Posts by Amelia Frost
Bangkok Air Pollution Forces 352 Schools To Close
Air pollution in the Thai capital forced the closure of more than 350 schools on Friday, city authorities said, as Bangkok was ranked the world’s seventh-most polluted major city by air quality monitor IQAir. Seasonal air pollution has long afflicted Thailand, like many countries in the region, but this week’s hazy conditions have shuttered the…
Read More‘Nerve-racking’: Inside The Aerial Battle To Tame Los Angeles Fires
Helicopter pilot Tim Thomas has fought dozens of wildfires all over the world, but nothing prepared him for the scale and the challenge of the devastating blazes that ripped through Los Angeles. “I’ve never seen anything the scale that we saw the first night,” he told AFP. Fires erupted almost simultaneously in two separate neighborhoods…
Read MoreDespite Truce, Lebanese From Devastated Naqura Cannot Go Home
All signs of life have disappeared from the bombed-out houses and empty streets of the Lebanese border town of Naqura, but despite a fragile Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire that has held since November, no one can return. The Israeli military is still deployed in parts of Lebanon’s south, days ahead of a January 26 deadline to fully…
Read MoreTrump Signs Executive Order in Attempt to Delay TikTok Ban
President Trump signed an executive order on Monday to delay enforcing a federal ban of TikTok for 75 days, even though the law took effect on Sunday and it is unclear that such a move could override it. The order, one of Mr. Trump’s first acts after taking office, instructs the attorney general not to…
Read MoreTrump Promises Tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and Paves Way for Further Trade Action
President Trump said on Monday night that he planned to impose a 25 percent tariff on products from Canada and Mexico on Feb. 1 and might impose levies on most American imports, as he signed an executive order directing federal agencies to deliver a sweeping review of U.S. trade policies by this spring. Speaking to…
Read MoreTax Change Sows Anger On England Farms
In a field in southwest England where his dairy cows graze, Adam Stanbury said he feared the government’s new farm tax, coupled with existing economic headwinds, will ruin his family business and many others. The 55-year-old, the third generation to farm this land near Barnstaple in Devon, last month joined hundreds of other farmers in…
Read More‘I Rip Out My Lashes To Ease Pain’: Eye Disease Afflicts Ethiopia
Scheicho Scheifa is haunted by the fear of going blind. A disease called trachoma has turned his eyelids inwards, causing his eyelashes to scar his corneas so badly that one has already turned opaque. The 35-year-old farmer and baker, who blinks frequently and suffers in sunshine, said the pain is so fierce he has now…
Read MoreAsian Markets Build On Trump Rally, Yen Steady Ahead Of BoJ
Asian markets rose Friday after a record day on Wall Street in response to Donald Trump’s tax-cut pledge, while the yen weakened slightly ahead of an expected interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan later in the day. In a much-anticipated speech via video link at the Davos World Forum in Switzerland, the new…
Read MoreLeong: We share our streets — and the responsibility to keep them safe
Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Columnists Traffic signals and road design alone aren’t enough to prevent pedestrian collisions Published Jan 20, 2025 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Emergency crews work at the scene of a…
Read MoreSurvivors Strive To Ensure Young Do Not Forget Auschwitz
On a frosty Polish winter evening, 96-year-old Esther Senot told the 100 or so shivering students at Auschwitz-Birkenau how she was a teenager much like them when she was first brought to the Nazi death camp on September 2, 1943. Senot said her older sister, so frail and gaunt she was barely recognisable, made her…
Read MoreClimate Change Cooks Up Japanese ‘Cabbage Shock’
Japan’s much-loved “tonkatsu” pork cutlets come with a mound of freshly shredded cabbage, but a surge in the price of the humble vegetable has prompted chef Katsumi Shinagawa to skimp on servings. The culprit is a changing climate. Last year’s record summer heat and heavy rain ruined crops, driving up the cost of the leafy…
Read MoreCurious About Using a Vibrator for the First Time? Start Here
When I bought my first sex toy, I didn’t know that vibrators for beginners was even a category. I simply asked my roommate what she owned (the Lelo Gigi), bought the same model, and then clumsily figured out how to use a vibrator without doing any research. I didn’t know what I was doing, that…
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