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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…
An eyewitness account of starvation in Gaza!
Photo credit: The Guardian This article contains content some readers may find distressing. Noor Hamman is a clinical nutritional volunteer for Action Against Hunger, an international NGO caring for malnourished children and pregnant women who are slowly wasting away in Gaza. SBS News reports that she describes the brutal effects of starvation on the body: As…
Trump administration to rescreen 55 million visa holders!
Photo credit: Daily Mail Foreigners who are legally in the United States should sleep with an eye open because their visas could be subject to deportation. Daily Mail reports that the State Department is reviewing the records of 55 million foreigners who hold visas to see if those residents broke any rules and thus become ineligible…