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Protesters block roads in Portsmouth as 140 migrants rescued
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Portsmouth on Sunday night after 140 migrants in a single dinghy were rescued in the English Channel. BBC reports that in the second major anti-migrant protest of the weekend, police faced off with demonstrators as they blocked roads in an effort to stop the people who had arrived on the small…
Jamaica to file slavery reparations petition during UK state visit
Photo credit: The independent A Jamaican delegation to the United Kingdom has said it will file a petition addressed to King Charles III to seek legal guidance on the question of slavery reparations. Al Jazeera reports that this is the first time a British Commonwealth state will use this legal route “for the cause of reparatory justice”,…
Africa’s mother tongues are finding new life as youth connect with roots and relatives
A television game show in Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos has an unforgiving rule: Speak English and you lose. For a US-born millennial in the audience and a student of her parents’ mother tongue, the high-stakes setting is a perfect classroom. The Associated Press reports that a 15-year-old Canadian speaks to a teacher about 13,000 kilometres away in…
Majority of Canadians now see US as an enemy,…: poll
Photo credit: CTV News For as long as anyone can remember, Canada and the US have arguably been the world’s closest allies and friends. The sibling settler-colonial nations sharing the world’s longest undefended border are deeply linked, culturally and economically, with any differences historically resolved respectfully. National Post reports that as the trade war initiated by US President Donald Trump drags…
UK gov’t condemns masked anti-immigrant protesters blocking Dover port
Photo credit: The Telegraph On Saturday, dozens of masked people protesting Channel migrant crossings blocked access to the port of Dover, briefly halting ferry traffic between England and France. Al Jazeera reports that images shared online showed dozens of demonstrators dressed in black and wearing balaclavas streaming onto roads surrounding the port in the United Kingdom. In…
IDF begins strikes in Lebanon after drone attack by Hezbollah
Photo credit: Jerusalem Post The IDF began a wave of strikes in southern Lebanon on Sunday morning following the launch of two drones by Hezbollah terrorists towards troops within the security zone, the military announced. The Jerusalem Post reports that during the Hezbollah attack, IDF soldiers opened fire on the drones and downed one of…
Trump sends envoys to Moscow and Kyiv with new plan to “end the war”
Photo credit: France 24 US President Donald Trump said Friday he is sending envoys Steven Witcoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv with a plan to end more than four years of war in Ukraine. The move marks Washington’s latest bid to break a diplomatic stalemate in Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War II,…