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America’s presidential candidates hide the knives to deliver Thanksgiving messages They say politics is a subject best avoided at the dinner table, and America’s presidential hopefuls have taken this advice on board: abandoning the usual attacks to deliver the blandest Thanksgiving messages possible. First into the dining room was President Trump - America’s rowdy, unpredictable uncle. Though Trump seemingly out of nowhere tweeted a meme of his head photoshopped onto Sylvester Stallone’s ripped 1980s body on Wednesday, and lit on Democrats during the traditional turkey pardoning, his Thanksgiving message was a more measured affair. The president paid homage to the pilgrims who landed on American soil nearly four centuries ago, praised the military a...

‘I can’t bear that buffoon Boris Johnson’: 86 year-old woman doesn’t hold back views of UK PM in viral video A British old age pensioner has become an overnight social media sensation after giving her brutal assessment of PM Boris Johnson - branding him a “buffoon,” when asked who she’ll be voting for at the snap election on December 12. Molly Bennett, 86, from Hampshire, gave a comically blunt answer to a question posed by Sky News’ Lewis Goodall on the subject of the general election. It’s fair to say she won’t be casting her ballot for Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour - and certainly not Boris Johnson and his Tories. I know who I'm not voting for...The red man [Jeremy Corbyn]. I normally vote Conservative but I can't bear the buffoon [Boris Johnson]. ...

Japanese retailer reconsiders planned ‘menstruation badges’ amid public backlash The Japanese department store Daimaru Umeda has revoked plans to introduce 'menstruation badges' for female employees, amid a searing backlash online. The badges were suggested as a means for staff members to display when they're on their period, in an ill-conceived attempt from management to elicit sympathy among employees. 生理中の従業員に。バッジつけさせる愚かな発想を思いついた愚か者。炎上商法狙ってるんですか？# 大丸梅田店 pic.twitter.com/IgqSgRK7xO— ???????? (@LANDSALE20) November 23, 2019 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js “In Japan, there is a tendency for women’s sexuality and periods to ‘not to be mentioned’… [but] the femtech boom is growing, and the values of young people are changing ...

Houthi prisoners released by Saudi Arabia arrive in Sanaa, Yemen A group of Houthi prisoners released by Saudi Arabia arrived in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Thursday, Reuters reported, citing  witnesses. The Saudi-led military coalition’s move is seen as a step that may encourage efforts to end a nearly five-year war in Yemen. The detainees are from the Houthi movement that a Saudi-led military coalition has been fighting since March 2015, after the rebels ousted the internationally recognized government in Sanaa. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which transported the detainees from Saudi Arabia to Yemen, said 128 people were being repatriated. On Tuesday, the coalition said it had released 200 prisoners. The reason for the difference in numbers was not cle...

Training on the go: Russian gymnast Alexandra Soldatova shows off incredible flexibility at airport (VIDEO) Russian rhythmic gymnastics star Alexandra Soldatova has proved that it’s possible to train even at an airport, showing off incredible flexibility while doing the splits on a travelator. The 21-year-old posted a series of airport training pictures on her Instagram page, explaining that she doesn’t want to waste time while waiting for her connecting flight. READ MORE: Alexandra Soldatova - Russia's super-supple rhythmic gymnast set for big things at Tokyo 2020 (VIDEO) “When there are five hours before the connecting flight, but you need to warm up. Honestly, I have always wanted to do that,” Soldatova wrote, while also sharing jaw-dropping pict...

NATO: ‘US will pay less, Germany will pay more’ – Stoltenberg NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said the United States will pay less into the military alliance’s budget from next year, with Germany stepping up contributions to fill the gap. At a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Thursday, Stoltenberg said a new cost-sharing formula has been agreed and that “the US will pay less, Germany will pay more,” AP reports. Stoltenberg said the US and Germany would pay “roughly 16 percent” of the total budget now. Washington was previously the biggest contributor, paying about 22 percent. The move does not concern the national defense budgets that President Donald Trump routinely complains about. NATO allies agreed last year to a civil bu...