Photo credit: Infomigrant As many as 100 migrants successfully crossed the English Channel yesterday, making the first arrivals under the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham. https:man //youtu.be/npIqWvLTXe8?si=HztsyvYoxrHWVLkA It piled pressure on Mr Burnham to break his silence over his immigration plans, having failed to mention the issue for three days despite it being among voters’ top concerns in…
Photo credit: the Canadian Press Premiers said they remain a united Team Canada against a common adversary in the US as they wrapped up talks Wednesday ahead of a face-to-face meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. The Canadian Press reports that all 13 provincial and territorial leaders, who were gathering for an annual summer meeting,…
Photo credit: Arab News Nicaragua’s lawmakers said they will carry out a plan by President Daniel Ortega to abolish elections in the Central American country, prompting renewed criticisms Wednesday by the international community. The Associated Press reports that the move was announced in a statement Tuesday by Nicaragua’s congress, which is firmly in the hands of Ortega and…
Photo credit: the independent Andy Burnham became the United Kingdom’s prime minister on Monday, the seventh in a decade. It followed Keir Starmer’s short stint of two years as Prime Minister. But it marks a shift in Labour’s centre of gravity, from top-down Westminster technocracy towards a politics of place, investment, and national renewal. For Washington and Brussels alike,…
Photo credit: Express Tribune The UN refugee agency announced Tuesday that 144 refugees and migrants have died or were missing after “tragic maritime incidents” off the coast of Mauritania. UPI reports that Matthew Saltmarsh, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, said in a press briefing that these lost were attempting the sea journey…
Photo credit: Australia Today It’s no news that young Australians are less religious than their parents and grandparents. Census data has shown a steady decline in religious affiliation for decades, particularly among Christians, who remain Australia’s largest faith group. SBS News reports that over the past years, there have been reports that seemed to point in…
Why is it that the Nigerian government always fails to recognise brilliant ideas when they see them? And people will be complaining of joblessness. Why will there be no joblessness. Governors, youth groups and even the army of unemployed peopleseem to have agreed on one idea but the people at the centre seem to have…
