Inferior Wedding! – Adewale Sobowale
The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has come and gone! It was a wedding that had all the new and old monies congregating at Windsor Castle for the fairytale event. The famous and the royalty too were not left behind. However, the wedding did show how irreligious and impious the wealthy are. The…
Isreali strikes kill eight people in Gaza, medics say
Photo credit: Reuters Israeli strikes killed at least eight Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, health officials said, as ceasefire efforts meant to end fighting between Israel and the Hamas militant group falter. Reuters reports that in the weeks since halting its joint bombing with the US in Iran, Israel has stepped up its…
First heat alert in Toronto says temperatures could near 30 C
Photo credit: Now Toronto Toronto has received its first heat warning of the year and the high temperatures are expected gto persist until Tuesday. Toronto Today reports that starting Monday afternoon, daytime highs could near 30 C with humidex values of 36, according to Environmental Canada. Overnight lows afre expected to range between 18 and 20 C. In…
UAE nuclear plant targeted in drone strike amid Iran tensions
Photo credit: Korea Times A drone strike sparked a fire on the edge of the United Arab Emirates’ sole nuclear power plant on Sunday in what authorities called an “unprovoked terrorist attack.”https://www.youtube.com/live/CNgx3LSgNIY?si=vJY9cCfbHJys7YSK The Korea Times reports that no one was blamed, but it highlighted the risk of renewed war as the United \states and Iran signalled…
Rival protests collide in London
Photo credit: Reuters Tens of thousands of protesters joined two rival marches in <London on Saturday – the Unite the Kingdom rally organized by far-right figure Tommy Robinson, and a pro-Palestinian demonstration. The BBC reports that over 4,000 police officers were deployed to the capital to manage a so-called “sterile zone” between the two marches. Officers also…
Cuba crisis could become a new US migration emergency says former CIA director
Photo credit: The New York Times Former CIA Director Robert Gates said Cuba’s greatest national security risk to the United States is not an imminent military attack, but the possibility that the island’s deepening crisis could produce another mass migration emergency like the 1980 Mariel boatlift. The Latin Times reports that Gates told Margaret Brennan in…