Posts by Amelia Frost
M23 Seize Key City Amid Mounting Fears Of DR Congo Breakup
Columns of M23 fighters allied with Rwandan troops on Sunday entered the centre of another key city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the African Union highlighted growing fears that the strife-torn country could break up. The armed group reached outlying districts of Bukavu, capital of South Kivu province, on Friday, shortly after taking…
Read MoreCalgary Sun letters to the editor, Feb. 16, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Letters Published Feb 16, 2025 • Last updated 14 minutes ago • 2 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre arrives at the Canada First rally on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. Photo by Andrej Ivanov…
Read MoreNavalny Supporters Risk Reprisals With Memorial Events A Year After Death
A year after Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died behind bars, his supporters held memorial events on Sunday, with hundreds risking reprisals by visiting his grave in Moscow. Throughout the morning, people braved glacial temperatures to file past Navalny’s grave in Moscow’s Borisovskoye cemetery, defying warnings that authorities would be watching them. Meanwhile, world leaders…
Read MoreMarvel’s New ‘Captain America’ Is No. 1, Despite Poor Reviews
At the height of the superhero boom a few years ago, Disney pushed its Marvel assembly lines to run faster and faster. After awhile, quality suffered and ticket sales declined. So Disney slowed the pace. Last year, Marvel released one movie (the megasuccessful “Deadpool & Wolverine”) and two Disney+ series. To compare, in 2021 Marvel…
Read MoreHow Trump’s One-for-One Tariff Plan Threatens the Global Economy
The world economy was already grappling with a perplexing assortment of variables, from geopolitical conflicts and a slowdown in China to the evolving complexities of climate change. Then, President Trump unleashed a plan to uproot decades of trade policy. In starting a process to impose so-called reciprocal tariffs on American trading partners, Mr. Trump increased…
Read MoreHow Pet Parrots Started a War Inside an NYC Apartment Building
Instead, the Rutherford leaned heavily on Charlotte Kullen. Her six-hour deposition, taken in September 2022, is difficult to read, in part because it captures her distress and in part because that distress is, legally speaking, beside the point. The judge overseeing the case signaled that she wanted a mediator to help the sides come to…
Read MoreThousands Of Probationary Employees Fired As Trump Administration Directs For Widespread Layoffs
Probationary employees across several federal health agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services on Saturday were notified of their termination through nearly identical letters. The letters informed them that their positions would be ending, marking a widespread reduction in staffing within these agencies. The letter, which was obtained by CBS News, stated: “Unfortunately,…
Read MoreTrump Media Loses More Than $400 Million In 2024
The parent company of Truth Social, President Donald Trump’s social networking platform, reported a loss of $400.9 million last year, with annual revenue dropping 12% to $3.6 million. Trump Media & Technology Group released its earnings late Friday, attributing part of the $400.9 million loss to a revenue-sharing deal with an unnamed advertising partner. After…
Read MoreRubio To Discuss Gaza Truce With Israel PM On First Leg Of Mideast Tour
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will discuss the Gaza ceasefire with Israel’s prime minister in Jerusalem on Sunday, launching a Middle East tour a day after the latest hostage-prisoner exchange. On his first visit to the region as Washington’s top diplomat, Rubio is expected to push US President Donald Trump’s widely condemned proposal to…
Read More18 Dead In India Stampede To Catch Trains To Hindu Mega-festival
At least 18 people died during a stampede at a railway station in India’s capital late Saturday when surging crowds scrambled to catch trains to the world’s largest religious gathering, officials and reports said. The Kumbh Mela attracts tens of millions of Hindu faithful every 12 years to the northern city of Prayagraj, and has…
Read MoreTrump Tariffs Fuel US Auto Anxiety
A flood of presidential trade policy announcements has kept US automakers on edge since Donald Trump returned to the White House last month. While some signature threats — like 25 percent tariffs on Mexico and Canada — have been wielded and then paused, Trump’s multipronged assault on the international trade order is building up incremental…
Read MoreDon’t Know Who To Vote For? Germany Has An App For That: The Wahl-O-Mat
Voting can be confusing, especially for young people casting their ballots for the first time, but in Germany they have an app to guide them through the democratic ritual: the Wahl-O-Mat. Also available online, the digital tool’s name translates roughly to the “voting machine” and has been a hit since its inception more than two…
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