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An aerial view shows people dancing Saturday at the 27th Street Parade, an annual dance-music event in the center of Zurich, Switzerland. This year’s theme: “Culture of tolerance.”
a few eggs from Chilean flamingos, “near relatives,” and planted them among the Andean birds, who became foster parents to the chicks that hatched.
Nobel-winning author V.S. Naipaul dies at 85
V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose celebrated writing and brittle, provocative personality drew admiration and revulsion in equal measures, died Saturday at his London home, his family said. He was 85.
Naipaul was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001 “for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories.”
In an extraordinary career spanning half a century, the writer traveled as a self-described “barefoot colonial” from rural Trinidad to upper-class England, picked up the most coveted literary awards and a
knighthood, and was hailed as one of the greatest English writers of the 20th century.
Naipaul’s books explored colonialism and decolonization, exile and the struggles of the everyman in the developing world — themes that mirror his personal background and trajectory.
Military members abroad can use blockchain to vote
West Virginia will provide a mobile blockchain voting option, in addition to absentee ballots, for military-service members who are abroad to use in the November elections, after receiving audit results from a pilot program last week.
It will be the first state to offer this technology to help improve voting accessibility for deployed members of the military and their families, according to West Virginia’s secretary of state office.
Eligible voters will be able to cast their ballots through a mobile application that uses blockchain technology, which stores
data on a decentralized database, meaning there’s no owner, allowing for more transparent transactions. Information is stored publicly, but to ensure privacy, West Virginia’s voters will have their personal information remain anonymous.
Blast in militants’ hideout kills 3 security-force members
Three members of Jordan’s security forces were killed Saturday when they stormed a hideout of suspected militants that had been rigged with explosives, a government spokeswoman said.
The officers had been chasing people suspected of having roles in an explosion a day earlier in which a policeman was killed. Prime Minister Omar Razzaz portrayed Friday’s bombing as a “terrorist attack.” No group immediately took responsibility.
Turkey’s president blames US, others for economy’s strains
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EEOC sues United over alleged sexual harassment
For years, a United Airlines pilot posted nude and sexually suggestive photos of a female flight attendant online, making references to her job and even posting photos of her partially clothed in her uniform, court records show.
“Look for her when you fly!” one post said.
But according to a federal lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in Texas on Thursday, United failed to intervene, determining that the pilot’s actions did not constitute sexual harassment in the workplace. The federal agency accuses the airline of discriminating against the woman and failing to protect her from a hostile work environment.
The lawsuit asks for compensation for the woman and asks for United to eliminate any sexual discrimination and provide equal opportunities for women.
A United spokeswoman said the company disagreed with the lawsuit’s description of the situation.