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Photo credit: ABC News The traditional belief is that air transport is the safest. However, so many people are doubting that with the frequency of plane crashes this year.  USA Today reports that two small planes collided in the air near a southern Arizona airport, killing two people on Wednesday and marking the second mid-air crash…

A New Jersey man, Jeff Harmon, who uses a wheelchair is training to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Action News reports that Mr Harmon and his friends from Fitness, Fellowship and Faith (called F-3) are preparing for a trek up one of one of the world’s tallest mountain peaks. “I’ve been in a wheelchair since 2017 because…

Photo credit: Bloomberg Members of the Polish parliament should reject a bill that would allow the government to temporarily suspend the right to asylum at Poland’s border with Belarus.  Human Rights Watch reports that the European Commission should act to uphold the European Union treaties and member states’ obligations, including providing access to the asylum…

Photo credit: Aljazeera US President Donald Trump has blamed Ukraine for failure to end the current Russo-Ukraine war which started when Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. The BBC reports that this was after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said it was a “surprise” that his country was not invited to peace talks in Saudi Arabia to…

Photo credit: CBS A Dutch asylum seeker used government-funded taxis to travel to a hospital where he had no scheduled appointments, costing taxpayers 2,500 euros. NL#TIMES reports that repeated taxi rides raised concerns at an asylum centre in Limburg. Staff noticed that a resident frequently ordered taxis to a nearby hospital, despite not always having…

Photo credit: Shutterstock The City of Toronto says snow removal may take up to three weeks after Toronto was blanketed with heavy snow from back-to-baqck winter storms. CBC News reports that between 16 and 23 centimetres of snow fell across Toronto over the weekend, which was in addition to 15 to 23 centimetres that fell last…

A 38-year-old an from Equitorial Guinea has been deported from Zimbabwe. Bulawayo 24 reports the man has been in the country since 2014 without a valid permit. Apart from being deported, he has also been sentenced to pay a fine of US$100.  The man, Angue Benjamin Nchama was convicted of violating Zimbabwe’s Immigration Act by remaining…