Man who called black woman a 'loud-mouthed monkey' charged with hate crime

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29/50 27 April 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in raise their hands after signing on a joint statement North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and South Korean President Moon Jae-in raise their hands after signing on a joint statement at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea. The Korean War will be formally declared over after 65 years, the North and South have said. At a historic summit between leaders Kim Jong-Un and Moon Jae-in, the neighbouring countries agreed they would work towards peace on the peninsula with a formal end to the conflict set to be announced later this year. The pair agreed to bring the two countries together and establish a "peace zone" on the contested border. Korea Summit Press Pool via AP

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38/50 18 April 2018 Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announces early presidential and parliamentary elections for June 24, 2018, at the Presidential Palace, in Ankara. Erdogan announced the snap elections, originally scheduled for November 2019, in a move that will usher in a new political system increasing the powers of the president. He said the new system needed to be implemented quickly in order to deal with a slew of challenges ahead, including Turkey's fight against Kurdish insurgents in Syria and Iraq. AP

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dangolo on May 25th, 2018 at 15:00 UTC »

Click bait title. Dude threatened her

1975-2050 on May 25th, 2018 at 13:02 UTC »

“The bigotry and hatred the the defendant is accused of manifesting and acting upon have no place in a civilised society...

I’ll tell you what else doesn’t have a place in civilized society: a lot of people on the NYC subway.

ok-kid on May 25th, 2018 at 10:42 UTC »

"hi-degree menacing"

Never heard that before.