Ajumma dance crew is owning middle age with visors and perms for Women’s History Month

[ad_1] A dance crew of 45 women flash-mobbed their way through San Diego this month, shimmying and twerking to Rihanna, dressed as ajummas, a lighthearted stereotype of middle-age South Korean women who sport sun visors, short permed hair and colorful, often mismatched, outfits. The group, Ajumma EXP, performed to celebrate women of all ages for…

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New Welsh leader ‘honored’ to be Europe’s first Black national leader

[ad_1] Vaughan Gething won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest on Saturday, and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’ semi-autonomous government. Gething, who is currently Welsh economy minister, narrowly beat Education Minister Jeremy Miles in a race to replace First Minister Mark Drakeford. Drakeford announced late last year he would step…

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Amid deepening tensions, White House weighs how to respond if Israel defies Biden with Rafah invasion

[ad_1] The White House effectively embraced remarks from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday that called for new elections in Israel to replace Netanyahu, described by the New York Democrat as “a major obstacle to peace.” Biden said Friday that Schumer delivered a “good speech.” Asked about the president’s praise, National Security Council spokesperson…

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U.S. Marines join NATO exercises on freezing Norway tundra, as new battlefield emerges in Arctic

[ad_1] ALTA, Norway — Nestled waist-high in Arctic snow miles away from civilization, U.S. Marines looked through binoculars from their machine-gun position toward the frozen ridge, watching for signs of enemy movement. Their battalion commander in this exercise, Lt. Col. Thomas Driscoll, approached the trench they dug by hand into the mountainside and asked what…

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