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Japan scrutinises foreigners’ unpaid resident taxes!
Photo credit: Mainichi Japan’s internal affairs ministry has started surveying its municipalities on the collection of the individual resident tax from foreign workers who left Japan in 2024. The Japan Times reports that the resident tax is collected every fiscal year based on the previous year’s income. In the most recent regular session of parliament, problems were highlighted regarding some of foreign…
Famine takes hold of al-Fashir, Sudan!
Photo credit: Al Jazeera The Sudanese city of al-Fashir has been cut off from the world by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for more than 15 months. SBS News reports that no food or aid delivery has been allowed in. Civilians now worry that the only thing awaiting them is death. A woman told in…
Israel to retake Gaza!
Photo credit: AP News Israel’s Security Cabinet has approved a plan to take over Gaza City. AP reports that the Prime Minister’s office confirmed it. The decision was taken early Friday, and it marks another escalation of Israel’s 22-month offensive launched in response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. The war has already killed thousands of Palestinians, destroyed much of…
Superman to become ICEman?
Photo credit: CNN Dean Cain, who starred as the Man of Steel in the 1990s TV series “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman said, “So many patriots have stepped up, and I’m proud to be among them.” AP reports that the US government is deploying patriotic icons and increasingly warlike rhetoric to recruit…
Amid gangsterism, Haiti gets new leadership!
Photo credit: AP News Laurent Saint-Cyr, a wealthy businessman, on Thursday became the head of Haiti’s transitional presidential council. AP reports that the council is tasked with restoring order in the beleaguered country. Meanwhile, a top gang leader has vowed to overthrow the government. Saint-Cyr’s appointment at the council’s heavily guarded office in the capital marked the…
Anti-Palestinian racism, Islamophobia on the rise in Canada – reports!
Photo credit: CBC York University’s Islamophobia Research Hub has released a report documenting nearly 100 cases of anti-Palestinian, anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia in Canada since October 7. Global News reports that the report includes incidents ranging from vandalism and doxing to students being disciplined for displaying Palestinian identity. Researchers and community leaders are calling for…
Havana denounces US hostility against Cuban migrants!
Photo credit: Prensa latina Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez has decried the hostility of anti-Cuban politicians in the United States against Cuban migrants who maintain ties to their homelands. Prensa Latina News reports that Rodriguez wrote, “The damage caused by their economic suffocation measures is not enough for them. They intimidate, threaten, and persecute Cuban migrants with…