Multiculturalism helps Canada boost identity – new report indicates
Photo credit: CBC Mahak Bhateja says Canada’s culture helped her adjust to her new home…
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…
Multiculturalism helps Canada boost identity – new report indicates
Photo credit: CBC Mahak Bhateja says Canada’s culture helped her adjust to her new home after she moved from India. CBC News reports that the Toronto resident said, “One thing I really like about this country is the people are very welcoming and they were very supportive.” Bhateja’s experience is backed by the findings of…
Mob burns Ebola treatment centre in eastern Congo, killing policeman
Photo credit: Yahoo News A mob set fire to an Ebola treatment centre in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving one police officer dead and two people injured, officials said. DPA International reports that several Ebola patients, along with individuals showing symptoms of the life-threatening virus, fled the treatment centre in the village of Bafwabango in Ituri province, Joseph…
A chat with Yasus Afari the Jamaican dub poet, author, ambassador and educationist
Yasus Afari was born in Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica as John Sinclair. He was a childhood friend of Garnett Silk with whom he collaborated on many best-selling recordings. He attended St Elizabeth Technical High School, and worked as a repair technician for the Jamaican telephone company before returning to school after receiving a scholarship to…
14 die, 20 wounded in Lahore private tuition centre collapse
At least 14 Pakistan schoolchildren were killed and 20 others injured when the roof of a private tuition centre operating from an under-construction building collapsed in Lahore on Tuesday. The Telegraph online reports that more than 300 children, aged between seven and 13 years, were attending classes at the academy, located in the densely populated…
Toronto under heat warning, temperatures could climb to 37 C this week
Toronto is now under an orange heat warning as Environmental Canada forecasts several days of high-risk weather, with temperatures expected to climb into the mid-30s until at least Friday. Toronto Today reports that the agency said daytime highs between 31 C and 34 C are expected during the prolonged heat event, with some areas potentially reaching…
“To whom much is given, much is expected.” – Luke 12: 48 by Adewale Sobowale
My contemporaries in school will certainly be familiar with the topic. However, I am not typing about secondary school issues now. Rather, I’m welcoming you to South Africa, where some have decided to be a law unto themselves!I have a few friends in South Africa, and I know most of them would not support what’s…
The uninvited guest! – Adewale Sobowale
If there were an English word like “unguest”, I would have described myself as one. I had first travelled to the United States, thinking it was my land of hope. However, Donald Trump was trumpeting MAGA. Fortunately, I heard of Canada through my cousin, and I’ve never regretted my decision to come here. Of course,…
