A popular South Korean DJ (@deejaysoda) claimed that she was “suddenly kicked out” of a flight just before her departure to Los Angeles from New York, and forced to take off her sweatpants because they were deemed “inappropriate” and “offensive.”
DJ Soda was wearing sweatpants that had the words “FVCK”, “FVCK YOU,” and “FVCKIN” printed all over and were sponsored by the American brand Ripndip.
The DJ, whose real name is Hwang So-hee, wrote on her social media that she was “harassed and humiliated” on Monday after boarding an American Airlines flight from New York to Los Angeles.
I GOT KICKED OFF FROM @AmericanAir flight and they harassed me to take off my sponsored @RIPNDIP 'FVCK YOU' sweatpants in front of people to board again. Yesterday coming back from JFK to LAX with American Airlines, I was harassed and humiliated. I was forced out of the plane and was harassed to take off my pants in front of the flight crews at the gate. I have never had an issue with wearing this pair of pants before in my many months of touring in North America and they did not have any problem with me wearing it at the time of check-in nor when I sat down at my seat. Here is my story;
A staff suddenly approached me to pack up my belongings and leave the plane without any kind of explanation. As I was escorted off the plane, they claimed that my sweatpants were “inappropriate” and “offensive” telling me that I need to take the next flight. I had an important meeting set up in LA on that day, so I could not afford to get off this flight. I pleaded to stay on the flight but was ignored by the staff and the flight attendants. I even offered to get changed but the request was denied. What happened next was horrendous. With my broken fingers, I hardly ended up taking off my pants in front of the whole crew and standing half-naked while they still refused to board me on the flight. They even sarcastically commented that I could have taken off my pants earlier. When they finally let me enter, I put my pants inside out and finally sat down after an hour of delay causing inconvenience to the members of the flights on board. I was mortified and trembling in fear for the next 6 hours on my flight back to LA. In my 8 years of touring, I have never experienced or been treated unfairly, especially in a country that is known for its freedom of speech and individuality. From now on, I will be boycotting @AmericanAir and hope this NEVER happens to anyone ever again.
Russian president Vladimir Putin has warned outside forces against interfering in the Ukrainian conflict, promising a “lightning-speed” response to such actions, with the use of Moscow’s most advanced weaponry.
In an address to lawmakers on Wednesday, Putin said;
“If someone decides to intervene into the ongoing events from the outside and create unacceptable strategic threats for us, they should know that our response to those oncoming blows will be swift, lightning-fast,”
“We have all the tools to do this. Tools that no one except us can brag about. But we’re not going to brag. We’ll use them if such a need arises,” he said.
And a new pipeline delivering gas from Norway, known as the "Baltic Pipe", comes online in October. It should reach full capacity by the end of the year and could replace all Russian deliveries.
The gas supply cut does not mean Poland will immediately be unable to meet customer demand.
In recent years, Poland has reduced its dependence on Russian gas and it now buys LNG from Qatar and pipelines connect the country to the European market. Plus, the winter heating season is over, so demand is lower.
But Gazprom supplies more than half of all Poland's gas imports. That's a big hole to fill.
And Poland is not the only EU country now seeking to stop buying Russian energy.
There's a lot of competition on an already tight gas supply market. When the heating season starts again in the autumn and demand rises, Poland could face a tricky few months securing enough supply.
And if it does so, it may have to restrict supplies to large industrial users.
2px presentational grey line Supplies from Russia account for about 40% of the EU's natural gas imports.
However, many countries have pledged to move away from Russian energy in response to its invasion of Ukraine.
The US has declared a complete ban on Russian oil, gas and coal imports.
Meanwhile, the UK is to phase out Russian oil by the end of the year, with gas to follow as soon as possible, and the EU is reducing gas imports by two-thirds.
lexy20I4: We men are turning to monsters daily,I think we should give women a chance to rule this world abeg. We no get anything for head other than war and war.
Until we completely destroy this world our body no go rest.
Simp go to bed please.
Taiwan President = Female Sweden, Finland PM's = Female.
These 3 countries have dared China and Russia respectively. And are on the brink of war.
Greece President = Female Slovakia President = Female Georgia President = Female Kosovo President = Female Ukraine Deputy PM = Female Denmark PM = Female New Zealand PM = Female Canada Deputy PM = Female Serbia PM = Female Iceland PM (for over 15yrs) = Female Estonia PM = Female Moldova President = Female Lithuania PM = Female
More than half of Eastern European Countries have Female Prime Ministers or Deputy Prime Ministers.
Google is your friend.
What other chance do you speak of? Ruler of Mars or the Moon maybe.
Dawn91: I have heard you... You will be granted visa and your ban reversed don't worry
Sorry ehn
I studied in the UK and transferred to Australia as an exchange student. I have nearly all members of my immediate family in the US, some in Canada. In all honesty you're the one who needs that prayer the most.
Dawn91: I don't know how many times you were denied visa that made you this bitter or if it's because you sympathize with ISIS but guy stop the propaganda.
Open your eyes to the truth you black slave.
Both Ukraine and Russia are Christian countries. I don't need to be a Muslim to support a Christian country like Russia.
Russian engineering troops seized control of a Ukrainian army arsenal with thousands of tonnes of ammunition in the Kharkov Region, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday.
"During their special military operation, the Russian engineering troops seized control of a Ukrainian army arsenal on an area of several hundred hectares with depots containing thousands of tonnes of ammunition in the Kharkov Region," the ministry said in a statement.
The depots are storing, in particular, munitions for multiple launch rocket systems with cluster warheads, the Russian Defense Ministry specified.
"These are the munitions that the Ukrainian forces used to bombard residential quarters of populated areas, constantly endangering civilians," the ministry stressed, adding that the depots also contained ammunition for small arms, tube artillery, the armament of air defense systems and various grenades.
"In addition to Soviet-made ammunition, the depots stored Western-made mines and shells," the ministry stressed.
EU companies may be able to work around Russia's demand to receive gas payments in roubles without breaching sanctions if they pay in euros or dollars which are then converted into the Russian currency, the European Commission said on Friday.
The companies would also need to seek additional conditions on the transactions, such as a statement that they consider their contractual obligations complete once they have deposited the non-Russian currencies.
Moscow has warned Europe it risks having gas supplies cut unless it pays in roubles. In March it issued a decree proposing that energy buyers open accounts at Gazprombank to make payments in euros or dollars, which would then be converted to rubles.
The Commission said earlier this month that the decree risked breaching EU sanctions since it would put the effective completion of the purchase - once the payments are converted to roubles - into the hands of the Russian authorities.
In an advisory document sent to member states on Thursday, however, the Commission said Moscow's proposal does not necessarily prevent a payment process that would comply with EU sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine conflict.
The Commission's advice is not legally binding, but is an attempt to steer the discussion while member states work out how they can continue to pay for Russian gas.
Brussels said in the document that there were options that could allow companies to continue lawfully paying for gas.
"EU companies can ask their Russian counterparts to fulfil their contractual obligations in the same manner as before the adoption of the decree, i.e. by depositing the due amount in euros or dollars," the document said.
However, the procedure for securing exemptions from the requirements of the decree is not yet clear, it said.
Before making payments, EU operators could also make a clear statement that they consider their contractual obligations to be completed when they deposit euros or dollars with Gazprombank - as opposed to later, after the payment is converted into roubles, the document said.
"It would be advisable to seek confirmation from the Russian side that this procedure is possible under the rules of the decree," the document said.
A European Commission spokesperson said companies should stick to the currency agreed in their contracts with Gazprom - 97% of which are in euros or dollars.
The EU's sanctions regime does not prohibit companies from opening accounts with Gazprombank, or engaging with the bank to attempt to seek a solution, the document said.
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