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Ontario sends firefighters, equipments to help battle LA wildfires!
Photo credit: CBC Canada’s Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan says Canadian military personnel, their equipment and another 250 firefighters stand “ready to support our American neighbours” as wildfires devastate parts of Southern California. Nsauga reports that his pledge comes as the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre said Thursday that the US National Interagency Fire Centre asked…
UN says Australia violated asylum seekers’ rights!
Photo credit: Aljazeera Australia violated the rights of asylum seekers arbitrarily detained on the island of Nauru; a UN watchdog ruled on Thursday. France 24 reports that the UN Human Rights Committee published decisions in two cases involving 25 refugees and asylum seekers who endured years of arbitrary detention in the island nation. The panel…
Warming centres across Toronto continue to stay open!
Photo credit: Citynews Toronto As Toronto experiences a bone-chilling cold stretch, the city has activated its warming centres for those in need.
UK to trap people smugglers with novel sanctions regime!
Photo credit: ACL The UK will develop a new sanctions regime to cripple people smuggling crime rings and starve them of illicit finance fueling their operations. Gov.UK – the United Kingdom’s website – reports that the UK will develop a new sanctions regime to cripple people smuggling crime rings and starve them of illicit finance…
Philippines arrest 400 foreigners in scam centre!
Photo credit: the Peninsula Qatar Around 400 foreign nationals were arrested on Wednesday in a “large-scale” raid on a suspected online scam farm in Manila, according to the national immigration centre. Vnexpress.net reports that authorities raided a building and found workers allegedly engaged in online scam operations targeting victims abroad. International has grown in recent…
Trudeau says Canada won’t join US!
Photo credit: Radio Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said \tuesday there “isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become a part of the United States.” Global News reports that the statement came after US president-elect Donald Trump threatened to compel a merger through “economic force.” Trump had in a wide-ranging press conference said, “we…
Sri Lanka to boost economy with migrant workers’ savings!
Photo credit: Daily FT Authorities in Sri Lanka are exploring avenues to channel foreign earnings into local investments to boost the country’s economy. Daily Mirror Online reports that they are planning to empower returning migrant workers to reinvest their savings in the country. The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) has announced the launch…