French Burkini Bans Face Legal Challenge as Tension Mounts
France's highest administrative authority is studying whether local bans on full-body burkini swimsuits are legal, amid growing concerns about police forcing Muslim women to disrobe
France's highest administrative authority is studying whether local bans on full-body burkini swimsuits are legal, amid growing concerns about police forcing Muslim women to disrobe
They question both Chelsea Clinton's continued involvement and the group's slow wind down.
Het werkschip Aeolus speelt een centrale rol tijdens de Wereldhavendagen. Het schip van de Rotterdamse waterbouwer Van Oord kan op vier poten op de zeebodem staan. Tijdens het evenement zal het midden in de Nieuwe Maas oprijzen met op het dek de Marinierskapel. Ook zangeres Maan zal volgende week zaterdagavond zingen vanaf de Aeolus.
De eis van snackbar De Pomp om een top-5-notering in de AD-friettest van 2016 is vandaag behandeld door de voorzieningenrechter in Amsterdam. De Eindhovense zaak werd 16de in die test, maar meent recht te hebben op een hogere notering omdat tijdens een derde - onaangekondigde - bezoek van de jury juist haar beste aardappels op waren. De rechter doet uitspraak op 8 september.
Republicans have lots of material, but not a lot of time, to sully a family political brand that goes back six decades in Indiana politics.
The AFL on Thursday announced a new record for club memberships. But it appears a significant proportion of these members aren’t actually turning up to games.
Nirbhaya gang-rape convict Vinay Sharma was admitted to a hospital after he consumed pills and tried to hang himself on Wednesday night.
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Les employés de la bibliothèque d'Invercargill, en Nouvelle-Zélande, ont visiblement un bon sens de l'humour. Le 19 août, inspirés par les Jeux olympiques, ils ont publié sur Facebook une vidéo de «rangement synchronisé».
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As he reaches out to minority voters, she goes after GOP's center-right base.
NEW ORLEANS — A week after he was sentenced to more than 18 years in prison in federal court, disgraced ex-football star Darren Sharper is set for formal sentencing in state court to charges that he drugged and raped multiple women. Thursday’s sentencing for the former NFL player is set for Judge Karen Herman’s courtroom
'Scared Straight' schemes, which expose young people at risk of turning to crime to prison life, actually made them more likely to become criminals. Many factors influence policy decisions, but prejudice and ignorance should not be among them
Dwayne Dunn ended a frustrating run of seconds to win his first Scobie Breasley Medal in a thrilling vote count at Flemington racecourse on Thursday night.
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1. Vice CEO Shane Smith says there will be a "bloodbath" of media consolidation in 2017. Smith said the company is building a war chest so it can go out and "buy market share."
2. WPP posted better-than-expected net sales in the first half of the year, helped by the weakness of the post-Brexit pound. Net sales grew 3.8% in the period to £5.6 billion ($7.4 billion), versus the... Читать дальше...
Merger of operations will create the second-biggest bank in the region
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Paisley Park, the 65,000-square-foot complex in Minnesota where Prince lived, recorded, and performed, will open to the public this fall.
Bremer Trust, the administrator of the pop star's estate, announced the opening on Wednesday, which has the support of Prince's family. Tickets will go on sale on Friday for $38.50, with daily tours expected to begin Oct. 6.
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Kurdish-led forces in Syria have withdrawn to the east of the Euphrates river, American and Turkish officials said on Thursday, after Vice President Joe Biden publicly threatened to pull U.S. support if the fighters stayed on in areas Turkey says pose a threat to its national security.
Bisschop Desmond Tutu, Nobelprijswinnaar en bekend tegenstander van de apartheid in Zuid-Afrika, is woensdag in het ziekenhuis opgenomen voor de behandeling van een infectie.
ALMELO/NIJVERDAL - Jan Albers wordt bestuursvoorzitter van Koninklijke TenCate en treedt terug als voorzitter van de raad van commissarissen. Sinds het afscheid van topman Loek de Vries in april combineerde hij beide functies. Dat riep vragen op bij de centrale ondernemingsraad.
A surprise combat readiness check has been announced in Russia's Southern, Western and Central military districts, in the Northern Fleet and also in major commands of the Aerospace and Airborne Forces.
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The "complex" India-China ties cannot be defined in "black and white" despite growing regional rivalry between the two countries, state-run Chinese media on Thursday said and called for aligning 'Make in India' campaign with 'Made in China 2025' to enhance cooperation.