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Bangladesh holds conference on Rohingya!
From left, Jahena Begum, 50, and her three disabled children – Sumaiya Akter, 23; Md Ayas, 21; and Md Harez, 19 – live in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh [File: Valeria Mongelli/Al Jazeera] Bangladesh is holding a two-day conference on the persecuted Rohingya community before a high-level conference on the Rohingya refugee…
People’s Fair holds in Toronto!
Photo credit: Daily Hive It was a parade of intellectual discussions, exhibition of culture, expositions of political ideas, reaffirmation of struggles, laced with good food, drinks, along with poetry and music at The People’s Fair held on Sunday, August 24 at the OPSEU/SEFPO Downtown Toronto Regional Office. It was organized by various groups, including Students and…
Three sisters die while crossing the Mediterranean!
Photo credit: TRT Global Three young sisters have died after an overcrowded rubber dinghy took on water in bad weather while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy. Daily Mail reports that the sisters were from war-torn Sudan. They were 9, 11 and 17 years old. The Mediterranean route has claimed over 30,000 lives since the…
Canada counter-tariffs US goods!
Photo credit: BBC Canada’s Trade Minister has said the decision to drop retaliatory tariffs puts Ottawa in a better position to negotiate changes to US President Donald Trump’s devastating duties on key sectors and eases tensions ahead of a review of a critical continental trade agreement. Toronto Today reports that LeBlanc said, “Our responsibility as the government is to…
Asylum hotel protests across UK!
Photo credit: BBC Protests over the use of hotels for housing asylum seekers have been held across the UK. BBC reports that demonstrators gathered in various parts of England, like Bristol, Liverpool, London, Mold in Wales, Perth in Scotland, and County Antrim in Northern Ireland. However, police stepped in to keep opposing groups separated in many places…
German cities report “easing” of migrant claims …
Photo credit: Daily Mail German cities have reported an easing of the national immigration “emergency” after asylum claims were cut by half amid a crackdown by Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Daily Mail reports that the chancellor had scrapped the open border system of the previous administration by issuing orders to turn undocumented migrants away from the nation….
WHO says rising heat is a “public health crisis.”
Photo credit: The Globe and Mail The World Health Organization has said climate change-driven heat is a “public health crisis” for workers around the globe. Toronto Today reports that the WHO and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released a joint report on Friday saying outdoor workers in construction, farming and other physically demanding jobs are…