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On Saturday morning, the women - who, according to local media, were experienced golfers and part of a group called Sisters in the Fairway - teed off at Grandview Golf Course in York County. Grandview Golf Club in York, Pa., apologized for calling police on the 5 African-American women Five African -American women say they were discriminated against at a Pennsylvania golf club when they were told they were taking too long on the course - and then the police were called. On Saturday morning, the women - who, according to local media, were experienced golfers and part of a group called Sisters in the Fairway - teed off at Grandview Golf Course in York County.  The women told the York Daily Record that they were told by the club's owners they were not keeping a quick-enough pace. The club offered to refund their memberships and then called 911. The confrontation follows a spate of similar confrontations among businesses, their customers or members, and the police. From the arrests of...

Conrad Maldives Rangali Island is the first underwater bungalow in the Maldives. The experience of sleeping 16.4 feet below sea level can be yours beginning at $50,000 per night before taxes The Murakami's bedroom, below the sea, in the Maldives On a recent trip to the Maldives, my itinerary was planned around a single hotel amenity: a bungalow with a two-story waterslide. In the luxury-friendly Maldives, more than anywhere else on Earth, it's extravagant design features rather than location or good restaurants that make a hotel. Enter Conrad Maldives Rangali Island with the region's first underwater bungalow. When it opens late this year the Muraka ("coral" in Dhivehi, the local language) will have cost $15 million to build, and the experience of sleeping 16.4 feet below sea level can be yours beginning at $50,000 per night before taxes. "The Muraka promises a unique experience that is not available anywhere else in the world," architect Ahmed Saleem ex...

Saudi government has long denied involvement in the attacks, in which hijacked planes crashed into New York's World Trade Center, among other places. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the September 11 attacks NEW YORK:  A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected Saudi Arabia's bid to dismiss lawsuits claiming that it helped plan the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and should pay billions of dollars in damages to victims. U.S. District Judge George Daniels in Manhattan said the plaintiffs' allegations "narrowly articulate a reasonable basis" for him to assert jurisdiction under a federal law, the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act. Saudi Arabia had long had broad immunity from Sept. 11 lawsuits in the United States, before the U.S. Congress in September 2016 overrode a veto by President Barack Obama to allow such cases to proceed. Lawyers for Saudi Arabia did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Saudi government has long denied involvement in the attacks, i...

The privacy policy of the Narendra Modi app was updated after criticism mounted on social media over the unauthorised use of user data. The Narendra Modi app is promoted by the BJP as a one-stop channel for government achievements. HIGHLIGHTS Security researcher said app was sharing user data without consent news18pro verifies claim, finds data being sent to servers run by US firm Privacy policy of app updated, BJP says Congress app shares data too NEW DELHI :  The official mobile app of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, downloaded over five million times on Android alone, sent user data to a US-based company without consent, security researchers have found in claims that were verified by news18pro . Allegations against the Narendra Modi app, which have sparked a furore on social media and biting criticism from Congress President Rahul Gandhi, come at a time of heightened sensitivity around the alleged misuse of personal data amid the unfolding Facebook-Cambridge Analytica controversy....

Benjamin Netanyahu in a Cabinet meeting indicated that the next goal is to allow direct flights over Saudi Arabia from Tel Aviv to Mumbai by Israeli flag carrier El Al. Benjamin said that paving the way for the Air India flights is something that has taken a number of years JERUSALEM :  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday hoped that Israel's flag carrier El Al could soon start direct flights from Tel Aviv to Mumbai using Saudi airspace, days after Air India's maiden flight from New Delhi flew over the Gulf kingdom to Israel's economic hub, substantially reducing travel time. Netanyahu in a Cabinet meeting indicated that the next goal is to allow direct flights over Saudi Arabia from Tel Aviv to Mumbai by Israeli flag carrier El Al. El Al currently has four direct flights from Tel Aviv to Mumbai, but it must take a circuitous route to avoid Saudi airspace, and a flight that should take just under five hours, ends up taking about eight. On Thursday, Air India's ma...

Some 690,000 immigrants are registered under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that Trump ended on March 5. Trump had multiple chances to craft a DACA fix with Congress (File) WASHINGTON :  America's so-called "Dreamer" immigrants and supportive lawmakers were left fuming and fearful Friday after anti-deportation measures were left out of a federal spending bill signed by President Donald Trump. More than six months after Trump announced he was scrapping an Obama-era program that protected hundreds of thousands of immigrants who arrived in the country illegally as children, he signed the controversial measure into law -- then blamed Democrats for the collapse of immigration negotiations. "The Republicans are with you, they want to get your situation taken care of," Trump said at the White House. Democrats, he said, fought against a deal for Dreamers "every single inch of the way. They did not want DACA in this bill." Some 690,00...

Chinese authorities declassified information about the sale of the missile tracking system to Pakistan yesterday. China has been the biggest supplier of arms to Pakistan. (Representational) BEIJING :  In an unprecedented deal, China has sold Pakistan a powerful tracking system which could speed up the development of multi-warhead missiles by its all-weather ally, the state-run Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said. Zheng Mengwei, a researcher with the CAS Institute of Optics and Electronics in Chengdu, Sichuan province, confirmed to the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post that Pakistan had bought a highly sophisticated, large-scale optical tracking and measurement system from China. "We simply gave them a pair of eyes. They can use them to look at whatever they want to see, even the Moon," he said. Zheng said he could not elaborate on the technology nor where in Pakistan it was being used as it involved the country's defence interests. He, however, said that the Pak...

Sri Lanka was last year granted 18 months by a UNHRC resolution to initiate a credible investigation into the nearly three-decades long civil war. There have been allegations of use of torture and continued reports of harassment. (File) COLOMBO :  The UN Human Rights Council has expressed doubt that whether Sri Lanka would be able to fully implement the United Nation's prescribed transitional justice agenda before March 2019. The UNHRC Deputy High Commissioner Kate Gilmore yesterday presented an update on progress in promoting reconciliation, accountability and human rights in Sri Lanka (A/HRC/37/23) between March, 2017 and January, 2018 at the 37th session of the UNHRC in Geneva. Sri Lanka was last year granted 18 months by a UNHRC resolution in October 2015 to initiate a credible investigation into the nearly three-decades long civil war with the LTTE. Ms Gilmore said that it was much regrettable that progress in establishing transitional justice mechanisms were slow. "In th...

Pakistan claims to have killed hundreds of Taliban terrorists in military operations in the last two years. Pakistan has to do a lot more to wipe out terrorism, US Vice President Mike Pence said. WASHINGTON  :  Pakistan has to do a lot more to wipe out terrorism from inside its territory and it needs to launch a crackdown not just on the Taliban but also on other terror networks, the US has said. Vice President Mike Pence met Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi of Pakistan last Friday and the two leaders discussed the South Asia strategy. In his new South Asia Policy in August, President Donald Trump had called for tougher measure against Pakistan if it fails to cooperate with the US in its fight against terrorism. "One of the things that the president has called for in his South Asia strategy is for Pakistan to take on greater responsibility for cracking down on terror groups. We have certainly seen Pakistan take some positive steps in the right direction," State De...

The war of words between Moscow and London over the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal has escalated Britain has linked Vladimir Putin to the attack on Sergei Skripal MOSCOW:  Britain on Friday provoked Russia's wrath by directly implicating Vladimir Putin in the nerve agent attack on an ex-double agent, with the Kremlin saying the claims were "shocking and unforgivable." The war of words between Moscow and London over the poisoning of a former Russian spy escalated as Britain's outspoken Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said his government's "quarrel" was with Putin rather than the Russian people. "We think it overwhelmingly likely that it was his decision to direct the use of a nerve agent on the streets of the UK, on the streets of Europe, for the first time since the Second World War," Johnson said in London. Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded saying Johnson's claims violated all rules of diplomatic protocol. Linki...

Zuma is accused of taking kickbacks from the $5 billion purchase of fighter jets, patrol boats and other arms, manufactured by five European firms, including British military equipment maker BAE Systems and French company Thales. Jacob Zuma accused of taking kickbacks from $5 billion purchase of fighter jets, and other arms (File) PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA:  Former South African president Jacob Zuma will face prosecution on corruption charges that haunted much of his term in office, the country's chief prosecutor said Friday. Zuma is accused of taking kickbacks from the $5 billion purchase of fighter jets, patrol boats and other arms, manufactured by five European firms, including British military equipment maker BAE Systems and French company Thales. National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesman Luvuyo Mfaku confirmed to AFP that Thales would also face prosecution, alongside Zuma. Thales declined to make any immediate comment. "After consideration of the matter I am of the view...

The 33-year-old Malaysian firefighter who had earned the name the "snake whisperer" died Friday, a few days after he was bitten by a cobra. Abu Zarin Hussin even kissed snakes on the mouth He had been known for his way with venomous snakes. Pictures and videos of Abu Zarin Hussin show him taking a selfie with his pet cobra, and also exercising at the gym, doing work on his computer and watching TV with the slithering serpent next to him. He even kissed snakes on the mouth. The 33-year-old Malaysian firefighter who had earned the name the "snake whisperer" died Friday, a few days after he was bitten by a cobra. Hussin was rushed to a hospital Monday after he was bitten in Bentong in the state of Pahang, the Malaysian news outlet the Star Online reported.It's unclear why the snake bit him. Hussin, who chronicled his interactions with cobras on Facebook, was propelled to international internet fame after British tabloids reported -- falsely - that he married his pe...