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Al Jazeera (English) 

Turning buses into art in Pakistan

Mohammed Rafiq has been painting Pakistan's colourful buses for 40 years, but there's a dark side to the industry.

The Washington Times 

Russia Trump Afghan policy China

The Kremlin and the Trump White House continue to negotiate and trade barbs through the media, where each is trying to spin the narrative in its favor, as only two major players in the great game can do.  Today Russia declared the new Trump Afghanistan policy as actually aimed against ...

McClatchy DC Bureau 

Trump looks at eclipse without glasses

President Donald Trump took in the solar eclipse from the White House balcony, first looking up at the phenomenon without the necessary glasses to protect his eyes. Trump, along with … Click to Continue »

BusinessInsider.com 

Photos: Politicians watch the solar eclipse through their glasses

Screenshot/Lindsey Graham

Politicians joined in with much of the nation Monday and took in the solar eclipse.

Many of those same politicians made a point to post photos of themselves wearing the necessary eclipse glasses — the glasses needed to avoid eye damage from staring into the eclipse.

Monday's eclipse was the first total eclipse to cross the country in nearly a century. The path of totality, where the moon fully eclipsed the sun, stretched from Oregon to South Carolina... Читать дальше...

Digg.com (sports) 

Jets will pick starting quarterback next Monday

The Jets play the Giants in their third preseason game of the summer next Saturday and that will be the final chance for the team’s quarterbacks to make their case for the starting job. Coach…

International Business Times 

‘Old, Fat And Ugly’ Russian Flight Attendant Sues Airline For Discrimination

A Russian flight attendant is suing for discrimination after she claimed she was given less prestigious job opportunities at Russia’s top airline Aeroflot because of her looks, the Associated Press reported Monday. Yevgeniya Magurina joked about the fact she was in the “old, fat and ugly” group, but was serious about not getting to work on international flights because of her physical appearance. Two other women took Aeroflot took court, too.