According to Forbes, the 28-year-old La La Land actress earned $26m between June 2016 and June 2017. Jennifer Anniston came second in the list, making $25.5m mainly through endorsements from companies including Emirates and Smartwater.Aug 17, 2017
New Yorkers, holding signs and chanting slogans, descended upon midtown Manhattan on Monday (August 14) to show their discontent with US president Donald Trump. New Yorkers, holding signs and chanting slogans, descended upon midtown Manhattan on Monday (August 14) to show their discontent with US president Donald Trump. Aug 16, 2017
President Donald Trump has retweeted a statement written by one of the alt-rights leading figures, who has defended white supremacists.On Monday the president denounced violence at a rally in Charlottesville, Virigina, over the weekend. Racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans, said Trump. Trumps statement followed concerns, including from many Republicans, that his earlier condemnation of violence on both sides Saturday didnt single out racist groups, particularly after James A. Fields Jr. was charged with second-degree murder. Fields Jr. reportedly rammed his car into counter-protesters at the rally, killing one and injuring 19 others. Aug 16, 2017
Air Berlin plans to continue flying despite filing for insolvency following the withdrawal of financial support from leading shareholder Etihad Airways. Air Berlin, which has 8,600 employees, surpassed 2.7 billion euros ($3.2 billion) of losses in approximately six years with shares falling over 50 percent prior to the insolvency. The move to withdraw funding followed a deterioration of Air Berlins operations at an unprecedented pace said Etihad, which purchased a 29 percent stake in Air Berlin in 2012. Passengers who have already purchased tickets should note that a government loan will allow the airline to operate until mid-November.Aug 16, 2017
A number of solidarity rallies converged around the country on Sunday. With flowers and candles, people took to the streets, decrying the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.Aug 15, 2017
Groups such as Anti-Racist Action, Showing Up for Racial Justice and Black Lives Matter arrived in Charlottesville in force against the crowds of white neo-Nazis waving Confederate flags at the Unite the Right event.It is unclear who or how many people are organising the Antifa movement.The secretive U.S. effort has been traced to militant leftist movements in Germany, Italy and Spain before World War II. Since the rise of President Donald Trump, who has openly attracted neo-Nazi supporters, Antifa protesters have been linked to violent protests against the far-right. During Trumps inauguration, for example, police arrested more than 200 people after protesters dressed in black smashed local windows, set cars on fire and attacked law enforcement officials on the streets of Washington, D.C.Aug 15, 2017
Ric Flair has been admitted to a hospital intensive care unit (ICU) for heart-related issues. Flair is 68 years old and has a history of heart complications.Aug 15, 2017
