WASHINGTON (ViaNews) – Women’s rights has been a topic of debate in America for centuries and this has not changed in the current year 2017. Donald Trump ran his election on the support of the conservative right who generally take a strict view on women’s rights issues such as birth control and abortion. During his…
NEW YORK (ViaNews) – According tot the Federal Trade Commission (FDC), criminals use ingenious schemes to deceive “millions of people every year”. Old and new tricks are used to get people to send money or give out personal information. The FDC warns about two things that never change, crooks follow: headlines and the money. According…
NEW YORK (ViaNews) – Despite a threat from the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley to pull funding to the global body, 128 nations voted to condemn the U.S. and its decision for recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Nine countries voted against the condemnation while allies Canada, Mexico and Australia joined…
WASHINGTON (ViaNews) – New national security policy in the United States takes aim at Russia and China as “revisionist” powers that may only attack American security, according to The Hill. President Donald Trump unveiled his “America First” plan – a 55-page document – over the last weekend. During a speech outlining the new strategy, Trump…
WASHINGTON (ViaNews) – The U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are preparing to vote on a tax bill that could prove to be the lone victory in President Donald Trump’s first year in office. Trump beamed after the deal was announced Friday and the likelihood of both chambers voting on the measure sometime this week….
WASHINGTON (ViaNews) – On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines – 3-2 – to repeal its net neutrality protections, setting the wheels in motion to deregulate the U.S. broadband industry. The meeting came with a degree of drama as the hearing room was evacuated temporarily as police K-9 units were brought in…
Trump recent move on Jerusalem makes the US the first country in the world to officially recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The decision has been faced with mixed reactions from across the globe. While there have been massive condemnations, there were appreciations too. Early this month – precisely on December 6 – the US President…
Washington, United States (ViaNews) – Despite no concession, reverberations of the 20,000-vote win of Democrat Doug Jones over Roy Moore are likely to carry over to the upcoming midterm elections. Jones, a former prosecutor, narrowly defeated Moore, a former Alabama Supreme Court Justice, to become the first Democrat to win a U.S. Senate seat in…
NEW YORK (ViaNews) – For most high school students, making plans to embark on a journey to post-secondary education is a no-brainer. Among the many issues that students have to consider, determining how to pay for higher education is at the top of the list. Over the last few years, student loan statistics show that…
WASHINGTON (ViaNews) – The era of gaming began in the early 1970s with the introduction of arcade video game Computer Space by Nutting Associates. This game was later followed by the better known Pong by Atari in 1972. Initially, video games were thought to be solely for children but the audience of gamers has greatly…
