Posts by Amelia Frost
Why China Is Investing So Much Money in Moroccan Factories
When Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, returned from the Group of 20 summit in Brazil last November, he made a stopover in Casablanca, where he was greeted with dates and milk, the traditional welcome for honored guests, and a meeting with Crown Prince Moulay Hassan of Morocco. The brief visit was a sign of the…
Read MoreTrump’s White House Creates Own Media Universe
From influencer-only briefings to memes of Donald Trump as the pope and a “Star Wars” Jedi master, the White House is creating its own alternate media reality. Since Trump’s return to the US presidency in January, his team has given right-wing “new media” an increasingly prominent place as it steps up its war on the…
Read MoreFearing Trump, Some Law Firms Decline Pro Bono Immigration Cases
Hours after Donald J. Trump was sworn in for a second term, he issued an executive order laying the groundwork for mass deportations of immigrants and denying them legal assistance. Public interest groups focused on immigrant rights teamed up to fight the order and called in Gibson Dunn, a major law firm with the resources…
Read MoreFacing the Final Chapter: Resolution Financial Advisors on Navigating the End-of-Life Cycle for Businesses
Reaching the end of the road is an emotional, operational, and logistical challenge for many businesses. Whether sudden or long-anticipated, concluding a company’s operations involves complex obligations. Specialized expertise from firms like Resolution Financial Advisors LLC becomes essential in these moments of uncertainty. Resolution was founded to support companies facing financial distress and end-of-life transitions.…
Read MoreElon Musk Tried Keeping Issues at His Texas Mansion Private, Emails Show
Few people want beefs with their neighbors to become public. That includes Elon Musk. In March, Mr. Musk’s team lobbied officials in the upscale city of West Lake Hills, Texas, to keep quiet the details of one of his mansions and security operations, according to emails to city employees obtained by The New York Times…
Read MoreAP To Continue Crediting ‘Napalm Girl’ Photo To Nick Ut After Probe
The Associated Press news agency will continue to credit one of its most distinctive photos, “Napalm Girl” taken during the Vietnam War, to photographer Nick Ut despite questions about who took it, the wire said Tuesday. The black and white photo of a severely burned Vietnamese girl, running naked down a road after a 1972…
Read MoreUS Jury Awards WhatsApp $168 Mn In NSO Group Cyberespionage Suit
A US jury on Tuesday handed WhatsApp a major victory in its cyberespionage suit against NSO Group, ordering the Israel-based firm to pay some $168 million in damages. Meta-owned WhatsApp sued NSO in late 2019 in federal court in Northern California, accusing it of planting Pegasus spy software on the smartphones of targets using the…
Read MoreIndia Launches Strikes On Pakistan As Islamabad Vows Retaliation
India fired missiles at Pakistani territory early Wednesday in a major escalation of tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals, as Islamabad vowed retaliation. The Indian government said it had attacked nine sites, describing them as “precision strikes at terrorist camps” in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, days after it blamed Islamabad for a deadly attack on the Indian side…
Read MoreTrump Says US Should To Stop ‘Subsidizing’ Canada As Trade Talks Continue
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the United States should stop “subsidizing” Canada, as he hosted the country’s recently reelected premier Mark Carney for talks in Washington. Canada has been caught up in the new administration’s stop-start tariff rollout, which has hit goods not covered under an existing free trade arrangement with levies of up…
Read MoreTrump Insists There Are ‘Lots of Advantages’ if Canada Becomes 51st State While Sitting Next to Canadian Prime Minister
President Donald Trump reiterated his desire for Canada to become the 51st U.S. state while sitting next to the country’s newly elected prime minister Mark Carney on Tuesday. President Donald Trump insisted there are “lots of advantages” if Canada became the 51st state while sitting next to the newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.…
Read MoreTreasury Secretary Mocked for Proposing to Raise the Debt Ceiling Without Using ‘Any Gimmicks’: ‘Printing Money IS the Gimmick’
Scott Bessent asserted the Trump administration will not default on its debts despite the treasury potentially running out of money in July. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was mocked online after testifying before a House appropriations subcommittee that the Trump administration plans to raise the debt ceiling without relying on “any gimmicks.” “The United States…
Read MoreWATCH: Far-Right Politician Rips Down, Burns EU Flag After Losing Immunity Over Antisemitic Disruptions
Far-right politician and Polish presidential candidate Grzegorz Braun wiped his shoes on the European Union flag before setting it on fire hours after European Parliament officially stripped him of parliamentary immunity. After removing the European Union’s flag to stomp on it, Braun addressed reporters. “We will never in Poland exhibit signs against us of an…
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