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Cabbagetown Festival holds with finesse!
Photo credit: Now Toronto The Cabbagetown Festival made its impact in the central Toronto neighbourhood on Saturday and Sunday The 46-year-old celebration flooded Parliament, Carlton, and neighbouring streets with over 300 vendors offering irresistible food and drinks, artisan shopping, games, and non-stop energetic Performances. After nearly half a century, the festival is getting richer in displaying heritage and…
Faye Tallow abducted by state forces in the Philippines!
Photo credit: Instagram The location of a peasant organizer and former UP Diliman student-leader Faye Margarette Tallow remains unconfirmed. Philippine Collegian reports that she was forcibly taken in a raid by troops of the 16th Infantry Battalion on Thursday in her home in Brgy, Malibago, Camarines North, according to human rights group Karapatan Bikol. She…
Koreans detained in US immigration raid to be released soon!
Photo credit: The Japan Times Thhe Korean government has announced that talks with US authorities to release over 300 Korean workers detained in Georgia were almost finished. The Korea Times reports that a chartered plane will be despatched to fly the workers back home. Presidential chief of staff Kang Hoon-siik made thhe announcement as he described the release as…
Doctors say AI chatbots can be helpful!
Photo credit: Rolling Stone A family physician and chair of the University of Toronto’s department of family and community service Dr. Danielle Martin has said, “I don’t think patients should use ChatGPT for medical advice. Period. CBC Radio reports that roughly 6.5 million Canadians are without a primary care provider. The doctor acknowledges that physicians can’t stop patients from turning to…
2 firms fined over illegal workers!
Photo credit: BBC Two firms with links to Herefordshire have been fined for employing illegal workers, according to the Home of Office. BBC reports that an Essex-based company, OKE Development Ltd. was fined 320,000 pounds for illegal employment at the former MandM Direct building on Clinton Road, Leominster. The report states that Care recruitment firm Lord’s Care…
Israeli president to visit UK!
Photo credit: The Guardian Isreali President Isaac Herzog is expected in the UK, on a two-day visit, next week. However, he may not find the visit peaceful. AA reports that British lawmakers are urging government officials not to meet him. While speaking to the BBC, a former Labour Party MP, who is now an independent, noted that…
US to receive shares in Ukraine’s minerals fund for military aid!
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Ukrainian Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko sign a deal that gives the United States preferential access to Ukraine’s mineral resources. U.S. Department of the Treasury/Reuters The US and Ukraine are moving at breakneck speed to implement a new investment found. Kyiv Post reports that it is part of a mineral deal promoted…