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☆ An astrologer warned me against traveling around my 40th birthday. I didn't listen and booked a trip to Uzbekistan.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Erin Levi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

When I was 38, an astrologer in New York City warned me about traveling around my 40th birthday. I wasn't there seeking travel advice, and I found his ominous words triggering. AdvertisementI ignored the astrologer's advice and went with my gutAnd so, I decided to flout his advice and booked a last-minute trip to Uzbekistan. AdvertisementPlanning my trip to UzbekistanI booked a $1,100 ticket to Samarkand on Turkish Airlines, with a free stopover in Istanbul. Related storiesWhile my birthday trip was my fourth visit to Uzbekistan, it was the first one I'd planned and organized myself.

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☆ Trump Voter Proved MyPillow's Mike Lindell Wrong. He Wants $5 Million.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Brent Crane | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

He called it the Prove Mike Wrong challenge. He entered the Prove Mike Wrong challenge with low confidence he would win the exorbitant pot, estimating he had a 0.5% chance of disproving Lindell's "evidence." He had indeed Proven Mike Wrong, and now Mike must pay. In March, during a rally in Wisconsin, Trump praised him as "the great, legendary Mike Lindell." Jared Bartman for BIUnder deposition in the arbitration proceedings over his refusal to pay Zeidman, Lindell was a tornado of evasion and contradiction.

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☆ Live Updates: Police Clear U.C.L.A. Encampment and Arrest Protesters
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Jonathan Wolfe | Mike Ives | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

But by Wednesday morning, the peace at the University of California, Los Angeles, had been shattered. Many critics were incredulous that even after officers with the Los Angeles Police Department arrived, there were no arrests or suspensions. Campus officials ordered protesters on Wednesday evening to leave the encampment or face arrest. Image A group of counterprotesters attacked a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Los Angeles, on Tuesday night. seemed to wait too long to call in the Los Angeles police, whose officers did not arrive until after midnight.

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☆ Fact Check: Gal Gadot has not joined the army during the 2023 Israel-Hamas war
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Israeli actor Gal Gadot has not joined the army amid the 2023 Israel-Hamas conflict, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson and a representative for the actor have said in response to an old photograph of Gadot circulating online. A post on X social media shared the dated image of Gadot with the caption: “BREAKING: Israeli actress Gal Gadot who played Wonder Woman in the Hollywood movie turns up at for army service.” The claim also surfaced on Facebook, garnering comments suggesting the image is current. Israel requires most of its citizens to compulsorily serve in the military from the age of 18. Gal Gadot has not joined Israeli armed forces following the outbreak of the 2023 Israel-Hamas war, an IDF spokesperson and a representative for the actor have said. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.

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☆ Hamas wants to wreck years of US efforts to mend Israel-Arab ties — and it looks like it's working
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . On Thursday Bahrain, one of the original signatories of the Trump-era Abraham Accords, said it would recall its ambassador to Israel. AdvertisementAdvertisement"Presumably there's a limit to how much carnage Israel can get away with before Arab countries pull out of the Abraham Accords. The UAE has reaffirmed its commitment to the Abraham Accords, reported the Jewish News Syndicate. But the longer Israel's campaign continues, and images and civilian deaths and devastation are broadcast around the world, the more public anger will build, putting huge pressure on Arab leaders to act.

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☆ Powerful photos show an Israeli light installation projecting 224 beams, one for each hostage held by Hamas
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Hamas took at least 224 people captive during the October 7 terrorist attacks, according to the IDF. A new installation in Jerusalem called "Lights of Hope" features a beam of light for every hostage. Powerful photos show family members of hostages visiting the display. AdvertisementAdvertisementAs desperate family members await news, a new light installation in Jerusalem's Pais Arena Square pays tribute to the 224 hostages taken by Hamas militants during the October 7 terrorist attacks in Israel. Photos from the opening event on Thursday night show family members of those held captive taking in the powerful display.

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☆ DirecTV blasts Newsmax for pushing ‘inaccurate and misleading’ attacks after the right-wing network was dropped
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —All niceties have been thrown out the window as DirecTV finds itself ensnared in an ugly carriage dispute with Newsmax. The satellite carrier, which refuses to buckle to pressure and pay millions of dollars to broadcast the network’s low-rated programming, unleashed on the right-wing talk channel on Tuesday. At the center of the dispute: Newsmax has demanded DirecTV pay millions in carriage fees to continue including the channel in its lineup. They’ve accused DirecTV — which just added another right-wing talk channel to its lineup — of censoring conservative voices. Newsmax, led by Chris Ruddy, who is well-connected in GOP circles, has in recent weeks used its platform and political power to pressure DirecTV into paying up.

☆ Congressman-elect George Santos admits to lying about key details of his background, including work history to college education
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Rep.-elect George Santos told The New York Post he fabricated key details about his credentials. Santos lied about working for Goldman Sachs and Citigroup and graduating from Baruch College. The New York Times investigation revealed that Baruch College had no record of Santos as a student. "I never claimed to be Jewish," Santos told The Post, saying that his grandmother, "told stories about being Jewish" before converting to Catholicism. Because I learned my maternal family had a Jewish background I said I was 'Jew-ish.'"

☆ More than 100 Jewish passengers who were barred from flight in 'racial profiling' incident get $21,000 each from Germany's Lufthansa airline
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-03 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Lufthansa has reached a settlement with more than 100 Orthodox Jewish men who were barred from a flight. Each passenger will receive "$21,000 and change" from the German airline, Hamodia reported. The May 4 incident saw passengers accuse Lufthansa of racial profiling. A handful of the passengers did not wear masks, prompting the airline to deny boarding to more than 100 visibly Jewish passengers. According to the Orthodox Jewish news service COL Live, Spohr told Rabbi Yehuda Teichtal that "antisemitism has no place at Lufthansa."

☆ An engraving on an ancient ivory lice comb is the oldest known sentence written in the first alphabet
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An engraving on an ancient lice comb is potentially the oldest known sentence written using an alphabet. The ivory comb bears a sentence in an early Canaanite script, estimated to date back almost 4,000 years. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyAn engraving on an ancient lice comb might be the oldest known sentence written in the first alphabet. The Canaanite script is the earliest known alphabet, invented about 3,800 years ago. The comb inscription is direct evidence for the use of the alphabet in daily activities some 3,700 years ago.

☆ Trump attacks American Jews, says they must 'get their act together' on Israel 'before it's too late'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Summer Concepcion | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald Trump attacked Jews in the U.S. on his Truth Social platform Sunday, writing that they need to “get their act together” and “appreciate” Israel “before it is too late.”“No President has done more for Israel than I have. Trump has issued similar remarks in the past about U.S. Jews, a majority of whom typically vote Democratic. In an interview last year, Trump said' “The Jewish people in the United States either don’t like Israel or don’t care about Israel," adding: “There’s people in this country that are Jewish no longer love Israel. “I’ll tell you, the evangelical Christians love Israel more than the Jews in this country,” said Trump, who won strong support from white evangelical voters in 2016 and 2020, according to the Pew Research Center. Trump drew criticism as president for referring to Israel as “your country” in addressing American Jews at a Hanukkah event at the White House in 2018.

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