Posts by Amelia Frost
Syria Forces Deploy In Druze Heartland After US Brokers Deal With Israel
Syrian interior ministry forces began deploying in Sweida on Saturday under a US-brokered deal intended to avert further Israeli military intervention in the Druze-majority province. Israel had bombed defence ministry forces in both Sweida and Damascus earlier this week to force their withdrawal after they were accused of summary executions and other abuses against Druze…
Read MoreGaza Civil Defence Says Israeli Attacks Kill 26 Near Two Aid Centres
Gaza’s civil defence agency on Saturday said Israeli gunfire killed 26 people and wounded more than 100 near two aid centres, in the latest deaths of Palestinians seeking food. Deaths of people waiting for handouts in huge crowds near food points in Gaza have become a regular occurrence, with the territory’s authorities frequently blaming Israeli…
Read MoreDR Congo, M23 Armed Group Sign Ceasefire Deal
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed armed group M23 signed a ceasefire deal on Saturday to end fighting that has devastated the country’s mineral-rich but conflict-torn east. The truce was agreed in a Declaration of Principles signed by the two sides after three months of talks in the Qatari capital, Doha, which follows a…
Read MoreMigrants Freed From El Salvador Reach Venezuela In US Prisoner Deal
Hundreds of Venezuelans swept up in President Donald Trump’s immigration dragnet reached home Friday after their release from a maximum security Salvadoran jail as part of a prisoner swap with the United States. The 252 men were accused — without evidence — of being gang members and flown to the notorious CECOT “anti-terror” jail in…
Read More‘Clumsy’ Japanese PM Ishiba’s Future In The Balance
Shigeru Ishiba likes the nitty gritty of policy, cigarettes and making models, but his dream job as Japanese prime minister could go up in smoke this weekend. Opinion polls suggest that Ishiba’s coalition could lose its majority in upper house elections on Sunday, a result that might push him to resign. The Liberal Democratic Party…
Read MoreColdplay Cheating Scandal: Company Launches Investigation After CEO Caught With HR Manager
The viral Coldplay concert kiss cam moment between a married tech CEO and the company’s HR director has initiated a corporate investigation. The pair’s panic — pulling away from their embrace and covering their faces as they realize they’re on camera — caught the attention of a stadium full of fans in Boston. “Either they’re…
Read MoreUS Single-Family Homebuilding Falls To 11-Month Low
Single-family home construction in the U.S. dropped sharply in June, hitting its lowest level in nearly a year, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. The decline reflects growing pressure from high mortgage rates, rising costs, and lingering economic uncertainty. Single-family housing starts fell by 4.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate…
Read MoreFrom Confusion to Confidence: Why Most Traders Fail and How Jody Samuels Is the Missing Link
There’s never been a better time to get into trading, and never a worse time to do it without preparation. The markets are saturated with inexperienced retail traders who see trading as a quick win. Many jump in with high leverage, fueled by the hype created throughout various social media channels, only to blow up…
Read MoreWhere Fine Art Meets Strategy: Inside Cyrice Griffith’s World of Luxury Chess Design
Cyrice Griffith, FRSA never intended to become a chessboard artist. But the moment her nine-year-old son came home one day in 2010 and asked to teach her how to play chess, something profound shifted. In the middle of a divorce and seeking moments of clarity and connection, Griffith found herself immersed in a quiet, strategic…
Read MoreBIO INX: Bridging the Gap Between Regenerative Research and Real-World Impact
Decades of scientific discovery in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine have led to breakthroughs. However, the translation of these technologies into clinical therapies hasn’t been as immediate as anticipated. BIO INX was founded to address this bottleneck. Its mission is to equip scientists, clinicians, and industry players with the reliable biomaterials they need to bring…
Read MoreWomen’s Basketball Is a Cultural Supernova, But What Comes Next Is Even Bigger
Women’s sports are so wildly popular right now that I sometimes forget that wasn’t always the case. But back in October, we profiled New York Liberty CEO Keia Clarke—who, in 2020, helped shepherd the team from a 2,000-seat arena in the ’burbs to the 17,700-seat Barclays Center in the heart of Brooklyn—and in that interview,…
Read MoreTrump Pushes MAGA Theory on Epstein Files But It Backfires: ‘Then What’s Stopping You From Releasing Everything?’
President Donald Trump tried spinning a popular MAGA theory to help defend why the files on Jeffrey Epstein have not been released yet, only for it to backfire online. Trump took to Truth Social Thursday morning to rally his supporters against Democrats, seemingly suggesting that if there was anything on him in the Epstein files…
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