US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has requested a briefing for all House members on the Saudi Aramco attacks and Iran, a spokesman said on Tuesday 17 September . House leaders asked for the intelligence briefings after drone attacks Saturday on two oil facilities sent oil prices soaring and raised fears of a new Middle East conflict....

Talks continued into the night on Monday 9-16-2019but there was no end to the strike against General Motors. The walkout by upward of 49,000 United Auto Workers (UAW) members has brought to a standstill more than 50 factories and parts warehouses in the union's first strike against the United States's predominant car manufacturer in over a decade. Workers left factories and formed picket lines s...

According to the United Nations (UN), human rights is a cross-cutting theme in all its policies and programmes in the key areas of peace and security, development, humanitarian assistance and economic and social affairs under a series of international human rights treaties and other instruments adopted since 1945. They have expanded the body of international human rights law, including the Convent...

Los Gatos - Move aside, “Friends” and “The Office.” Netflix now has a new gem - a show about nothing. The company announced Monday it would start streaming all 180 episodes of “Seinfeld” in 2021, gaining a hugely popular addition to its library as the battle for viewers heats up. Netflix Inc., which pioneered the binge-watching culture of streaming, was dealt ...

Studies have established that people who eat a low-quality diet are more likely to have depression — and that the lower the diet quality, the more severe the symptoms. So can improving diet quality in turn improve mental health? Yes, asserts Australian-led research in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, which determined that adopting a healthier diet is a promising strategy to reduce the sy...

BEIJING - Three-time All-Star Marc Gasol became only the second man to win an NBA crown and the World Cup in the same year after Spain brushed aside Argentina 95-75 on Sunday 9-15-2019. Spain, who survived double overtime against Australia to reach the final, led throughout in Beijing to win international basketball’s biggest prize a second time. The only previous occasion was in 2006 with...