US strikes Iran’s Revolutionary Guard over Jordan attack
Photo credit: the Boston globe The US military launched airstrikes Sunday targeting Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard…
Biden under knocks!
Rights Advocates criticised President Joe Biden of the United States for referring to an undocumented immigrant as an “illegal”.He was accused of echoing the dehumanising rhetoric of his predecessor, Donald Trump. Rights advocates and progressive lawmakers have long condemned the use of the term “illegal” to refer to human beings who do not have immigration…
BAM BAM L’AYO! WE’RE OVERFED!! – Adewale Sobowale
When I was a kid, I can still remember situations when I refused to eat. It normally happened when I was annoyed. Whenever that happened, my mother wouldn’t utter a word. She would have her meal, and for what I then thought was an overkill, she would begin singing, Bamubamu la yoAwa o mo p’ebiNpo’mo…
Israeli attacks on Palestinian aid seekers continue
Israel has not relented in its efforts to fire Palestinian civilians. Al Jazeera reports that its cameras captured some Israeli forces firing a crowd of Palestinians awaiting aid distribution at the Kuwait Roundabout in Gaza City. The attack is noted to be the second since yesterday. It is also reported that an Israeli air attack…
US judge blocks new immigration law in Texas
A federal judge on Thursday blocked a new Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S., dealing a victory to the Biden administration with a broad rejection of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s immigration enforcement effort. U.S. District Judge David Ezra’s preliminary injunction pausing a law that…
Lords checkmate Rwanda plan!
The U.K.’s Upper House has passed five amendments on the Rwanda bill. If the amendments are ratified, it would make it harder for the lower house to declare Rwanda a “safe” country. It would therefore require the government to comply with domestic and in international laws. The amendments would also severely affect the main purpose…
Sheffield United 0-6 Arsenal; Match Report
A breathless, brutal display of attacking football saw us equal our record away win the Premier League for the second time in a matter of weeks. Following a 6-0 win at West Ham late last month, and a 5-0 hammering of Burnley in our last away league game, we were at it again at Bramall…
Nigerians deploy different strategies to survive as economic hardship kontinu to bite
Di rising cost of living dey push Nigerians to di point wey be say dem no know wetin to do again. Wit inflation wey don almost hit di highest in thirty years for January, almost half of di population dey live inside poverty now. Di money wey dem dey earn dey below $1 a day….
Trump’s claims of a migrant crime wave are not supported by national data
When Donald Trump speaks at the southern border in Texas on Thursday, you can expect to hear him talk about “migrant crime,” a category he has coined and defined as a terrifying binge of criminal activity committed by undocumented immigrants spreading across the country. “You know, in New York, what’s happening with crime is it’s…
US strikes Iran’s Revolutionary Guard over Jordan attack
Photo credit: the Boston globe The US military launched airstrikes Sunday targeting Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard to retaliate for the killing of American troops in Jordan, further widening the crossfire between the nations as they fight over the Strait of Hormuz. The Associated Press reports that the strikes, now part of a weeklong campaign that has…
Police dismantle Bulgaria transit smuggling network
Photo credit: OCCRP Seven people have been arrested following a coordinated international operation targeting an organized criminal network accused of smuggling migrants through Bulgaria to other European countries. The action involved law enforcement authorities from Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and the Netherlands, with support from the South East European Law Enforcement Centre (SELEC) and Europol’s European…
Cuban dissident artist exiled from country after 5 years in prison
A famous Cuban dissident artist and musician, Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, arrived in Miami on Saturday after being released from a five-year prison sentence on the condition that he leave his country. The Associated Press reports that Alcantara was greeted at the airport by a crowd that cheered, sang, and held their phones high in the air…
Success! – Adewale Sobowale
I want to believe that success is actually a form of magic. Or could it be described as an aphrodisiac which everyone is attached to when it comes? That France won the recently concluded World Cup soccer competition that was held in Russia is now history. They defeated the hard fighting Croatians by four goals…
English village declares independence to stop migrant takeover
A tiny English village has declared symbolic independence from the United Kingdom after the Labour government announced plans to place 1,250 single male asylum seekers at a former military base bordering the community. Todayville reports that residents of Piddington, Oxfordshire, approved the declaration in a 185-7 vote on July 4, with roughly 96 per cent backing…
Defence Minister’s dismissal triggers wartime protests in Ukraine
Photo credit: The Australian The dismissal of 35-year-old Mykhailo Fedorov as Ukraine’s Defence Minister – the youngest ever to hold that position – has sparked protests across Ukraine. SBS News reports that the former tech entrepreneur’s sack came amid a surprise government reshuffle announced by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this week also included the dismissal of Prime Minister…
New study shows connection between inflammation and depression
Depression is usually treated with talk therapy and antidepressant medication, but many patients find that these treatments do not work well enough. Welltica+ reports that British researchers are investigating whether inflammation in the body could play a role in depression, according to The Sun. Previous studies have shown that some patients with depression also display signs of inflammation in their blood….
