Posts by Amelia Frost
Brent Crude Dips Below $100 Amid Optimism About Progress Towards Ending Iran War
Oil continued to drop on Thursday amid optimism about progress towards ending the war in Iran. Brent crude, the international benchmark, dropped a little over 3% at 9:48 a.m. ET, dipping below $100 a barrel. The West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark, also fell, standing below $93 per barrel at the same time. Stocks are…
Read MoreU.S. Allies Reportedly Took Measures Against Washington Over Operation To Help Ships Through Strait Of Hormuz
The Trump administration cancelled its operation to help ships transit through the Strait of Hormuz despite Iran’s blockade following backlash from Saudi Arabia, according to a new report. NBC News detailed that Riyadh told Washington it would prevent it from using its bases in the country to carry out the operation after the announcement about…
Read MoreWhat Makes a Perfect Business in 2026 (3 Things Most Founders Get Wrong)
Dan Bedford is the CEO of Connexion and Founder of Clio Dan Bedford is the CEO of Connexion and Founder of Clio, a messaging platform that unifies WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook into one automated workspace. This week’s Visionary Voices sits down with Dan Bedford, founder of Clio, the messaging aggregation platform that wants to replace…
Read MoreThe Prediction Market That Doesn’t Take Your Money
In January, Polymarket processed roughly four million euros in wagers on the Portuguese presidential election in the hours before results were announced. Within forty-eight hours, the country’s gambling regulator ordered the platform to wind down its operations in Portugal. Hungary’s regulator blocked the domain entirely the same week. By the end of the month, Polymarket…
Read MoreWhy Cassandra Worthy Is Moving Beyond Change Management
There is a moment Cassandra Worthy returns to often. She was sitting in a conference room in Boston, snow piling against the windows, recently transferred into an acquired business unit at Procter & Gamble, newly single, and navigating days that made her want to quit entirely. Her research was being presented to executives without her…
Read MoreBarack Obama Shockingly Responds To Trump’s AI Video Depicting Him And Michelle Obama As Apes
Barack Obama has delivered a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump’s use of artificial intelligence to deploy racist attacks against his family. In a wide-ranging interview published on Monday, 4 May 2026, the former President told The New Yorker that a viral video depicting him and Michelle Obama as apes represented a dangerous new low in…
Read More‘I Fired Her’: Jeremy Boreing Stuns Fans As He Debunks Candace Owens Exit Claims
Jeremy Boreing said he severed ties with Candice Owens after she crossed the line with one disparaging comment. Boreing commended Candace Owens’ grit and ambition, both of which contributed to her rise at The Daily Wire. ‘I’m not the cause of Candace’s talent or fame, but I did play a role,’ Boreing told the Daily…
Read MoreDefiant Border Czar Rejects Claims Trump Is Going Soft on Immigration, Says ‘Mass Deportations Are Coming’
White House border czar Tom Homan dismissed criticism from within President Trump’s base that the administration is retreating from its deportation agenda, telling a border security conference Tuesday that “mass deportations are coming” and warning jurisdictions that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities that they will see more enforcement. “For the people out there saying…
Read MoreMars Missions Could Now Be Faster As Astronomers Suggest New Shortcut To Make Travel Time 153 Days
A new study suggests that future missions to Mars could be completed far more quickly than previously thought, potentially cutting travel times to just over five months for a full round trip. By analysing the path of a near-Earth asteroid, astronomers have identified a possible shortcut through space that could reshape how interplanetary travel is…
Read MoreSamsung Hits $1 Trillion Valuation — Stock Explodes As AI Chip Race Intensifies
Samsung Electronics on Wednesday crossed a market capitalisation of $1 trillion (£793 billion), making the South Korean chip giant only the second firm in Asia to reach the milestone after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. The stock jumped more than 15 per cent in Seoul trading, putting it on course for the biggest one-day advance in…
Read MoreExperts Criticize F.D.A. Move to Withhold Studies on Vaccine Safety: ‘A Pretty Active Act of Sabotage’
Officials at the Food and Drug Administration blocked the publication of several government-funded studies supporting the safety of Covid-19 and shingles vaccines in recent months, according to current and former officials familiar with the decisions, raising concerns among scientists about political interference in federal health research. The studies, conducted by FDA scientists using millions of…
Read MoreUber Employee Turned $20K Side Hustle Into $10K-A-Month Sauce Brand After PCOS Diagnosis
Every bottle of She’s The Sauce contains four grams of protein and two grams of fibre. It costs nothing in advertising spend to sell. The woman behind it, Nicole Glabman, still clocks in full-time at Uber five days a week. Glabman, 30, bootstrapped the condiment brand with $20,000 (£15,800) of personal savings after a polycystic…
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