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HELLERTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A brawl at a Pennsylvania wedding reception left several people injured and one man facing charges. Authorities say the fight began shortly before 8 p.m. Saturday at a fire department banquet hall in Hellertown when a woman was dragged into the parking lot during an apparent domestic dispute. Numerous guests then ran out to help the woman and several fights broke out in the street. Authorities say dozens of people were involved overall, including four people who suffered serious injuries and were taken to hospitals. Читать дальше...

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• Now that Meghan Markle is a royal, she can start deciding how to use her position.
• Her official royal biography, published after the wedding, suggested that feminism will be front and center.
• Its inclusion so early on official channels shows that the palace is on board.
• Meghan will get more chances to shape and promote an agenda as she settles into her role as Duchess of Sussex.

Meghan Markle has been a royal for less than 48 hours... Читать дальше...

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(Reuters) - U.S. regional bank Fifth Third Bancorp <FITB.O> on Monday said it would buy MB Financial Inc <MBFI.O> in a stock-and-cash deal valued at about $4.7 billion.

Each MB Financial shareholder will receive $54.20, comprising 1.45 shares of Fifth Third common stock and $5.54 in cash, a 24 percent premium to MB Financial's last close.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

NOW WATCH: Jeff Bezos on breaking up and regulating Amazon

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in heads to Washington on Monday as President Trump is reportedly asking advisers if he should pull out of a June 12 summit in Sinagpore with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, given the political risks of failure. Moon has been a driving force in the de-escalation of hostility between Trump, Kim, and South Korea, but some Trump aides and outside analysts question whether Moon oversold Kim's willingness to give up his nuclear weapons. Kim's government surprised the White... Читать дальше...

DUBAI, May 21 (Reuters) - Saudi air defenses intercepted and destroyed fired by Yemen's Houthi movement over the southern city of Jazan, the Saudi-led coalition said on Monday. Earlier, the Houthis said the group had fired a Badr-1 ballistic missile at Jazan's airport, without giving any further details. The Houthis, an Iran-allied group that holds much of Yemen including the capital, Sanaa, have fired a series of missiles into the kingdom in recent months, part of a three-year-old conflict in... Читать дальше...

Poland's freedom icon Lech Walesa on Monday rallied behind a group of young disabled Poles who have spent 34 days camped out at parliament demanding the right-wing government increase their meagre living allowance.

AS Roma star midfielder Radja Nainggolan has been left out of Belgium's 2018 World Cup squad under unclear circumstances. Divock Origi also failed to make the list, with Lukaku, De Bruyne and Hazard expected to lead the attack.

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Security, Asia

Taipei seems to want it. 

Taiwan’s Defense Minister has revealed that his country is engaged in negotiations with the United States to acquire the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

During an interview with the local Liberty Times, Minister of National Defense Yen Teh-fa was asked whether Taiwan has officially asked the United States to sell it F-35 jets and M1 tanks. In discussing the former, Yen stated “I can confirm that negotiations are ongoing.”... Читать дальше...

Bill Scher, RCP
Last week President Trump appeared to undercut his repeated promises to get tough with China. He renounced his own administration’s sanctions on electronics maker ZTE and conceded on Twitter, “Too many jobs in China lost.” The following day, Trump not only delivered on a promise to move the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, but he invited two controversial evangelical Christian pastors to give prayers at an event celebrating the move. (Many evangelicals believe that the... Читать дальше...

Bill Zeiser, RealClearPolitics
The federal judge presiding over the bank fraud case against one of President Trump’s former close associates, campaign chairman Paul Manafort, made headlines earlier this month by calling into question the legal justification – and motivations – of Special Counsel Robert Muller. In open court, U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis sounded sympathetic to the president, expressing the belief that Mueller’s ultimate aim is to see Trump impeached or prosecuted.

Jürgen Trittin, a Bundestag MP and a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, has criticized the German government for failing to protect local entrepreneurs from the negative impact of US sanctions, according to Lübecker Nachrichten.

The American pop star has just purchased a large stone church in New Orleans where her fans can come to get a spiritual experience.

Marjorie Dannenfelser, RCP
Last week the Trump administration took decisive action on the president’s pledge to disentangle taxpayers from the abortion industry, delivering a policy win that promotes better health care alternatives for women and may save countless lives. The Protect Life Rule stops taxpayer funding of abortion through the Title X family planning program. Most Americans agree that abortion is not family planning and oppose taxpayer-funded abortion. The Protect Life Rule does not cut a single dollar from family planning. Читать дальше...

Hawaii faced a new hazard on Sunday as lava flows from Kilauea’s volcanic eruption could produce clouds of acid fumes, steam and glass-like particles as they reach the Pacific, authorities said. Civil defense notices cautioned motorists, boaters and beachgoers to beware of caustic plumes of “laze” formed from two streams of hot lava pouring into […]

CT Boston/Norton MA Zone Forecast for Monday, May 21, 2018 _____ 036 FPUS51 KBOX 211115 ZFPBOX Zone Forecast Product for Southern New England National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA 715 AM EDT Mon May 21 2018 CTZ002-212000- Hartford CT- Including the cities of Hartford and Windsor Locks 715 AM EDT Mon May 21 2018 .TODAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. North winds around 5 mph, becoming west this afternoon. .TONIGHT...Mostly clear in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Читать дальше...

Cape Town - Prince George Drive towards Muizenberg in Cape Town continues to be affected due to violent community protests at Parkwood and Vrygrond, the City of Cape Town reported on Monday.

TOKYO (Sputnik) - The South Korean Defense Ministry ruled out the possibility of halting or scaling down the annual joint military drills with the United States even despite the resentment on the part of North Korea, the ministry's spokeswoman Choi Hyun-soo said at a briefing on Monday.

His football team won Britain’s prestigious FA Cup Sunday, but Roman Abramovich, the Kremlin-tied Russian oligarch who owns Chelsea football club, is struggling to get his British visa renewed and officials are saying they are still considering his application. Downing Street declined to comment in detail on Abramovich’s case, but Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman told reporters extra checks are being carried out on Russian businessmen applying for investor visas. Abramovich's visa expired last month. Читать дальше...

Nearly two dozen new Jeeps were damaged after a fire broke out in the middle of a parking lot in North Toledo, a Toledo Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said.

Several new Jeeps were damaged after a fire broke out in the middle of a parking lot in North Toledo, according to a Toledo Fire and Rescue Department spokesman.

Toledo firefighters are responding to multiple vehicles on fire in a parking lot in North Toledo, according to a Toledo Fire and Rescue Department dispatcher.

Veteran bachelor Hugh Grant, star of a string of romantic comedies including "Four Weddings and a Funeral", is finally getting married for the first time to his Swedish girlfriend.

A former internet fraudster recently opened up on the major scams people use to get money off unsuspecting victims. Here's how he revealed how people use juju to do unspeakable things to many girls in Nigeria for money.

His football team won Britain’s prestigious FA Cup Sunday, but Roman Abramovich, the Kremlin-tied Russian oligarch who owns Chelsea football club, is struggling to get his British visa renewed and officials are saying they are still considering his application. Downing Street declined to comment in detail on Abramovich’s case, but Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman told reporters extra checks are being carried out on Russian businessmen applying for investor visas. Abramovich's visa expired last month. Читать дальше...

Berlin verwandelt sich diese Woche wieder in ein Mekka der Poesie. Zum 19. Poesiefestival werden von Donnerstag an die 150 Dichter und Künstler aus mehr als 50 Ländern erwartet. Mit dabei sind etwa der chinesische Filmemacher und Menschenrechtsaktivist Ai Weiwei, der radikale US-Dichter Charles Bernstein und die aus Burundi geflohene Frauenrechtlerin Ketty Nivyabandi.