The passenger forcibly removed from a United Airlines flight April 9 officially reached a settlement with the company, his lawyers reported Thursday. David Dao’s attorneys, of Chicago-based Corboy & Demetrio, called the agreement “amicable. “Mr. Munoz said he was going to do the right thing, and he has,” one of Dao’s lawyers, Thomas Demetrio, said
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Travel and Food, USAU.S. President Donald Trump aims to pressure North Korea into dismantling its nuclear and missile programs through economic sanctions and diplomatic measures while remaining open to negotiations, top U.S. officials said in a rare joint statement Wednesday. “North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons is an urgent national security threat and top foreign policy priority. Upon
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International, USACentral Bureau of Statistics figures show number of residents increased by 1.9% in the past year, including 174,000 babies By Stuart Winer Children play in the fountains at Teddy Kollek Park in Jerusalem on July 26, 2016 (Zack Wajsgras/Flash90) Israel’s population stands at 8,680,000 and is increasing at nearly two percent a year, according to
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Middle EastWashington (dpa) – US President Donald Trump said neighbouring Canada had been “very rough on the United States,” as his administration began assessing tariffs on imported Canadian lumber on Tuesday. The Commerce Department said it would impose countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber of between 3 per cent and 24 per cent, with an average
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International, USANikki Haley, the United States Ambassador to the UN, on Tuesday spoke before the World Jewish Congress” (WJC) Plenary Assembly in New York, vowing that “it”s a new day for Israel at the United Nations.” “The United States will no longer be silent as Israel is unfairly attacked at the United Nations. Silence is not
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International, Middle East, USABritain”s Liberal Democrat party on Tuesday suspended one of its members due to anti-Semitic posts he distributed on social media. According to the Daily Mail, Ashuk Ahmed, 51, was suspended by the party after the newspaper revealed his anti-Semitic posts. Ahmed had posted a series of posts comparing Jews to Nazis, suggesting that Zionists controlled
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International, Middle EastArab MK Talab Abu Arar (Joint Arab List) claimed Israel’s government is responsible for “racist attacks” against Israeli Arabs. Abu Arar’s attack follows the arrest of youths, including soldiers, after they attacked Arabs who dated Jewish girls. In an interview with Quds Paras, Abu Arar said the “Palestinian presence in Be’er Sheva is angering the
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Middle EastIsrael has appointed a female judge to a Sharia court for the first time, breaking with the country’s Jewish ultra-Orthodox ideology that forbids women from serving as jurists in religious courts. The Judicial Appointments Committee —headed by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked of the ultra-nationalist Jewish Home party — voted unanimously for the appointment of Hana
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Middle EastA factory in China where Ivanka Trump’s fashion line is made pays its workers $62 for a 60-hour working week, A factory audit, published Monday and reported in the The Washington Post, gathered information from inspections conducted in October. The 80 workers in the factory knit clothes for G-III Apparel Group, which has held the
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International, USAA video originally posted more than two years ago resurfaced recently, increasing attention on the dire human rights situation in North Korea. In the clip, Yeonmi Park, a young defector, told the story of her life in North Korea and what it was like fleeing the country. “North Korea is indescribable,” Yeonmi said in an
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InternationalNew York (dpa) – Nine former US ambassadors to the United Nations have warned that planned cuts to the body’s funding by the Trump administration could alienate allies and weaken Washington’s hand. In a letter to the US Congress made public Tuesday, the ambassadors acknowledged that the international organization was “imperfect” but argued that the
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International, USARussian authorities have already begun breaking up Jehovah’s Witnesses services and collecting members’ identities following a Supreme Court decision to uphold a ban on the religious organization, a spokesman for the faith said Tuesday. Related: US: Russia’s Jehovah’s Witnesses Ban Shows ‘Paranoia’ of Vladimir Putin’s Government Backing a charge from Russia’s justice ministry that Jehovah’s
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InternationalBangkok (dpa) – Former British prime minister David Cameron on Wednesday criticized US President Donald Trump’s foreign policies in a keynote speech held in Bangkok. “The biggest problem with Trump’s travel ban is this is not a clash between civilizations,” Cameron said in a speech titled “Altered States – Has Globalization had its Day?” at
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International, USASeoul (dpa) – Hundreds of local residents on Wednesday protested as US troops began installing a missile defence system known as THAAD in South Korea, local media reported. Overnight, six trailers reportedly transported parts of the system, which is being installed at a site in Seongju, in the country’s south-east, news agency Yonhap reported. South
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