The Daily Populous

Sunday May 13rd, 2018 morning edition

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Benedict Cumberbatch has committed to only taking on projects in which his female co-stars receive equal pay.

“Equal pay and a place at the table are the central tenets of feminism.

“I’m proud that [friend and business partner] Adam and I are the only men in our production company; our next project is a female story with a female lens about motherhood, in a time of environmental disaster,” Cumberbatch adds.

“If it’s centred around my name, to get investors, then we can use that attention for a raft of female projects.

And, in terms of diversity, ‘Black Panther’ is now the third most successful film of all time.”.

Cumberbatch can currently be seen in “Avengers: Infinity War,” which may well surpass the box-office take of “Black Panther,” as well as the Showtime miniseries “Patrick Melrose. »

North Korea will open air space, invite media to cover dismantlement of nuclear test site

Authored by thehill.com

North Korea is expected to soften air space restrictions and provide more access to foreign media than it has in decades in order to demonstrate it is dismantling nuclear testing ahead of diplomatic talks.

The country on Saturday confirmed it will invite reporters from the U.S., South Korea and other countries to "ensure transparency of discontinuance of the nuclear test," according to state media and reported by Reuters.

To bring in the foreign reporters, North Korea will be “opening territorial air space” May 23-25 to fly them in through China. »

Don’t Mess With This Muslim From Texas—He Just Got Elected!

Authored by thedailybeast.com

And not only that, the person they elected by a 37-vote margin was both a Muslim and a Pakistani immigrant by the name of Salman Bhojani.

But this wasn’t an easy win for Bhojani, who possesses all the qualifications of someone who should easily win a local race.

If he were Christian and white, I bet the GOP would’ve loved to recruit Bhojani. »

A billionaire is opening a new mental health center in Colorado to treat veterans and their families

Authored by denverpost.com

The idea is to create a welcoming environment with as many ways as possible for veterans and their families to access mental health services.

The clinic’s 10,000-square-foot space on East Orchard Road is decorated with art by local veterans or military families.

The clinic’s No. 1 goal, as Kaag put it, is to get veterans and their families, “back to better.”. »