Posts by Amelia Frost
Beyonce Wins Top Country Album Honors At Grammys
Beyonce on Sunday won the Grammy for the year’s best country album for her culture-shaking “Cowboy Carter,” a record that served as an indictment of the Nashville-centered industry long accused of sidelining Black artists. It was the second prize of the night for the most decorated artist in Grammys history, with four more opportunities to…
Read MoreGrammys Red Carpet: All The Drama, All The Hotness
Music’s brightest stars on Sunday rocked the red carpet at the Grammys, music’s biggest night in their sexiest, skin-baring ensembles. While the Oscars are known for embracing a classic brand of Hollywood glamour, the Grammys are daring: some of the most iconic fashion looks have emerged at the storied gala, such as Jennifer Lopez’s plunging…
Read MoreGlobal Markets Brace for Fallout From Trump Tariffs
Markets around the world braced for volatile trading on Monday as investors began to assess the potential fallout from President Trump’s announcement of tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China. On Monday, markets in Japan and South Korea were more than 2 percent lower. The Taiwan Stock Exchange weighted index slumped around 4 percent. Overnight trading…
Read MoreGlobal Warming Makes French Reservoir A Winter Resort For Migrating Cranes
The Lac du Der was once just a passing glimpse for hundreds of thousands of cranes flying from Scandinavia in search of sunshine, but with global warming the French reservoir has become an attractive winter retreat. Tens of thousands of the majestic birds now spend Europe’s coldest months around the 48 square kilometre (19 square…
Read MoreOpenAI Unveils New A.I. Agent for Research
A week ago, OpenAI released a tool that can go online to shop for groceries or book a restaurant reservation. Now it is offering A.I. technology that can gather information from across the internet and synthesize it in concise reports. OpenAI unveiled the new tool, called Deep Research, with a demonstration on YouTube on Sunday,…
Read MorePlane and Aircraft Tug Collide in Chicago, Critically Injuring Driver
A worker at Chicago O’Hare International Airport was critically injured on Saturday after a vehicle that tows aircraft and a plane collided, causing the vehicle to flip over, officials said. The collision took place about 7:35 p.m. local time, when an Air Wisconsin jet that was approaching a gate struck the vehicle, which is also…
Read MoreMusk Brands USAID ‘Criminal’ As Civil Service Scrutiny Grows
Elon Musk attacked the US Agency for International Development, calling it a “criminal organization” on Sunday, sparking fear over the intensity of President Donald Trump’s unprecedented scrutiny of the work of the civil service. The assault on the agency tasked with humanitarian relief overseas marks a significant new front in Trump’s move to give unprecedented…
Read MoreTrade War Heats Up After Trump Orders Tariffs and Canada Retaliates
The United States and its biggest trading partners were hurtling on Sunday into a new era of protectionism as Canada, Mexico and China said they would adopt countermeasures against new tariffs levied by President Trump. From honey to tomatoes, and from clothes to toilet bowls, a wide range of American goods that cross the border…
Read MoreTrump Administration to Remove 4 Major News Outlets From Pentagon Office Space
The Trump administration notified four major news organizations late on Friday that they would have to give up their dedicated office space at the Pentagon to make way for other outlets, including the right-wing sites Breitbart News and One America News. In a memo, a Department of Defense spokesman, John Ullyot, said that The New…
Read MoreTrump Warns Americans They Will Feel ‘Some Pain’ From New Tariffs
President Donald Trump warned Americans they will feel “some pain” from the new tariffs he’s imposing on Mexico, Canada and China. Trump announced he was imposing the tariffs Saturday; they will be 25% on Mexican and Canadian imports, and 10% on Chinese imports. He shared the message on his Truth Social platform. Today, I have…
Read MoreWhy Is This C.E.O. Bragging About Replacing Humans With A.I.?
Ask typical corporate executives about their goals in adopting artificial intelligence, and they will most likely make vague pronouncements about how the technology will help employees enjoy more satisfying careers, or create as many opportunities as it eliminates. A.I. will “help tackle the kind of tasks most people find repetitive, which frees up employees to…
Read MoreTrump Tariffs Threaten to Upend Global Economic Order
President Trump’s move this weekend to slap sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China is threatening to fracture the global trading system and a world economic order that once revolved around a U.S. economy that prized open investment and free markets. The speed and scope of the import duties that Mr. Trump unveiled in executive…
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