‘Old, Fat And Ugly’ Russian Flight Attendant Sues Airline

A Russian flight attendant is suing for discrimination after she claimed she was given less prestigious job opportunities at Russia’s top airline Aeroflot because of her looks, the Associated Press reported Monday. Yevgeniya Magurina joked about the fact she was in the “old, fat and ugly” group, but was serious about not getting to work […]

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International, Travel and Food

Donations to Anti-Defamation League surge in US

Donations to the Anti-Defamation League, one of the oldest anti-discrimination, anti-Semitic organizations in the United States, have spiked sharply since the violence in Charlottesville, the group said Monday. ADL spokeswoman Betsaida Alcantara said donations like the one from James Murdoch — head of Fox News, who last week announced a million-dollar donation — as well

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Turkey, Jordan call for ‘serious’ Mideast peace talks

Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Monday for new “serious and effective” peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, the royal palace said. Meeting in Amman, they urged “the resumption of serious and effective negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel to end the conflict on the basis of a

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Middle East, USA

North Korean Propaganda Video Shows Missiles Hitting Guam

North Korea released a video Saturday depicting missiles crashing down on Guam and President Donald Trump looking out over a field of white crosses. “The fate of the sinful United States ends here,” warned the video, according to the Washington Post, Monday. The U.S. and South Korea began joint military exercises Monday, an annual event

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International, USA

Nigeria’s President Works From Home Due to Rat Takeover

Muhammadu Buhari returned to Nigeria on Saturday after a three-month medical absence—only to find his office infested with rats. A spokesman for the 74-year-old Nigerian president, who has been in the U.K. since May 7 receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment, said that Buhari would be working from home while renovations were carried out at

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Alan Dershowitz: ‘Violent’ Antifa movement is ‘trying to tear down America’

Prominent Harvard law professor and liberal author Alan Dershowitz rebuked the hard-left militant movement Antifa on Tuesday, saying liberals need to avoid turning violent leftist factions into heroes. Appearing on “Fox & Friends” Tuesday morning, Mr. Dershowitz said the movement sweeping the country to take down Confederate-era statues that some find offensive is setting a

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USA

George and Amal Clooney’s justice foundation gives $1 million grant to combat hate groups

Those glamorous do-gooders are at it again. In the wake of the race-fueled violence in Charlottesville, Va., George and Amal Clooney’s Clooney Foundation for Justice has given a $1 million grant to help topple domestic hate groups. The actor/producer and his wife, an international human rights attorney, have partnered with the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Trump Vows to Win in Afghanistan, Won’t Reveal Numbers

President Donald Trump has announced a new strategy in the war in Afghanistan, one that focuses on ending the U.S.’s costly nearly 16-year struggle to quell an Islamist insurgency there by eradicating militants and engaging regional powers, but does not commit to long-term nation-building goals. In a highly anticipated televised address, Trump told troops Monday

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International, USA

Secret Service runs short of money to pay agents protecting Trump and his circle

WASHINGTON — The Secret Service is close to its annual caps for salary and overtime pay for more than 1,000 agents, partly because of President Donald Trump’s large family, multiple properties and frequent travel, according to a report Monday in USA Today. The Secret Service director, Randolph “Tex” Alles, told the newspaper that he is

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