June 2019

Primavera festival: ‘We’re proof 50/50 line-ups are possible’

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Robyn is one of the performers who helped Primavera Sound achieve a 50/50 gender balance British festivals last year pledged to achieve a 50/50 gender balance in their line-ups by 2022. But Primavera Sound in Barcelona, one of Europe’s biggest festivals, has already achieved it in 2019 – becoming

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Delta Tried To ‘Trap’ Its Own Flight Attendants On A Plane, Messages Show

A recent Delta flight leaving Atlanta ran into a maintenance problem, causing a lengthy delay before takeoff. As the airline tried to resolve the issue, someone feared the holdup might cause an even bigger headache: flight attendants walking off the plane because they had worked so long. So, according to internal communications reviewed by HuffPost,

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Reports: Justice Dept. preparing antitrust probe of Google

The U.S. Justice Department is readying an investigation of Google‘s business practices and whether they violate antitrust law, according to news reports. The search giant was fined a record $2.72 billion by European regulators in 2017 for abusing its dominance of the online search market. In the U.S., the Federal Trade Commission made an antitrust

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Trump’s Middle East Peace Plan Faces a Cross Roads After Coalition Talks in Israel Crumble

The next gift for Mr. Netanyahu could come on June 25, when Mr. Kushner convenes an economic conference in Bahrain. The Palestinians have announced they will boycott the meeting; the Israelis are going. That will allow Mr. Netanyahu to showcase another of his long-term strategic goals — closer ties between Israel and Sunni Muslim leaders

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Elton John ‘rejects’ Russia censorship of Rocketman gay scenes

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Sir Elton has previously criticised Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “ridiculous” attitude to gay rights. Sir Elton John has criticised a Russian film company’s decision to cut gay sex scenes from his new biopic Rocketman. The local film distributor told state news agency Tass it cut scenes from the film

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Tremors rattle southeast Albania, injuring 4, damaging homes

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 struck rural areas in Albania early Saturday southeast of Tirana, the capital, injuring four people and damaging about 100 houses, authorities said. The Defense Ministry reported that four people were injured from falling walls at their homes and about 100 houses, many uninhabited, were damaged. The injured

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Bet responsibly? A struggle for some as sportsbook ads widen

The tagline makes the solution sound so simple: “Gamble responsibly.” It’s anything but for those who struggle with compulsive gambling. Instead, the footnote caps a powerful new temptation as ads for sports betting emerge in states that have recently legalized an activity once banned in most of the United States. Sharon, a 39-year-old homemaker, decided

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