However, if not for those who were willing to stand up for their rights and for the rights of others through social protest, we might not have been afforded some of the freedoms we enjoy today in the workplace. During the last two decades of the 1800s, workers carried out some 37,000 strikes in the United States; and between 1870 and 1914, up to 800 American workers were killed during strikes, nea... [Full Article...]
Across Tyne and Wear, 142 people have died while waiting for a transplant over the past 10 years. "The local figures are shocking but let's be clear, this is a national problem - 457 people died waiting for an organ transplant in England in 2016". [Full Article...]
Six people from Hartlepool have died in the last decade while waiting for organ transplants and 13 more are waiting for a life changing operation. According to the website of the Iranian Society of Organ Donation, at present 27,081 people are awaiting organ transplant. [Full Article...]
He was carted off to the locker room praying during the fourth quarter of the game and was seen with crutches and a knee brace on his left leg. Francois didn't appear able to put any weight on his left foot as he was carried off the field. "This game tells us where we are", Saban said, "and where we need to go". Not only was Ridley the top offensive performer - on either team - in the game, he was... [Full Article...]
What me and my government are about is not just delivering on Brexit". But even inside Number 10 there are doubts as to how seriously to take what she said. Asked on the first day of her trip to Japan by both the BBC and ITV if she meant to lead the ruling Conservative party into the next election, pencilled in for 2022, she replied "Yes" before underlining her determination to continue. [Full Article...]
The Bills also released linebacker Gerald Hodges on Sunday, Pro Football Talk reported. Williams, a 2016 fifth-round pick, looked like he was in line to become the Bills' No. Brown, also signed as a free agent, formerly played for the Carolina Panthers, where coach Sean McDermott had been defensive coordinator and General Manager Brandon Beane was assistant GM. [Full Article...]
Sources said that around 15-20 minutes before the main slide, boulders had started hurtling down from the hillock. A landslide struck a sector of the Chandigarh-Shimla highway, sweeping away vehicles near the Dhalli Tunnel. Part of a temple also damaged in the landslide. The local police have to divert it via Sanjauli, on the outskirts of Shimla. About Munish DhimanBeing an enthusiast, adven... [Full Article...]
The B-1Bs were flown in from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam while the F-35Bs came from a US base in Iwakuni, Japan. The minster urged China to be more active diplomatically so North Korea agrees to dialogue. The North set off global alarm Tuesday when it fired an intermediate-range missile over the Asian island nation, triggering condemnation from world leaders including the U.S. [Full Article...]