Mina Fabulous

2686 POSTS
Mina Fabulous follows the news, especially what is going on in the US State Department. Mina turns State Department waffle into plain English. Mina Fabulous is the pen name of Carmen Avalino, the NewsBlaze production editor. When she isn't preparing stories for NewsBlaze writers, she writes stories, but to separate her editing and writing identities, she uses the name given by her family and friends.

Exclusive articles:

US Slams Iran’s Rotation as Chair of Conference on Disarmament

She explains that while the presidency of the CD is largely ceremonial and involves no substantive responsibilities, allowing Iran-a country that is in flagrant violation of its obligations under multiple UN Security Council Resolutions.

Is China Showing a Sign of Shift in Its Policy Stance on North Korea?

With the reports starting to make headlines that the Bank of China publicly announced last week that it closed the account of North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank, question then emerged, is China showing a sign of shift in its policy stance on North Ko

Pakistan Holds Historic Elections

The poll was generally seen as successful one, but violence on Saturday killed at least 24 lives.

Two Car-Bombings Kill 46 in Turkey

Reports say the deadly bombings also injured more than hundred civilians and at least 20 in critical condition.

Syrian Citizens Warned to Evacuate Town of Qusayr Ahead of An Attack

The leaflets reportedly included a map of a safe route by which to evacuate.

Breaking

How Buy Now, Pay Later Debt Changes Your Bankruptcy Decisions

Does buy now, pay later debt count when you're deciding whether to file for bankruptcy? More and more, yes, even when the balance never touched your credit report. Split-pay loans from apps like Klarna, Afterpay, Affirm, and Zip have become

The Debt Collector’s AI Voice Agent: How Synthetic-Voice Dunning Calls Are Colliding With Decades-Old Consumer Protection Rules

Most consumers assume the friendly voice on a collection call belongs to a person following a script. It is often a script following a person. A synthetic voice, cloned or generated by an AI agent, working a call list on behalf of a collect

The Black Box in the Crossover: What Vehicle Event Data Recorders Capture in the Seconds Before a Fatal Pedestrian Crash

A pedestrian killed by a crossover has, on average, about 20 seconds of the driver's inputs sitting inside the car that hit them. Throttle position. Brake pressure. Steering angle. Whether the seat belt was buckled and whether stability con

When the CFO Leaves: How Growing Companies Keep the Books on Track

Most owners assume a CFO exit is mainly an HR headache. Post the job, run the search, backfill the seat. The seat is the easy part. What breaks first is the reporting cadence: the month-end close nobody owns, the covenant calculation that u
spot_imgspot_img