Posts by Amelia Frost
Argentine Court Issues Warrants For Myanmar Officials Accused Of Rohingya ‘Genocide’
An Argentine court has issued arrest warrants for the head of Myanmar’s military junta and former officials including Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi over alleged “genocide and crimes against humanity” targeting the Rohingya minority group. The court ruling, seen by AFP on Friday, was issued in response to a complaint filed in…
Read MoreDemocratic Congressman Slams Vance For ‘Lecturing Europeans’ on ‘Political Tolerance’ as Trump Admin Continues Federal Firings: ‘That’s a Bit Much’
Dem. Congressman Gerry Connolly slammed JD Vance for his comments at the Munich Security Conference on Friday. Getty Images Democratic Congressman Gerry Connolly slammed Vice President JD Vance during for “lecturing Europeans” on “political tolerance” during his address to global leaders at the Munich Security Conference. When asked during a CNN interview Friday who he…
Read MoreUkranians Mark Valentine’s Day With Tears
All Natalia has for Valentine’s Day is the grave of her husband, Vassyl, a Ukrainian soldier killed at the front and now buried in the western city of Lviv. That and a purple book of poems she clutches tightly in her hands. “I gave this book to him as a wedding anniversary present. A month…
Read MoreGerman Sports Carmaker Porsche To Cut 1,900 Jobs
Sports car manufacturer Porsche said Thursday it will axe 1,900 jobs after sales slumped in China and amid a tricky shift to electric vehicles, the latest blow for Germany’s stalling auto sector. The cuts will be made in the coming years in Germany, at the luxury brand’s Stuttgart headquarters and the firm’s nearby research centre,…
Read MoreTrump’s Tariffs Could Worsen Europe’s Economic Slowdown
President Trump’s promise to hit the United States’ trading partners with tit-for-tat tariffs — including penalties for taxes that he claims the European Union unfairly imposes on American imports — could hardly come at a worse time for the continent. Mr. Trump on Thursday signed a memo directing his teams to prepare by April “reciprocal”…
Read MoreTrump’s Funding Freezes Bruise a Core Constituency: Farmers
Skylar Holden, a cattle rancher in Missouri, had signed a $240,000 cost-sharing contract with the Agriculture Department to add fencing and improve the watering system for his property. But after the Trump administration abruptly froze federal funding, Mr. Holden said, he was suddenly out tens of thousands of dollars and on the hook for tens…
Read MoreBrazil’s Lula Threatens ‘Reciprocity’ In US Steel Tariff Row
Brazil’s President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday vowed “reciprocity” in response to a 25-percent levy on steel imports announced by US President Donald Trump. “There is no doubt, there will be reciprocity” from Brazil — the second-largest exporter of steel to the United States after Canada, Lula told Radio Clube do Para. Brazil…
Read MoreArkansas Priest Accused of Drowning Cats After Tip Led Police to Find Horrific Setup At His Home
Charles J. Thessing Lawyer Herald An Arkansas priest faces criminal charges for allegedly trapping and then drowning cats. Charles Thessing, 63, a priest at St. Michael Church in West Memphis, faces aggravated animal cruelty charges. Thessing was arrested Tuesday following a tip and now has been suspended by the Diocese of Little Rock, WREG-TV reported.…
Read MoreOverlooked No More: Lena Richard, Who Brought Creole Cooking to the Masses
This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. In 1949, as the chef Lena Richard stirred steaming pots of okra gumbo and shrimp bisque on live TV in New Orleans, viewers across the city — mostly white housewives and the…
Read MoreWhich Interest Rate Should You Care About?
Watch out for interest rates. Not the short-term rates controlled by the Federal Reserve. Barring an unforeseen financial crisis, they’re not going anywhere, especially not after the jump in inflation reported by the government on Wednesday. Instead, pay attention to the 10-year Treasury yield, which has been bouncing around since the election from about 4.8…
Read MoreVance, Germany Lock Horns Over Far Right
US Vice-President JD Vance Friday urged Germany’s mainstream political parties to drop resistance to cooperating with the far right, hours after Berlin rejected American “meddling” ahead of its election. “Democracy rests on the sacred principle that the voice of the people matters,” said Vance in a speech to the Munich Security Conference. “There’s no room…
Read MoreHow to Back Up All Your Data and Important Documents
In recent weeks, Elon Musk and his aides have gained access to many federal agencies’ systems and unknown amounts of data. Many readers have written in to share their fears that the agencies — and the personal data they possess on hundreds of millions of taxpayers — are now vulnerable. When people tinker with vital…
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