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Photo credit: Daily Times Segun Olowookere is a 31-year-old Nigerian who was recently released from Kirikiri Maximum Prison after 10 years of being on death row. He had been in prison since November 2010 when he was arrested for armed robbery, during which they allegedly stole hens and eggs. He and a co-suspect were sentenced…

Photo credit: CBC Support is growing for a former Ontario politician, now homeless, to help him restart his life. National Post reports that Lorenzo Berardinetti, a lawyer by profession and former municipal councillor and four-time Liberal MPP, lost his Scarborough-Southwest seat in the 2018 election. In 2022, his attempted return to municipal politics in Scarborough failed….

Photo credit: Jakarta Globe Malaysian authorities announced Saturday that they turned away two boats carrying 300 people believed to be Muslim Rohingya refugees who were found to have entered the country illegally. Jakarta globe.ID reports the Malaysian Enforcement Agency saying it had information that two more boats were attempting to enter the country after a…

Photo credit: Le Journal international Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment Muhaimin Iskandar has stated that the Government will give a loan totalling Rp20 trillion (USD1.1 billion) for MSMEs, creative economic players, and migrant workers. The Pakistan Observer reports that the minister said the funding aims to boost capital accessibility and provide financial convenience to…

Photo credit: CBC Canada will not accept new parent and grandparent permanent residency sponsorship applications until further notice, according toa ministerial detective. City News reports that the directive states the government remains committed to family reunification. However, it will focus on processing applications received last year. According to the directive, it’s Immigration Minister Marc Miller’s opinion that…

Photo credit: Aljazeera The number of migrants and asylum seekers crossing the Darien Gap has fallen by nearly 41 per cent in the last year. Al Jazeera reports that Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino announced the decline, calling it a success for the country’s efforts to limit irregular migration. Darien Gap is the treacherous strip…

Photo credit: CNN There’s a division in President-elect Donald Trump’s political movement and fraternity over 0one of the centrepieces of his presidential campaign. The Telegraph online in an editorial reports that how the Make America Great Again movement settles the debate could impact thousands of Indians every year. Mr Trump will be sworn in on…