Posts by Amelia Frost
Russia Threatens To Trigger Shadow Fleet Blasts After UK Intercepts Vessel
British forces boarded a sanctioned tanker suspected to be part of the Russian “shadow fleet” and detained it, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Sunday. The shadow fleet tankers are vessels that ship oil violating sanctions slapped over Moscow’s war on Ukraine. Moscow has threatened to rig its tankers with explosives and trigger blasts if the…
Read MoreThe Self-Made Myth: How Billions in Taxpayer Contracts and Grants Built Elon Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Fortune
Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire this week after SpaceX completed the largest IPO in history, yet the fortune he built was seeded, sustained and repeatedly rescued by the same federal government he spent the past year dismantling. On 12 June 2026, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. began trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker…
Read MoreTrump Turns 80 With UFC Fighters in a Cage on the South Lawn Because the Polls Say His Tough-Guy Image Is ‘Crumbling’
Donald Trump turned 80 on Sunday inside the most improbable birthday venue in presidential history: the South Lawn of his own White House, with professional mixed martial arts fighters bleeding inside an octagon cage 28 metres above the ground. The event, dubbed UFC Freedom 250, cost its organisers upwards of £44.3m ($60m) to stage and…
Read MoreEurope Holds Aloft Ukraine Card As Trump Heads To France For G7 Conclave
US President Donald Trump will hold meetings with Middle Eastern leaders in the G7 conclave in France this week, but will not hold a one-to-one meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky. Trump is scheduled to travel to Evian, France, for the G7 summit on Monday. The G7 meet also assumes significance as it comes after…
Read More‘They Were Children’: Activists Target Trump’s Birthday With Mass Postcard Campaign Demanding Justice For Epstein Victims
A large-scale public campaign is currently underway as activists warn Donald Trump on his birthday, sending thousands of postcards demanding definitive action regarding the Jeffrey Epstein case. This coordinated initiative aims to unequivocally remind the current administration that the victims involved in the horrific crimes committed by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were underage. These physical…
Read MoreIran Rejects Trump’s Deal-Signing Claim, Calls Sunday Deadline a Birthday ‘Propaganda Event’
Iranian officials have categorically denied assertions from US President Donald Trump regarding the finalisation of a new diplomatic agreement. Representatives in Tehran rejected claims that a signing ceremony is scheduled to occur in Geneva this Sunday, stating the proposed 14 June timeline aligns suspiciously with the American leader’s birthday and a planned UFC White House…
Read MoreReluctant Iran Deep Dives Into US Terms As Qatari Mediators Push For Virtual Signing
Qatar’s mediators are engaged in efforts to facilitate a virtual signing of a deal that US President Donald Trump said would be signed Sunday to end the Middle East conflict with Iran. Clarity on the details of the process and its timing remain elusive, after Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) aired differing views, CNN…
Read MoreLeaked Email Exposes Why Xbox Is Unleashing Mass Layoffs Next Month
Microsoft’s Xbox division is preparing for major layoffs next month, with deep cuts to marketing and other budgets expected worldwide after 30 June, according to a leaked internal email. The job cuts would be the first substantial shake-up under Asha Sharma, who became chief executive of Microsoft’s gaming unit in February. Xbox, once the cornerstone…
Read MoreDonald Trump Says Deal On Sunday As Flicker Of Peace Returns To Middle East
US President Donald Trump has announced that a peace deal to end the Middle East conflict will be signed on Sunday. The US President made this announcement in a Truth Social post. Trump also said the Strait of Hormuz will be open to all once the deal is signed. Trump said the US will work…
Read MoreChina Sees Red As US Tags BYD, Baidu And Alibaba In ‘Military List’
Beijing has flagged the US move to add prominent Chinese companies companies into a list that identifies firms with links to the Communist nation’s military. The move is a flagrant breach of the consensus struck when US President Donald Trump’s visited Beijing in May for a summit with President Xi Jinping, China’s Ministry of Commerce…
Read MoreVideo: Elon Musk’s Big Bet for SpaceX
Elon Musk is taking SpaceX public and keeping almost all the power. Ryan Mac, a technology reporter for The Times, breaks down why the company’s record I.P.O. is both a big bet on Musk’s vision and a risk for investors. By Ryan Mac, Nour Idriss, Nikolay Nikolov, Stephanie Swart, Rafaela Balster and Sam Rosenthal June…
Read MoreFour Months of Chaos: Why Ayatollah Khamenei’s Burial Was Secretly Postponed Amidst the US-Israel-Iran War
Iran has scheduled the funeral of its slain former supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, from 4 July to 9 July, with ceremonies beginning in Tehran and ending with his burial in Mashhad more than four months after he was killed in Israeli and US airstrikes. The announcement, carried by state media on Saturday, ends months…
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