Month: November 2019

Four black voters and a branch of the NAACP sued a Mississippi prosecutor on Monday, asking a federal judge to order him to stop excluding African Americans from juries. The lawsuit against District Attorney Doug Evans is an outgrowth of a case where the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a murder conviction of an African American…

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s flagship airline, Qantas, said on Monday it stood ready to offer legal assistance to a member of its flight crew named in a racism accusation by Black Eyed Peas rapper will.i.am on social media. The U.S. singer had taken a flight about 1-1/2-hours long to Sydney, Australia’s most populous city, from…

Black Eyed Peas musician will.i.am could face legal action after he accused a Qantas flight attendant of being racist. The singer detailed the alleged behavior on Twitter over the weekend, which the Australian airline claimed was a misunderstanding. The incident started when will.i.am tweeted to his 12.8 million followers that an “overly aggressive flight attendant”…

Australia-based airline Qantas is celebrating its 100th year with a sale: $100 flights to the land down under from four major U.S. airports.  The one-way economy fares cost $100 each way (the price includes taxes and fees) and must be purchased as part of a round-trip itinerary from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth or Chicago. So if travelers…

Lawmakers in the House on Tuesday will kick off a crucial, marathon week of testimony in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Click Here: liz claiborne perfume But as investigators look to continue making their case for impeachment to the public, support for the inquiry has ticked down over the past week, according to…

(Adds details) JERUSALEM, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Israel’s military said its missile defense system shot down four rockets fired from Syria toward Israel early on Tuesday. Minutes earlier, sirens warning of incoming rocket fire sounded in the area of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. “Four launches were identified from Syria towards Israeli territory which were intercepted…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said it intercepted four incoming rockets from Syria on Tuesday and explosions were heard shortly after that in Damascus, a week after another Israeli strike targeted a top Palestinian militant in the Syrian capital. Israeli air defense systems captured the projectiles, the military said, and no harm was caused…

Jerusalem (AFP) – Israel’s air defences intercepted four rockets fired from neighbouring Syria on Tuesday, the army said, prompting reported retaliatory missile strikes against the source of the fire. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the rockets were fired from positions around the capital held by groups loyal to the Damascus government. It did…

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said 100 students were still trapped at a university in the city on Tuesday, as the violent standoff with police entered a third day. Ms Lam urged the remaining demonstrators to lay down their makeshift weapons and give themselves up for arrest peacefully, suggesting it was the only route out…

(Bloomberg) — China denounced a Hong Kong court ruling that declared the government’s mask ban unconstitutional, raising the specter of a direct intervention in a judicial system whose independence is often seen as a key competitive advantage of the global financial center. The decision handed down by the High Court on Monday “seriously weakened” the…