Posts by Amelia Frost
India Restricts Some Imports From Bangladesh Through Land Ports
India’s commerce ministry announced restrictions on some imports from Bangladesh via its land borders, prompting fears for the South Asian country’s export-reliant economy. Relations between the two countries have deteriorated after former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina — a long-term New Delhi ally — was ousted last year, and fled to India where she is…
Read MoreKenyan Politician, Lawyer For Tanzania Opposition Leader Arrested
Kenyan lawyer Martha Karua, a presidential candidate who also represents opposition figures on trial in neighbouring countries, was arrested in Tanzania on Sunday, a spokesperson told AFP. Karua has been representing Tanzanian opposition leader Tindu Lissu, who is on trial for treason and faces a possible death penalty. Lissu is due in court on Monday.…
Read MoreGaza Rescuers Say Children Among 33 Killed In Israeli Strikes
Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Sunday killed at least 33 people, more than half of them children, a day after Israel announced an expanded military campaign in the besieged territory. Israel’s military has said the expansion of its operations is aimed at “achieving all the war’s objectives” including releasing hostages and…
Read MoreFirst US Pope Leo XIV Takes To Popemobile Ahead Of Inaugural Mass
Pope Leo XIV, the first US pontiff, made his debut tour of St Peter’s Square on Sunday in a popemobile, greeting tens of thousands of pilgrims and well-wishers ahead of his inauguration mass. Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost, who became head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics on May 8, stood in the white vehicle as…
Read More‘Gentle Giants’: World’s Strongest Men Defy Stereotypes
Eddie Williams is a schoolteacher from Monday to Friday and a wedding singer on weekends. In his spare time, he lifts enormously heavy weights as he competes to be the world’s strongest man. Some people think weightlifters are “a lot of angry people who just like to throw weight around,” the 420-pound (190-kilogram) Australian told…
Read MoreTunisian ‘Revolution Oasis’ Palm Grove Thrives On Self-rule
Since the inhabitants of Jemna in southern Tunisia wrested control of their 100-year-old palm grove from the state during the 2011 Revolution, residents say their lives have radically improved. The desert town — where the palms produce some of the North African country’s finest dates — ejected businessmen tied to the old regime when the…
Read MoreParis Kidnap Bid Highlights Crypto Data Security Risks
New regulations threaten the security of the personal data of cryptocurrency users and may expose them to “physical danger”, the platform at the centre of last week’s Paris kidnapping attempt has claimed. “A ticking time bomb,” said Alexandre Stachtchenko, director of strategy at French platform Paymium, referring to the way information must now be collected…
Read MoreThe US Towns That Took On ‘Forever Chemical’ Giants — And Won
No corner of Earth is untouched. From Tibet to Antarctica, so-called “forever chemicals” have seeped into the blood of nearly every living creature. Tainting food, water and wildlife, these toxic substances have been linked to ailments ranging from birth defects to rare cancers. Yet if it weren’t for the efforts of residents in two heavily…
Read MoreUK To Strike New Deal With EU In Coming Days: PM’s Office
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is set to sign a new deal with the EU seeking to reset ties after Brexit, his office said Saturday ahead of landmark talks. Starmer will meet on Monday with EU chiefs for the first post-Brexit EU-UK summit aimed at agreeing steps towards a closer relationship between Britain and the…
Read MoreBomb At Fertility Clinic In California Kills One
An explosion outside a California fertility clinic Saturday killed one person in what the local mayor described as a bomb attack. The blast ripped through downtown Palm Springs, badly damaging the clinic and blowing out the windows and doors of other nearby buildings, in what the city’s police chief said appeared to have been a…
Read More‘Alpha Predator’ Sharks And Humans Clash On An Israeli Beach
With its golden sand and blue waters, the beach front in central Israel looks much like any other stretch of Mediterranean coast, but a closer look reveals something unusual peeking through the rippling surf: black shark fins. The sharks are attracted to this patch of water in Hadera during the cold season because of the…
Read MorePalace Stun Man City To Win FA Cup For First Time
Crystal Palace stunned Manchester City on Saturday to win the FA Cup for the first time as Eberechi Eze sealed a 1-0 victory that piled on the misery for Pep Guardiola’s troubled side. Eze’s early strike rocked City before Palace goalkeeper Dean Henderson saved Omar Marmoush’s penalty late in the first half of a dramatic…
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