingerly unhooks a precious decorative artefact before gently laying it down on a pillow and wrapping it in dozens of layers of special paper. The artefact is a “Benin Bronze”, a priceless cultural object looted from modern-day Nigeria more than 120 years ago, now being…
Read MoreBitcoin Champion Sen Cynthia Lummis Cancels Meeting With Ripple CEO, $XRP Tumbles
KEY POINTS Garlinghouse urged Lummis to reconsider her stance and “be a leader for all of crypto” Bitcoin maximalists slammed the Ripple CEO for criticizing Lummis in public $XRP holders said it appears Lummis doesn’t want a level-playing field in the crypto industry Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., has canceled a meeting with Ripple CEO Brad…
Read MoreCannes Film Shines Light On Secret Life Of Migrant Maids
Or Sinai didn’t have to go far to find the subject of her acclaimed debut film about the secret lives of the millions of women who support their families back home by being domestic workers abroad. She was chatting to the “wonderful Ukrainian woman” who looks at her mother, who has Parkinson’s Disease, when the…
Read MoreIran’s Panahi Pokes Fun At Iran’s Jailers In Cannes Comeback
Dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi makes his first appearance at an international film festival in 15 years at Cannes on Tuesday with a story about political prisoners trying to get their own back on their jailers. Panahi was banned from making films and has been repeatedly detained since 2009 over his gritty, social dramas, considered…
Read MoreZeroGPT Explained: A Simple Tool for Detecting AI-Generated Text
With AI-generated content becoming more common, it’s getting harder to tell if something was written by a human or a machine. This is where ZeroGPT comes in. ZeroGPT is an AI detector tool designed to identify whether a piece of text was written by a human or generated by artificial intelligence. Whether you’re a teacher,…
Read MoreChinese Weapons Get Rare Battle Test In India-Pakistan Fighting
Just over a week after a ceasefire with India was struck, Pakistan’s foreign minister is visiting his country’s largest arms supplier, China, with the performance of the weapons they supplied a matter of burning interest for analysts and governments alike. The most striking claim from four days of fighting earlier this month was Islamabad’s contention…
Read MoreG7 Finance Leaders Gather With Ukraine, Tariff Concerns At Fore
Top finance leaders from the G7 nations gather in Canada starting Tuesday, with concerns including war in Ukraine at the fore while the advanced economies grapple with fallout from US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. In talks running through Thursday, leaders are set to discuss global economic conditions, with participants seeking a common position on…
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