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Beverly Hills Hotel braces for fresh celebrity boycott after George Clooney criticizes Sultan of Brunei owner for Sharia Law

It has been almost five years since the infamous celebrity boycott of the storied Beverly Hills Hotel came and went, after it was revealed that its owner – the Sultan of Brunei – had decided to implement a harsh interpretation of the Islamic Penal Code known as Sharia Law.

But the much-hyped boycott calling for the hotel to divest ownership eventually died down with a whimper, nothing changed, and the glitterati returned to their favorited luxury location.

However rumblings of discontent have resurfaced this week after George Clooney penned an article calling for a renewed boycott given that the harsh penalties are expected to be enforced in the small, oil-rich Brunei on April 3.

“Brunei will begin stoning and whipping to death any of its citizens that are proved to be gay. Let that sink in,” the Oscar winner, who is married to prominent human rights attorney Amal Alamuddin-Clooney, wrote in Deadline. “Every single time we stay or take meetings at or dine at any of these nine hotels we are putting money directly into the pockets of men who choose to stone and whip to death their own citizens for being gay or accused of adultery.”

Clooney himself admitted that he “hadn’t done (his) homework” and has recently stayed at many of the Brunei-retained hotels.

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The Beverly Hills Hotel and the Hotel Bel-Air are part of the Dorchester Collection, owned by a wing of the Brunei government referred to as the Brunei Investment Agency. They owned nine high-end hotels worldwide. The Sultan himself has an estimated net worth of $20billion.

“Dorchester Collection’s Code emphasizes equality, respect, and integrity in all areas of our operation, and strongly values people and cultural diversity amongst our guests and employees,” a representative for the hotel told Fox News on Friday. “Inclusion and diversity remain core beliefs as we do not tolerate any form of discrimination.”

But according to a source closely connected to the hotel, the staff who rely largely on tips are deeply concerned the renewed boycott will hamper their livelihoods. Many are expecting an LGBTQ and celebrity-led picket line to emerge as early as Friday, and all are bracing for a renewal of turmoil.

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“All the first boycott did was cause a lot of stress, the Sultan came in and paid for the loss of wages from all the canceled events and celebrity boycott so it didn’t hurt them,” said a hotel source, pointing out that they don’t know if the same approach will happen again. “And nothing changed. Eventually, Hollywood just came back after causing all that drama.”

George and Amal Clooney

George and Amal Clooney (Reuters)

Tensions first flared in May 2014 six months after news emerged that the small oil-rich nation had brought about Sharia Law and was set to put punishments such as flogging and dismemberment on the books as punishment for those convicted of being gay. It was widely reported at the time that “perpetrators” of the crime of being gay would also be subject to death by stoning, but it was never enforced – with next week now being the expected introduction.

At the time, a number of prominent Hollywood figures – from Ellen DeGeneres and Jay Leno, to Elton John, Richard Branson and Sharon Osbourne took to Twitter to denounce the hotel and boycotts raged. However, a source close to the hotel highlighted to Fox News that it wasn’t exactly a straight-forward protest with human rights at heart.

The local hospitality union, UNITE HERE Local 11, had sought to unionize the hotel since the early 90’s when it was re-opened and acquired by the Sultan.

The Union had tried to draw attention to the controversial ownership for years but gained no traction, and it wasn’t until an affiliated researcher dug around and learned about the Sharia Law announcement – some six months after the fact. Celebrities subsequently got involved at that point and things took off.

Yet many were also quick to point out what they considered to be Hollywood hypocrisy among the chief protestors.

Clooney is calling for the boycott of nine hotels in the U.S. and Europe with ties to Sultan Bolkiah (right), whose country will implement Islamic criminal laws in April 2019 to punish gay sex by stoning offenders to death.

Clooney is calling for the boycott of nine hotels in the U.S. and Europe with ties to Sultan Bolkiah (right), whose country will implement Islamic criminal laws in April 2019 to punish gay sex by stoning offenders to death. (AP)

Scores of individuals and companies championing the initial boycott were also exposed for being in business with a bevy of other countries that practice Sharia Law with their film productions and tech interests.

“Some of the chief protestors pretended to boycott but were having their assistant’s come in to pick up their salads every day,” the hotel source said. “It was ridiculous.”

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Despite the initial firestorm that the 2014 boycott sparked, it was widely deemed among Hollywood circles that the strike had fizzled out. The entertainment industry’s leading agencies, from CAA and WME, which had also warned its agents and talent that they were not to visit the iconic hotels appeared to have lost interest.

Even DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, one of the boycott’s most outspoken, quietly returned in January 2017 to attend Kirk Douglas’s 100th birthday lunch.

This year, Oscar parties even returned to the once taboo hotel. Among them was high-end fashion house Chanel which held its Charles Finch-hosted dinner, attended by prominent LGBTQ activists such as Miley Cyrus and Kristen Stewart. Just last week, Courtney Love, Lady Gaga, Kate Hudson and Juliette Lewis rubbed shoulders at The Daily Front Row’s Fashion Awards Los Angeles.

Even the Beverly Hills Council got involved and tried to force the hotel to sell. Only nothing happened, and it eventually became business-as-usual. Yet City Manager Mahdi Alurzi insisted that they remain “opposed to discrimination and committed to the rigorous enforcement of anti-discrimination laws and policies.”

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But whether Clooney’s latest call will have a long-term impact, is yet to be determined.

“Clooney has good intentions, but so did Ellen DeGeneres who boycotted the hotels back in 2014. At the end of the day, the issue is still the same as it was 5 years ago, and I think it’s more likely that it will follow the same pattern as it did before,” added Ronn Torossian, crisis management expert, and CEO of 5WPR. “People will find something else to be outraged about.”

Source: Fox News National

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In possible first, Cuba allows march by animal activists

On Sunday morning, a group of animal-lovers will march a mile down one of Havana's main thoroughfares waving placards calling for an end to animal cruelty in Cuba.

Short, seemingly simple, the march will write a small but significant line in the history of modern Cuba. The socialist government is explicitly permitting a public march unassociated with any part of the all-encompassing Communist state, a move that participants and historians call highly unusual and perhaps unprecedented since the first years of the revolution.

Still, there is no indication Cuba is moving toward unfettered freedom of assembly: The state still clamps down on unapproved political speech with swift and heavy police mobilizations, waves of arrests and temporary detentions.

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Lawrence Jones responds to critics who mocked him for wearing bulletproof vest at US-Mexico border

Fox News contributor Lawrence Jones recently took some flak from critics on social media after posting a photo of himself wearing a bulletproof vest while reporting from the U.S.-Mexico border.

On Thursday night, Jones responded to those critics during an appearance on Fox News' "Hannity."

“They don’t know that the Border Patrol agent that’s standing right here and keeping us safe told me to put it on to keep us safe here,” Jones told host Sean Hannity, referring to the critics. “What people don’t understand is we control this side of the border, but the cartel controls the other side of the border. So there’s been gunfights. I’m going in danger with these Border Patrol agents to report on this story.

"What people don’t understand is we control this side of the border, but the cartel controls the other side of the border. So there’s been gunfights."

— Lawrence Jones, Fox News contributor

"The public doesn’t know," Jones continued, "that over the last two-and-a-half years, there has been an uptick, over 200 percent of violence against these agents. And so in order to do my job, in order for the border agents to do their jobs, I have to come with this vest that they supply.”

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Jones reported that the Border Patrol agents he followed caught two Chinese nationals who allegedly paid a drug cartel $15,000 to $20,000 to make the trip toward the border. He added that the agents typically work without backup support, potentially placing themselves at risk if a gunfight breaks out.

“This is why we need the border wall system," Jones said, referring to President Trump's security proposal. "Not only the wall but funding for the technology as well as more boots on the ground in order to help these guys."

Also part of the panel discussion on "Hannity" was U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, who called on Congress to reform the nation's asylum laws, through which foreign nationals can request entry to the U.S. by claiming political persecution or another form of hardship.

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“We should not be accepting asylum in between ports of entry because it’s clearly being taken advantage of," Crenshaw said. "This is the step we have to take on this.

"This would have dramatic effect, by the way," Crenshaw continued. "Drug cartels have complete operational control of the Mexican side of the southern border. They’re making a killing off of this. They ask that people running across pay them money. Those people should not have to pay them money. They should go to the port of entry and actually claim [asylum].”

Crenshaw also told Hannity that he’s willing to support emergency funding for extra detention facilities and immigration judges to process asylum cases quickly.

Source: Fox News Politics

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South African court says Mozambique ex-finance minister can be extradited to U.S.: lawyer

FILE PHOTO: Mozambique's former finance minister Manuel Chang appears in court during an extradition hearing in Johannesburg
FILE PHOTO: Mozambique's former finance minister Manuel Chang appears in court during an extradition hearing in Johannesburg, South Africa, January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Shafiek Tassiem/File Photo

April 8, 2019

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A South African court has ruled that Mozambique’s former finance minister Manuel Chang can be extradited to the United States, where he is wanted on charges related to a $2 billion debt scandal, one of Chang’s lawyers said on Monday.

The ruling will effectively serve as a recommendation for South Africa’s justice minister, who has the final say on the matter and will make a decision after the same court considers a competing extradition request from Mozambique.

(Reporting by Emma Rumney; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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Exclusive: Chevron, investor reach deal on Myanmar shareholder resolution

File photo of a Chevron gas station sign in Del Mar, California
FILE PHOTO: A Chevron gas station sign is seen in Del Mar, California, in this April 25, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Mike Blake/FileS/File Photo

April 11, 2019

By Ross Kerber and Jennifer Hiller

BOSTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) – Chevron Corp will put a focus on human rights in Myanmar under an agreement with an investor group that had urged it to pay more attention to violence in the Asian nation where the U.S. oil company has operations.

Chevron will undertake steps including social investment reviews in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, donate to humanitarian organizations for Rohingya refugees, and help develop practices for companies operating amid risks of crimes against humanity, according to a letter signed by a company executive.

Azzad Asset Management, an activist investor that submitted a shareholder resolution calling on Chevron to report on its business with governments complicit in genocide or crimes against humanity, agreed to withdraw the proposal, according to a copy of the agreement viewed by Reuters.

“Chevron appreciates Azzad’s constructive engagement and commends them for recognizing our actions related to human rights,” Mary Francis, Chevron’s governance officer who signed the letter, said in an emailed statement. Francis declined to be interviewed.

A similar resolution was opposed by the company at previous shareholder meetings and last year won support from just 7% of votes cast according to a securities filing.

Joshua Brockwell, investment communications director at Virginia-based Azzad, which describes itself as “a faith-based socially responsible investment firm offering halal investment portfolios,” said the agreement “demonstrates positive steps forward after years of dialogue.”

Rakhine State came to global attention in 2017 when the Myanmar army drove about 730,000 ethnic Rohingya Muslims across the border and into neighboring Bangladesh, following attacks by Rohingya insurgents on police posts. U.S. and United Nations officials have decried the crackdown as a form of genocide.

More recently, the military has been battling another armed rebel group, the Arakan Army, which draws recruits mostly from the ethnic Rakhine population, who are mainly Buddhists, and is fighting for greater autonomy for the western state.

Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have spent more than 15 months in detention since they were arrested in December 2017 while investigating a massacre of Rohingya Muslim civilians involving Myanmar soldiers.

Chevron, the second-largest U.S.-based oil producer, does business in Myanmar through a subsidiary, Unocal Myanmar Offshore Co, according to Chevron’s website. Its projects there include a minority interest in natural gas production and in a pipeline company.

(Reporting by Ross Kerber in Boston and Jennifer Hiller in Houston; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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Duke’s Williamson named AP Player of the Year

FILE PHOTO: NCAA Basketball: NCAA Tournament-East Regional-Virginia Tech vs Duke
FILE PHOTO: Mar 29, 2019; Washington, DC, USA; Duke Blue Devils forward Zion Williamson (1) reacts during the second half against the Virginia Tech Hokies in the semifinals of the east regional of the 2019 NCAA Tournament at Capital One Arena. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

April 5, 2019

Duke freshman forward Zion Williamson was named the Associated Press Player of the Year on Friday.

He received 59 of the possible 64 votes in winning the award.

Williamson, who was also a unanimous selection to the 2019 college basketball All-America team on Tuesday, averaged 22.6 points, 8.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.8 blocks per game.

His 68 percent shooting from the field was second nationally.

Williamson is projected as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, though he has yet to officially commit to going pro.

The Blue Devils lost to Michigan State in the Elite Eight, despite being the overall top seed.

–Field Level Media

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Ethiopia crash victims’ relatives mark 40 days of mourning

Dozens of relatives of the 157 people who died in the Ethiopian Airlines crash have gathered to end 40 days of mourning according to Ethiopian Orthodox tradition.

Families held victims' photos or flags representing their 35 nationalities. Many wore black. The March 10 crash occurred shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa en route to Nairobi in neighboring Kenya.

"I lost my wife here by this terrible accident," Eyassu Teshome said. "I haven't told my children yet. They are asking me all the time about their mother but I don't have words to tell them what happened. I tried to convince them that she left to be with God."

Bayu Demisse, the husband of an Ethiopian Airlines hostess, said that "we have an 11-month-old baby so you can imagine the feeling."

Source: Fox News World

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FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve Board building on Constitution Avenue is pictured in Washington
FILE PHOTO: The Federal Reserve Board building on Constitution Avenue is pictured in Washington, U.S., March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

April 26, 2019

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve may lower the interest it pays on excess reserves banks leave with it by 5 basis points at its April 30-May 1 policy meeting in a bid to prevent the federal funds rate from drifting higher, Morgan Stanley analysts said on Friday.

This would mark the third such “technical” adjustment on the interest on excess reserves (IOER) following cuts last June and December.

(Reporting by Richard Leong; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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Tennis - Australian Open - Women's Singles Final
FILE PHOTO: Tennis – Australian Open – Women’s Singles Final – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, January 26, 2019. Japan’s Naomi Osaka attends a news conference after winning her match against Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

April 26, 2019

(Reuters) – World number one Naomi Osaka came from behind in the final set to beat Croatian Donna Vekic 6-3 4-6 7-6(4) on Friday and move into the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix semi-finals.

Osaka comfortably won the opening set but was tested by the Croatian, who pushed her to the limit in the second and third. The Japanese made 45 unforced errors as she struggles to get to grips with swapping hard courts for clay.

Osaka was visibly frustrated and trailed 5-1 in the final set but she refused to give up and found her rhythm to break Vekic twice and prevent her from serving for the match.

In the tiebreaker, a confident Osaka upped her baseline game and had two early mini breaks before wrapping up the match in two hours and 18 minutes. An infuriated Vekic even smashed her racket after losing the match.

“I told myself I didn’t want to have any regrets here,” Osaka said. “I was stressed out when I went down 1-5… but this (comeback) was pretty good because I don’t play really well on clay.”

Earlier, world number three Petra Kvitova came back from a set down to beat Anastasija Sevastova 2-6 6-2 6-3 and move into the tournament’s semi-finals for the third time in her career.

Sevastova had a dream start, breaking Kvitova twice to take a 3-0 lead as the Czech struggled with her first serve. Kvitova also made a slew of unforced errors, with many of her returns going long.

Sevastova used the full width of the court to get the better of Kvitova, who played on the back foot for much of the first set as the Latvian gave her little time to catch her breath.

However, Kvitova recovered in the second set and she broke Sevastova’s serve when she was 3-2 up, winning 10 straight points to take a 5-2 lead. Sevastova looked shaken and was broken again to give Kvitova the second set.

Kvitova took command in the final set and broke a visibly upset Sevastova to take a 3-1 lead before easing into the semis.

“In the first set I missed almost everything. I was pretty slow and she just couldn’t miss,” Kvitova said. “In the second set it was very important for me to stay on my serve and the chance to break her came.”

Kiki Bertens plays Angelique Kerber later on Friday and Victoria Azarenka faces Anett Kontaveit in the last quarter-final.

(Reporting by Rohith Nair in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)

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The Latest on fatal pileup on Interstate 70 near Denver (all times local):

10:10 a.m.

Colorado officials say four people have died after a semi-truck hauling lumber plowed into vehicles on Interstate 70, causing a fire so intense that it melted the roadway and metal off of cars.

Authorities had to wait until daylight Friday to confirm the death toll from Thursday’s 28-vehicle pileup because of the devastation caused by the fire.

Six people were taken to hospitals with injuries. Their conditions are unclear.

Lakewood police spokesman Ty Countryman says the driver of the truck who caused the crash sustained minor injuries. He has been arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide.

Officials say the driver was headed down a hill when he slammed into slower traffic. Countryman says there is no indication the crash was intentional.

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7:40 a.m.

A truck driver blamed for causing a deadly pileup involving over two dozen vehicles near Denver has been arrested on vehicular homicide charges.

Lakewood police spokesman Ty Countryman said Friday that there’s no indication that drugs or alcohol played a role in Thursday’s crash.

The unidentified driver was headed down a hill on Interstate 70 when he slammed into slower traffic and sparked a massive fire. Countryman said police are looking at whether his brakes were working properly.

He said 28 vehicles were involved, up from the initial 15 vehicles police reported after further sorting through the burned wreckage.

Police still say there were multiple fatalities but are still working to provide an exact number.

The highway is expected to remain closed until Saturday.

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Tiger woods celebrates after winning the 2019 Masters
FILE PHOTO: Golf – Masters – Augusta National Golf Club – Augusta, Georgia, U.S. – April 14, 2019 – Tiger Woods of the U.S. celebrates on the 18th hole after winning the 2019 Masters. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

April 26, 2019

Tiger Woods is sending a message that he thinks he still has enough left, emotionally and physically, to win three more major championships to tie Jack Nicklaus’ record 18 titles.

Speaking to GolfTV in his first sit-down interview since the Masters, Woods said he has taken some time off since his victory at Augusta National, which still doesn’t feel real.

“Honestly, it’s hard to believe,” Woods said. “I was texting one of my good friends last night … that I couldn’t believe that I won the tournament. That it really hasn’t sunk in. I haven’t started doing anything. I’ve just been laying there. And every now and again, I’ll look over there on the couch and there’s the jacket.”

That’s the fifth green jacket for the 43-year-old Woods, who hadn’t won a major tournament since the 2008 U.S. Open. Along the way, four back surgeries, a divorce and other personal issues derailed him.

He said he has been spending time with his children – daughter Sam, 11, and son Charlie, 10 – who weren’t born when their father was the most dominant golfer on the planet.

“They never knew golf to be a good thing in my life and only the only thing they remember is that it brought this incredible amount of pain to their dad and they don’t want to ever want to see their dad in pain,” Woods said. “And so to now have them see this side of it, the side that I’ve experienced for so many years of my life, but I had a battle to get back to this point, it feels good.”

He said he hopes – maybe expects — they’ll see this side again.

And no one will take Woods for granted at the PGA Championship at Bethpage Black Course on Long Island, N.Y., which starts May 16.

Woods said he’ll be ready for a course he already conquered once in a major: the 2002 U.S. Open.

“I’m doing all the visual stuff, but I haven’t put in the physical work yet. But it’s probably coming this weekend,” he said.

Before Woods encountered health and personal problems, it was expected that topping Nicklaus’ major mark was “when” and not “if.” Then the certainty went away, but Woods thought he still had a chance.

“I always thought it was possible, if I had everything go my way. It took him an entire career to get to 18, so now that I’ve had another extension to my career – one that I didn’t think I had a couple of years ago – if I do things correctly and everything falls my way, yeah, it’s a possibility. I’m never going to say it’s not.

“Now I just need to have a lot of things go my way, and who’s to say that it will or will not happen? That’s what the future holds, I don’t know. The only thing I can promise you is this: that I will be prepared.”

–Field Level Media

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Maria Butina, the Russian woman who was accused of being a secret agent for the Russian government, was sentenced to 18 months in prison Friday by a federal judge in Washington after pleading guilty last year to a conspiracy charge.

Butina, who has already served nine months behind bars, will get credit for time served and can possibly get credit for good behavior, the judge said. She will be removed from the U.S. promptly on completion of her time, the judge added, and returned to Russia.

MARIA BUTINA, ACCUSED RUSSIAN SPY, PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY

An emotional and apologetic Butina said in court Friday she is “truly sorry” and regrets not registering as a foreign agent.

“I feel ashamed and embarrassed,” she said, adding that her “reputation is ruined.”

Butina has been jailed since her arrest in July 2018. She entered the court Friday wearing a dark green prison jumpsuit and spoke in clear English, with a slight Russian accent.

“Please accept my apologies,” Butina said.

Butina’s lawyer, Robert Driscoll, said after the sentencing they had hoped for a “better outcome,” but expressed a desire for Butina to be released to her family by the fall.

Prosecutors had claimed Butina used her contacts with the National Rifle Association and the National Prayer Breakfast to develop relationships with U.S. politicians and gather information for Russia.

Prosecutors also have said that Butina’s boyfriend, conservative political operative Paul Erickson, identified in court papers as “U.S. Person 1,” helped her establish ties with the NRA.

WHO IS MARIA BUTINA, THE RUSSIAN WOMAN ACCUSED OF SPYING ON US?

In their filings, prosecutors claim federal agents found Butina had contact information for people suspected of being employed by Russia’s Federal Security Services, or FSB, the successor intelligence agency to the KGB. Inside her home, they found notes referring to a potential job offer from the FSB, according to the documents.

Investigators recovered several emails and Twitter direct message conversations in which Butina referred to the need to keep her work secret and, in one instance, said it should be “incognito.” Prosecutors said Butina had contact with Russian intelligence officials and that the FBI photographed her dining with a diplomat suspected of being a Russian intelligence agent.

Fox News’ Jason Donner, Bill Mears, Greg Norman and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

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