Photo credit: BBC Benin President Patrice Talon on Sunday condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the country’s army in his first public address since sporadic gunfire was heard in parts of the administrative capital, Cotonou. The AP reports that a group of soldiers appeared on Benin’s state TV earlier Sunday to announce the…
Photo credit: CBC Warming centres remain open on Sunday as Toronto gets hit by snow and freezing temperatures. Toronto Today reports that the city is expected to see snowfall amounts between two and four centimetres and a high of -1 °C during the day, according to Environment Canada. Sunday night could then see flurries and a…
Photo credit: Fox News New York’s Mayor-elect has said his administration will work to protect the city’s large immigrant population. India Today reports that he told them that they have the legal right not to speak to or comply with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. He released a video on Sunday, days after an ICE…
I was really pissed off yesterday. My problem is that I happened to have lived, not so long ago, in a somewhat saner Nigeria. Another problem is the fact that it seems so long ago!Like I was saying, in my saner Nigeria, we attended church and tithes were collected. But then, it was nothing in…
obtuse: adjective 1a: slow to understand what is obvious or simple: DENSE b: difficult to comprehend: not clear or precise in thought or expression 2a: not pointed or acute: BLUNT b1: of an angle: exceeding 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees 2: having an obtuse angle Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Photo credit: CNN After three years of negotiations, 62 cultural items, previously held in the Vatican museums and vaults for a century, landed at Montreal-Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport on Saturday. CBC News reports that the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, said, “Today is another important step, but it’s far from…
Israel’s water supply has faced a lot of challenges since the country’s establishment in 1948. Fanack Water reports that apart from the naturally arid climate, consecutive years of drought and rapid population growth, rising living standards and political tensions in the region have put great pressure on the country’s water resources. The main freshwater resources in…
