Thursday, October 8

Tag: Featured

Muslim couple removed from Delta flight
America, ENGLISH

Muslim couple removed from Delta flight

    A Muslim couple Faisal and Nazia Ali, who were kicked off a Delta Airlines flight from Paris to Cincinnati on July 26. They were returning from a week-long trip celebrating their 10th anniversary in London and Paris. Nazia Ali had removed her sneakers, finished sending a text message to her parents and was putting on headphones and settling into her seat for the nine-hour flight from Paris to Cincinnati when a Delta Air Lines crew member approached her and her husband, Faisal. They were excited to come home July 26 to see their three young sons following a 10th-anniversary trip to London and Paris, "the city of romance and love," he said. What happened next would overshadow the good times they'd enjoyed: A flight crew member had complained to the pilot that she was uncomfo...
Couple handed £70 parking fine while cleaning their vehicle
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Couple handed £70 parking fine while cleaning their vehicle

    A couple in Nottingham were shocked when a parking attendant issued them with a parking fine while they were cleaning the car in question with a valid permit. Swayne Smith, 46, was hovering the car when a traffic warden began inspecting the vehicle, and according to Smith and his girlfriend, Lorenda Simpson, the officer didn't follow the correct procedure. The permit was partially covered by a plastic bag when the attendant arrived, but the couple say that the warden should take five minutes before giving the vehicle a fine or talk to the owner if they are in attendance and request them to move it. Simpson filmed the incident on her phone, and captured the moment when the warden admitted he couldn't see the permit before issuing the £70 fine. Speaking to the Daily Mail, Si...
Sasha Obama has a summer job on Martha’s Vineyard
America, ENGLISH

Sasha Obama has a summer job on Martha’s Vineyard

    Unlike most teens, the First Daughter comes to work at Nancy’s seafood restaurant on Martha’s Vineyard accompanied by a half-dozen Secret Service agents. The guards hang out until she’s done with a four-hour shift that includes bussing tables, doing prep work and manning the takeout window. “We were wondering why there were six people helping this girl,” a waiter at the restaurant in Oak Bluffs told the Boston Herald, “but then we found out who it was.” Adding a layer of confusion: Sasha, who’s grown up in the White House for the past eight years, is going by her full name Natasha (yes, that’s her real name) while on the job. The 350-seat restaurant is a go-to spot for the Obamas during their annual getaway to the Vineyard. The Obamas are reportedly friends with the owner....
Militants kill 14 in Assam market attack
Asia, ENGLISH

Militants kill 14 in Assam market attack

    Suspected militants today attacked a crowded marketplace in Kokrajhar district in India’s north eastern state of Assam killing 14 people and wounding at least 20 others. One of the attackers was killed when security forces returned the fire, reports our New Delhi correspondent quoting authorities and state officials. Assam Director General of Police Mukesh Sahay said the attack at Balajan Tiniali market, 12 km from Kokrajhar, was suspected to have been carried out by heavily-armed militants of National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-S). He said, 12 people were killed on the spot when the militants, who came in a van at around 12.30pm (local time), opened fire. Two others died on their way to the hospital, another police official said. One of the attackers was killed w...
Plane crashes on to road in Italy after overshooting Bergamo airport runway
ENGLISH, Europe

Plane crashes on to road in Italy after overshooting Bergamo airport runway

    A cargo plane has overshot the runway at Bergamo’s Orio al Serio international airport and crashed into a road. The airport in Italy’s Lombardy region was temporarily closed after the incident which happened at 4am Friday morning. Dramatic pictures showed a 737-400 aircraft belonging to courier firm DHL wedged onto a road at the end of the runway. No one was reported to have been hurt in the crash with the crew escaping unharmed. The Corriere de la Serra newspaper said the incident happened during bad weather in the area. The paper carried a statement from Sacbo, the company that runs the airport saying the airport of Bergamo was back operating at 6.47 am. The Italian air regulator, the National Agency for Civil Aviation, said some flights had been rescheduled and rerouted...
Heathrow traffic delays as Black Lives Matter campaigners stage road protest
ENGLISH, London

Heathrow traffic delays as Black Lives Matter campaigners stage road protest

    Black Lives Matter protesters lying on the road have brought traffic heading to Heathrow airport to a standstill. The campaign group called for "nationwide #shutdown" in a post on social media on Thursday and there are reports of protests taking place in Birmingham and Nottingham. Police said a number of people have been arrested at Heathrow and holidaymakers face traffic disruption. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "Police at Heathrow are dealing with a demo. We were called at 8.25am on the fifth to the M4 slip road at Heathrow airport. "A number of people were reported to be blocking the road leading to the airport. Officers have attended. A number of people have been arrested. One lane has been opened but there is traffic congestion. Police continue to deal with the situ...
The Republican Party could be on its way to a revolt
America, ENGLISH

The Republican Party could be on its way to a revolt

    Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump, who swept the Republican Party by storm, is beginning to stagnate: He’s sinking in the polls and has a new scandal wrapped around him nearly every day. As a result, voices are rising up against him within his own party, calling for a revolt. A radical scenario for his replacement has even been weighed if senior party officials can convince him to resign of his own will. The Republican Presidential Nominee is sinking in the polls and has a new scandal wrapped around him nearly every day – sometimes even twice a day. Currently, the decreased support in Trump and his controversial remarks have led to party members calling to rebel against him. There is a sense of losing control within Trump’s big show: The large amount of scandals...
Get ready for inflation, low growth and unemployment: The governor of the Bank of England
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Get ready for inflation, low growth and unemployment: The governor of the Bank of England

    The governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney gives a press conference, his first since the leave result of the European Union referendum, at the Bank of England in the City of London, Britain Thursday, June 30, 2016. The governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney gives a press conference, his first since the leave result of the European Union referendum, at the Bank of England in the City of London, Britain Thursday, June 30… Bank of England governor Mark Carney has bad news: The Brexit vote has so weakened the UK economy that he is predicting a period of low growth, inflation above 2%, and increased unemployment. Alongside the Bank’s new rate cut, it revealed in its quarterly Inflation Report that it is downgrading the UK’s growth forecast for 2017 to just 0.8% from t...
Sharp Rise In Anti Semitic Hate Cases In UK
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Sharp Rise In Anti Semitic Hate Cases In UK

    Sharp rise in anti-semitic hate cases The number of anti-Semitic hate incidents rose by 11% in the first half of this year, with the Jewish community targeted three times a day on average. The Community Security Trust (CST), which monitors anti-Semitism, said there was no obvious single cause for the rise. It recorded 557 hate incidents in the UK between the start of January and the end of June. There were 32 incidents of damage and desecration of Jewish property and 431 in the abusive behaviour category. This included verbal abuse, anti-Semitic graffiti, abuse via social media and one-off cases of hate mail. The CST also recorded 43 direct threats, and 10 cases of mass-mailed leaflets or emails. Social media has become an "essential tool" for those who wish to harass, abu...
Indiana Muslim Woman Says Store Worker Asked Her to Leave Over Niqab
Asia, ENGLISH

Indiana Muslim Woman Says Store Worker Asked Her to Leave Over Niqab

    A Muslim woman from Gary, Indiana, said she felt discriminated against after she claims a worker at a Family Dollar store told her to remove her niqab or leave. Sarah Safi, 32, said she went into the Family Dollar on Garfield Street Monday afternoon to buy charcoal for a family barbecue, ABC-owned station WLS reported. Safi was fully covered, as she says she always is when in public. "I might have made it 10 steps into the store and I hear the lady behind the counter say, 'Ma'am, you need to take that off your face or you need to leave my store,'" Safi told WLS. Black Server Quits Restaurant Job After Feeling Discriminated Against Over Her Natural Hair Security Guard Arrested After Allegedly Assaulting Transgender Woman Trying to Use Women's Bathroom Meet the Woman Behind ...