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Whitephilip.blogspot.co This file photo shows Iranian parliament. — AFP/File The Iranian parliament on Tuesday passed a bill requiring the government to take firm steps to respond to “terrorist actions” by the United States forces, the Iranian state TV reported, retaliating against Washington's blacklisting of the country's elite Revolutionary Guards. On April 8 US President Donald Trump on April 8 designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) a foreign terrorist group, in an unprecedented step that drew Iranian condemnation and raised concerns about retaliatory attacks on US forces. Tehran reacted to the designation, which took effect on April 15, by naming the US Central Command (CENTCOM) a terrorist organisation and the US government a sponsor of terrorism. “The bill authorises the government to take firm and retaliatory measures against terrorist activities of American forces that endangers Iran's interests,” the TV reported. “The government should us...

  Healthy eyes are important in maintaining our overall body health. There are many small things you can do maintain your eyes’ health as well as preserve your eyesight. The easiest and the best way to protect your eyesight is a regular eye check-up. Beyond that, you can do some of the following to maintain […] Healthy eyes are important in maintaining our overall body health. There are many small things you can do maintain your eyes’ health as well as preserve your eyesight. The easiest and the best way to protect your eyesight is a regular eye check-up. Beyond that, you can do some of the following to maintain your eyesight. Maintaining a healthy diet seems to solve most of our health issues. The same goes for the eyes too. Including foods rich in antioxidants, Vitamin A and C, omega-3-fatty acids etc., like green leafy vegetables and fish is beneficial for maintaining eyesight. Consumption of alcohol and fatty foods has been proved to have a negative impact...

Manchester United midfielder Anthony Martial has been forced to withdraw from Didier Deschamps’ latest France squad after picking up an injury against Wolverhampton Wanderers over the weekend. The United attacker played the full 90 minutes in a disappointing 2-1 defeat to Nuno Espirito Santo’s side but felt severe pain in his knee following the FA Cup quarter-final exit. Martial had only just returned to action following a month on the sidelines due to a groin problem suffered during the first leg Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain . But a fresh problem has emerged and the French national team confirmed he was forced to withdraw. Doctors of both Manchester United and France agreed he should remain at the club’s Carrington base, with Thomas Lemar called up in his place for matches against Moldova and Iceland. It’s unknown at this stage how serious Martial’s knee injury is, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will hope to have him back for Manchest...

The nurse who cared for late British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking was on Tuesday banned for failing “to provide the standards of good, professional care that we expect and Professor Hawking deserved”. Britain’s Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) made the ruling at a hearing where Patricia Dowdy, 61, faces multiple misconduct charges over her care of the professor – who died last year – including financial misconduct, not providing appropriate care and not having the correct qualifications. Hawking was confined to a wheelchair, almost completely paralysed and unable to speak except through his trademark voice synthesiser after having being diagnosed with motor neurone disease aged 21. “As the public rightly expects, in serious cases such as this – where a nurse has failed in their duty of care and has not been able to (provide) evidence to the panel that they have learned from their mistakes and be fit to practise – we will take act...

A Boeing 737 MAX 8 sits parked at Boeing Co.'s Renton Assembly Plant on March 11, 2019, in Renton, Wash. Britain on Tuesday joined a growing number of nations to suspend flights by Boeing 737 MAX aircraft over their territory, after an Ethiopia Airlines plane of that model crashed on Sunday killing 157 people. “The U.K. Civil Aviation Authority has been closely monitoring the situation, however, as we do not currently have sufficient information from the flight data recorder we have, as a precautionary measure, issued instructions to stop any commercial passenger flights from any operator arriving, departing or overflying U.K. airspace,” a spokesperson said in a statement about Boeing 737 MAX aircraft. “The U.K. Civil Aviation Authority’s safety directive will be in place until further notice.”

The Brits, on Tuesday, were the eighth country to ground the Boeing Max 737 — a model that crashed in Ethiopia on Sunday — but because the United States loves setting itself apart from the rest of the world the nation has yet to ground the aircraft with officials saying that they even refuse to do so, though there has been pressure applied by US lawmakers. The US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has said it will not suspend Boeing 737 Max aircraft despite mounting pressure from senators and workers’ unions. The FAA said a review showed “no systemic performance issues” and there is no basis for grounding the aircraft. View image on Twitter The FAA ✔ @FAANews UPDATED #FAA Statement regarding @Boeing 737 MAX. 705 11:12 PM - Mar 12, 2019  ·  Washington, DC 1,486 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy On Tuesday, the European Union joined other nations in temporarily suspending the planes’ ...

A newly identified circuit connecting the cerebellum to the brain’s reward centers in mice could help scientists understand autism and addiction Credit: Getty Images For the longest time the cerebellum, a dense, fist-size formation located at the base of the brain, never got much respect from neuroscientists. For about two centuries the scientific community believed the cerebellum (Latin for “little brain”), which contains approximately half of the brain’s neurons, was dedicated solely to the control of movement. In recent decades, however, the tide has started to turn, as researchers have revealed details of the structure’s role in cognition, emotional processing and social behavior. The longstanding interest in the cerebellum can be seen in the work of French physiologist Marie Jean Pierre Flourens—(1794–1867). Flourens removed the cerebella of pigeons and found the birds became unbalanced, although they could still move. Based on these ...