Iran stopped com­mu­ni­cat­ing with me­di­a­tors af­ter Is­rael threat­ened to bomb Beirut as it fights the Iran­ian-backed Lebanese mili­tia Hezbol­lah, two se­mi-of­fi­cial Iran­ian news agen­cies re­port­ed Tues­day.

The eco­nom­ic ef­fects of the maxi-taxi strike in Trinidad yes­ter­day are be­gin­ning to emerge, with busi­ness cham­bers warn­ing that a pro­longed dis­rup­tion could re­duce pro­duc­tiv­i­ty, af­fect cus­tomer traf­fic and place ad­di­tion­al fi­nan­cial pres­sure on work­ers and fam­i­lies.

​She was un­der­rat­ed and de­nied the recog­ni­tion her tal­ent and achieve­ments de­served. She didn't fit the im­age tra­di­tion­al Eu­rope want­ed. They were de­light­ed to ben­e­fit from her tal­ent, skill, prowess, and per­for­mances; how­ev­er, she spoke up against racism. Af­ter scor­ing a goal, she marked the oc­ca­sion by bow­ing her head and rais­ing a sin­gle, gloved fist in a Black Pow­er salute.

The Michael Jack­son biopic “Michael” con­tin­ues to pull in mas­sive crowds and top en­ter­tain­ment head­lines world­wide. And right now, it has got every­body talk­ing about vi­tili­go again.

When a child ex­pe­ri­ences trau­ma, it can fol­low her/him in­to adult­hood be­cause, for some, trau­mat­ic ex­pe­ri­ences may cause long-last­ing changes to a de­vel­op­ing brain and ner­vous sys­tem. For oth­ers, the pro­tec­tive fac­tor, such as the pos­i­tive per­son/pres­ence of a par­ent or care­giv­er, may shield them, mak­ing them more re­silient.