Posts by Amelia Frost
AI App Offers A Lifeline For S.Africa’s Abused Women
She says she was violated by police. Now she’s brainstorming an AI-integrated app with a panic button that alerts private security to help other women caught in South Africa’s tragically high rates of abuse. Peaches, as the 35-year-old sex worker asked to be identified, is among the more than a third of South African women…
Read MoreThai Hostage Freed From Gaza Says Feels ‘Reborn’ After Return Home
A Thai farm worker held hostage in Gaza for more than a year said he felt “reborn” as he and four compatriots arrived home on Sunday to tears of joy from their relieved families. The five Thais smiled as they walked into the arrivals hall at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport after being freed on January 30…
Read MoreHamas Says Israel Withdraws From Key Gaza Road
A Hamas official said Israeli troops on Sunday completed their withdrawal from a strategic road bisecting the Gaza Strip, part of a fragile truce deal that Israel said it was implementing. “Israeli forces have dismantled their positions and military posts and completely withdrawn their tanks from the Netzarim Corridor on Salaheddin Road, allowing vehicles to…
Read MoreHow GoFundMe Became a $250 Million Lifeline After the L.A. Fires
During a news conference four day after the fires began, Kathryn Barger, the chair of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, said she had been forced to pay a $95 fee to the company to make a $500 donation to a friend whose home had been lost in the fire. “I was shocked,” she…
Read MoreTrump, Expected to Attend Super Bowl, Has Had a Fraught Relationship With the NFL
During President Trump’s first term, his relationship with the N.F.L. was contentious. He downplayed the severity of concussions in football even as the league took steps to reduce head trauma in the game, and suggested that football was declining because it is not as violent as it once was. Most notably, in 2017, he urged…
Read MoreTrump’s Blueprint for Bending the Media Has Nixon Written All Over It
Voters had delivered the president to the White House for a second term, disregarding news about arrests and indictments of former aides accused of breaking the law to help keep him in power. Now, the newly emboldened president and his top officials had a message for the reporters who covered it all so aggressively: It…
Read More‘Trump is greatest friend Israel has ever had,’ Says Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed strong admiration for President Trump in comments made on Saturday, calling him “the greatest friend that Israel has ever had in the White House.” Netanyahu’s statement highlighted the significant support Trump provided to Israel during his presidency, underscoring the close relationship between the two leaders. Netanyahu spoke with host…
Read MoreSharing Bank Accounts Can Deepen a Couple’s Relationship
When Nia Darville Stokes-Hicks and Armondi Stokes-Hicks married two years ago, they set up five bank accounts. Each had an individual bank account for personal spending, and they shared a checking account for paying household bills. They had a joint savings account. And they had yet another account for money the couple set aside to…
Read More‘Anora’ Wins Top Hollywood Producer And Director Prizes
“Anora” was named the best film of the year by Hollywood’s directors and producers on Saturday, cementing its new status as the film to beat at the upcoming Oscars. The black comedy from director Sean Baker, about an erotic dancer’s whirlwind romance gone wrong, picked up the prestigious Directors Guild of America and Producers Guild…
Read MoreMusk Confirms He Does Not Plan To Acquire TikTok
Elon Musk, the tech billionaire, made it clear that he has no interest in acquiring the video-sharing app TikTok. He further emphasized that he has no specific plans or intentions regarding what actions he would take if he were to become the owner of the platform. “I haven’t made a bid for TikTok and I…
Read More‘CFPB RIP!’ Russell Vought Halts Key Bureau Activities
Russell Vought, now serving as the acting head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), issued a series of directives to employees on Saturday night. These orders effectively brought a significant portion of the bureau’s operations to a halt. In an email sent to CFPB employees, Vought confirmed that he had assumed the role of…
Read MoreKosovo Votes Amid Tensions With Allies, Serbia
Voters will cast ballots in Kosovo elections Sunday in a contest that pits combative incumbent Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s quest to stamp out Serbian influence against a fractured opposition’s vow to boost the economy. Kurti and his Vetevendosje (“Self-Determination”) party (VV) have campaigned on their efforts to dismantle the remaining Serbian institutions in Kosovo while…
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