Posts by Amelia Frost
Pakistan Says India Planning Strike As Tensions Soar Over Kashmir Attack
Pakistan’s information minister said early Wednesday that Islamabad had “credible intelligence” that India was planning an imminent military strike and he vowed a “decisive response”, as worries of spiralling conflict grew over a deadly attack in Kashmir. The statement by Attaullah Tarar — issued shortly before 2:00 am local time (2100 GMT Tuesday) — came…
Read MoreSecret Deals, Foreign Investments, Presidential Policy Changes: The Rise of Trump’s Crypto Firm
The pitch from “ZMoney” arrived on the encrypted messaging app Signal just days before Donald J. Trump’s presidential inauguration. “ZMoney” was Zachary Folkman, an entrepreneur who once ran a company called Date Hotter Girls and was now representing World Liberty Financial, the cryptocurrency firm that Mr. Trump and his sons had recently unveiled. Mr. Folkman…
Read More‘Cruel Measure’: Dominican Crackdown On Haitian Hospitals
Still in pain from giving birth, a Haitian mother carrying her newborn was helped onto a migration services bus in the Dominican Republic, joining a family member who was arrested when he visited her in hospital. Both were detained in a series of raids on Dominican health facilities, launched just over a week ago in…
Read MoreUS Threatens To Quit Russia-Ukraine Effort Unless ‘Concrete Proposals’
Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Tuesday that the United States would end mediation unless Russia and Ukraine come up with “concrete proposals,” as US patience wanes on an early priority for President Donald Trump. Trump had vowed to end the war in his first 24 hours back in the White House but, as he…
Read MoreHong Kong Releases Former Opposition Lawmakers Jailed For Subversion
Several former Hong Kong opposition lawmakers jailed in the city’s largest national security case were released on Tuesday after over four years in prison, the first among dozens convicted last year to regain their freedom. Ex-legislators Claudia Mo, Jeremy Tam, Kwok Ka-ki and Gary Fan were part of a group of 47 public figures —…
Read MoreCuban Court Revokes Parole Of Two Prominent Dissidents
Cuba’s Supreme Court said Tuesday it had revoked the parole of opposition leader Jose Daniel Ferrer who was released under a landmark deal Havana struck with former US President Joe Biden. Ferrer and Felix Navarro, another prisoner released from prison in January, had “failed to comply with the provisions of the law during the probation…
Read MoreAsterix, Obelix And Netflix: US Streamer Embraces Gallic Heroes
France’s beloved comic book heroes Asterix and Obelix are set for their latest incarnation in a Netflix mini-series being released Wednesday, hoping to win over new fans, notably in the United States and Asia. The plucky Gallic rebels, created by illustrator Albert Uderzo and writer Rene Goscinny in 1959, have a vast following thanks to…
Read MoreBase Officially Reaches Stage 1 Decentralization – What’s Next For Popular Layer 2?
KEY POINTS The milestone builds on Base’s launch of its Fault Proofs on Base Mainnet in October It also established a security council consisting of 10 independent entities The achievement enables Base to have a stronger security system and further decentralized control Coinbase-developed Layer 2 blockchain Base announced Tuesday that it has reached Stage 1…
Read MoreMultiple Challenges Await Canada’s Carney
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney celebrated election victory on Tuesday, but he admits “daunting” challenges await, including handling Donald Trump and reshaping the economy. “There is going to be a very short honeymoon,” Marci Surkes, a former advisor to Carney’s predecessor Justin Trudeau, told AFP. Carney acknowledged in a victory speech that the coming months…
Read MoreHarvard Renames DEI Office to “Community and Campus Life” Amid Federal Pressure
Harvard University announced on April 28, 2025, that it will immediately rename its Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (OEDIB) to the Office of Community and Campus Life. The decision comes as the Trump administration escalates its efforts to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programming at universities, threatening billions in federal funding. The…
Read MoreFrench Right-wing TV Host Fans Talk Of Presidential Bid
Provocative French radio and television host Cyril Hanouna has the country guessing Tuesday over whether he will run to be president in 2027. A star of France’s right-wing media and close to the billionaire media mogul Vincent Bollore, Hanouna teased listeners to his Europe 1 radio show that he would tell the “truth” about his…
Read MoreThrive Capital Creating Vehicle for Serial M&A
Thrive Capital has bet big on artificial intelligence, including emerging giants of the field like OpenAI and Databricks. Now the venture capital firm is taking a different approach: creating and buying companies that it believes can benefit from A.I. — including in industries that seem far more humdrum, such as accounting — and holding on…
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