Posts by Amelia Frost
Cannes Film Festival: What To Look Out For
The glitz and glamour of the Cannes film festival returns to the French Riviera on Tuesday. Here is AFP’s selection of the issues, stars and films likely to dominate on and off the red carpet during the May 13-24 extravaganza: He’s never been a mainstay of the festival and has not made a film in…
Read MoreBarca Edge Real Madrid In Thriller To Move To Brink Of Liga Title
Barcelona mounted a spectacular comeback to beat Real Madrid 4-3 in La Liga on Sunday and move to the brink of the title after overcoming a hat-trick from Kylian Mbappe. The France striker threatened to haul Madrid back into the title race but Raphinha’s double and goals from Lamine Yamal and Eric Garcia gave Barcelona…
Read MorePakistan’s Kashmiris Return To Homes, But Keep Bunkers Stocked
As an uneasy calm settled over villages on the Pakistan side of contested Kashmir on Sunday, families returned to their own beds but were sure to leave their bunkers stocked. More than 60 people were killed in four days of intense conflict between arch-rivals Pakistan and India before a US-brokered truce was announced on Saturday.…
Read More7 Factors That Can Contribute to Obesity That Aren’t Diet or Exercise
Many of us were taught from an early age that diet and regular physical activity are the keys to maintaining a healthy weight. But in 2025, we now understand that there’s so much more to obesity than people having sedentary lifestyles and eating too much fast food. While healthy eating and exercise are definitely important…
Read MoreIran Says Nuclear Talks ‘Difficult But Useful’, US ‘Encouraged’
Iran and the United States wrapped up nuclear talks in Oman on Sunday with no apparent breakthrough in a public standoff over enrichment, but with both sides confirming plans for future negotiations. This was the fourth round of talks that began nearly a month ago, marking the highest-level contact between the two foes since Washington…
Read More130,000 Igloo Coolers Recalled After Fingertip Amputations From Handle
About 130,000 Igloo coolers were recalled on Thursday after consumers reported 78 fingertip injuries from the cooler’s tow handle, 26 of which led to fingertip amputations, bone fractures or cuts, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This warning expands an initial recall issued in February of more than one million 90-quart Igloo Flip…
Read MoreIndia’s Worst-hit Border Town Sees People Return After Ceasefire
Residents of the town in Indian-administered Kashmir worst hit by the deadliest fighting in decades with Pakistan trickled back on Sunday, a day after a surprise truce. Over 60 people died in days of days of missile, drone and artillery attacks that came close to all-out war until the ceasefire, which was holding on Sunday…
Read MoreErdogan Says Efforts To End Ukraine War At ‘Turning Point’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday told Russian and French leaders that a “historic turning point” has been reached in efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war and that Ankara was ready to host talks between the two warring parties, his office said. NATO member Turkey has sought to maintain good relations with both of…
Read MoreUkraine Ready For Russia Truce Talks, Zelensky Says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday he expects Moscow to commit to a 30-day ceasefire, adding that Kyiv was “ready” to meet Russia for direct truce talks. Zelensky said so after Russia’s Vladimir Putin called on Kyiv to meet in Istanbul for talks on May 12 at a nighttime press conference in the Kremlin…
Read MoreA Shipping Change Might Help Small Businesses if Not for Trump’s Trade Wars
Amid a steady stream of new trade policies in President Trump’s first three months in office, there is one that Andy Musliner, who owns a small toy business in Maryland, can get behind. That’s the ending of a duty-free loophole for cheap goods from China. Mr. Trump this month scrapped a provision that had allowed…
Read MoreThe Tech Guys Are Fighting. Literally.
Walking into the crowded hotel conference room, Andrew Batey looked like any other tech guy attending ETHDenver, an annual cryptocurrency conference. A venture capital investor based in Florida, Mr. Batey wore a black sweatshirt emblazoned with the logos of more than a dozen crypto companies, with names like LunarCrush and bitSmiley. He had arrived in…
Read MoreJubilant Peruvians Celebrate New Pope At Mass In Adoptive City
Thousands of Catholics gathered on Saturday for an outdoor mass in the Peruvian city of Chiclayo to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV, who for years lived, ate and prayed among them. The first American head of the Catholic Church spent nine years in the commercial hub along the Pacific coast, where he is…
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