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N. Koreans denounce Trump's 'fire and fury' threat in massive rally


RT
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 15:57 UTC
A general view shows a Pyongyang city mass rally held at Kim Il Sung Square on August 9, 2017
© ReutersA general view shows a Pyongyang city mass rally held at Kim Il Sung Square on August 9, 2017.
Tens of Thousands of North Koreans rallied on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, after the UN Security Council passed a new round of sanctions and US President Donald Trump threatened the country with "fire and fury" over its missile tests.

Footage from the Wednesday rally showed North Koreans lined up in an organized fashion behind military troops, clapping to remarks made by government leaders.

Some held propaganda placards as they marched through the square, chanting as they pumped their fists in the air.

Thousands of North Korean workers, dressed in white shirts, also angrily marched through the square while carrying the country's flag.
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Two top Nikki Haley aides quit citing 'family concerns'


RT
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 15:22 UTC
Nikki Haley
© Mike Segar / Reuters
US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has confirmed the resignations of her chief of staff and communications director. The two men cited "family concerns" as reasons for leaving.

Rumors of Communications Director Jonathan Wachtel's departure began to make rounds on East River on Wednesday evening, soon to be joined by scuttlebutt about Chief of Staff Steven Groves.

Around 11pm local time, Haley herself confirmed the resignations in a tweet.

"Both Jonathan and Steve have recently encountered family concerns.They will always be a part of the team and dear friends," she said.
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Feds accuse Google of wage discrimination against women

Joanna Purpich
The Daily Beast
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 01:00 UTC
Google
Google fired the author of a memo it says is sexist, but the company is being sued by the federal government for failing to provide data on wage discrimination.

Software engineer James Damore lost his job Monday after a 10-page memo he wrote went viral. Damore wrote that the tech gender gap exists because of biological differences between men and women. The memo lists traits like "neuroticism" and "higher agreeableness" that Damore says causes women to struggle in tech. Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that the memo promoted "harmful gender stereotypes."


Comment: Jordan Petersen interviews James Damore, author of "controversial" Google diversity memo


Over the past couple of years, Google has ramped up efforts to improve diversity. Google first published a diversity report in 2011 where they claimed to be "changing the face of the technology industry." The report highlighted sponsorships for women's tech conferences and recruitment efforts targeting minorities. This past March, Google opened a coding program in partnership with historically black college, Howard University.

Comment: All things considered, this shows how hypocritical Google's response was to James Damore's memo.

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'Posh Boy' Jacob Rees-Mogg: Surprise contender to take over from Theresa May


Sputnik
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 15:01 UTC
Jacob Rees-Mogg
© Facebook, Jacob Rees-MoggJacob Rees-Mogg
A new kid is on the block when it comes to candidates for the leadership of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister - Jacob Rees-Mogg. The super-posh backbencher, who prides himself on his 19th century manners and world view, has emerged as a serious contender.

A new survey of Tory Party members by the Conservative Home website has Brexit Secretary David Davis as favorite to take over from the hapless Theresa May, but Rees-Mogg, the MP for North East Somerset is the dark horse racing up on the outside.

A third of those who responded to the survey said "none of the above," when offered a list of Cabinet contenders including Home Secretary Amber Rudd and Chancellor Philip Hammond.

The vast majority of those picked Rees-Mogg as their choice and there is even a grassroots movement, dubbed Moggmentum in a dig at the Jeremy Corbyn-supporting Momentum movement, which is rooting for him.
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Former FBI agent, his daughter found guilty of murdering her abusive husband

Linzie Janis, Cat Rakowski and LaurenEffron
Yahoo News
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 13:01 UTC
Thomas Martens, Molly Corbett
Thomas Martens, 67 and his 33-year-old daughter, Molly Corbett
A former FBI agent and his daughter today were found guilty of killing the daughter's husband.

A Davidson County, North Carolina, jury found Thomas Martens, 67, who worked with the FBI for over 30 years, and his 33-year-old daughter, Molly Corbett, guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Corbett's 39-year-old husband, Jason Corbett, meaning they unanimously believed that Jason Corbett had been killed out of malice. Molly Corbett and Martens both claimed self-defense and that they acted in defense of each other.

When the verdict was announced, Molly Corbett was heard saying, "I'm really sorry to my mom, he should have just killed me."
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National Crime Agency: Slavery and human trafficking in 'every large UK town and city'


RT
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 12:55 UTC
woman's face with a tear
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Forced prostitution "could be happening on your street," the National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned, as it revealed modern slavery and human trafficking in the UK is far more prevalent than previously thought.

The NCA released figures on Thursday showing there are currently more than 300 live policing operations targeting modern slavery in the UK, with cases affecting "every large town and city in the country."

Modern slavery includes those who have been trafficked, held in forced labor, or criminally or sexually exploited. It said previous estimates that there were 10,000-13,000 victims in the UK were just the "tip of the iceberg."

"The more we look, the more we find," said William Kerr, the NCA's director of vulnerabilities.

"The growing body of evidence we are collecting points to the scale being far larger than anyone had previously thought. The intelligence we are gaining is showing that there are likely to be far more victims out there."
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Oregon farmer heartbroken after cop 'feared for his life' and killed his prize goat

Matt Agorist
Free Thought Project
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 12:30 UTC
goat
Matt Minnick is a small farmer in Portland who is now very upset after a Washington County Sheriff's Office Deputy shot and killed his top breeding goat Sunday morning.

Because of the new construction by Minnick's property, some damage was caused to a portion of his fence that his $1,200 prized New Zealand goat named Volt managed to escape through.

Volt was not some pit bull or rabid German Shepard - he was a goat.

Comment: "Aggression is a sign of weakness" - Putin.

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Assange offers fired Google engineer job at WikiLeaks


RT
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 12:18 UTC
Julian Assange
© Neil Hall / ReutersWikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange
Julian Assange is offering the Google engineer fired over a controversial memo, deemed to be in breach of the company's diversity code, a job at WikiLeaks.

The WikiLeaks founder and chief tweeted, "Censorship is for losers," before adding that there was a job for fired Google software engineer James Damore at his whistleblowing organization.
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Roger Waters of Pink Floyd hits out at musicians for crossing Israel 'picket line'


RT
Thu, 10 Aug 2017 12:00 UTC
Roger Waters
© RT AmericaRoger Waters
Rock legend Roger Waters has spoken to RT America's Anya Parampil in a wide-ranging interview that airs on Thursday. Ahead of that, we have a clip of Waters criticizing fellow musicians Radiohead for not boycotting Israel.

In addition to discussing President Donald Trump, ongoing tensions between the US and Russia, and the Israel lobby, Waters called out Radiohead's Thom Yorke for refusing to participate in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian rights, in an interview that broadcasts on RT America on Thursday, August 10 at 5pm Eastern (21:00 GMT).

Comment: The full interview:



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People

'No US warplanes over Syria': Congress and Pentagon hit with 68k petition signatures


RT
Wed, 09 Aug 2017 22:46 UTC
U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II fighter jet
© Michael Battles / Global Look Press
A CIA whistleblower and ex-Marine Corps captain are among the outspoken leaders of a campaign to stop the US bombing of Syria before a "nuclear apocalypse" erupts out of the conflict with Russia.

The National Press Club in Washington, DC on Tuesday hosted a conference of five speakers opposed, morally and legally, to US intervention in Syria, especially the use of US warplanes and drones. Their presser centered around a petition addressed to Defense Secretary James Mattis and Congress.

Matthew Hoh, a former Marine captain who later became the top civilian representative in Zabul Province, Afghanistan, before resigning in 2009 in protest of former President Barack Obama's "surge" of the war there, warned that much more is at stake in Syria than simply violations of international law.

"We are on the brink with a war with Russia," Hoh said, noting that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had at least invited Russia's military into the country.
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