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Caravan of 2,000 migrants race to US in preemptive move against election!
Photo credit: ABC News Both candidates in the US 2024 presidential election, Vice President Kamala Harria and former President Donald Trump, have said they would tighten border security if elected Daily Mail.com reports that fearing the new marshall in town may not allow them in, a caravan of 2,000 migrants is on its way to…
Migrant boat collapses off Greek island, leaving two dead!
Photo credit: Africa News A boat carrying undocumented migrants capsized off the Greek Island of Samos. Two peple died in the incidence and 22 people were rescued, according to coast guard officials. Neos Kosmos reports that the bdy of a man and a woman were taken from the Aegean Sea while 20 men and two women were…
World Bank boss pleads for poorest countries!
Photo credit: Reuters As ministers and central bank governors from around the world gather in Washington alongside thinktank and charity bosses to discuss the state of the global economy and its ability to generate a higher standard of living, debt, and why governments need to reduce it, will top the agenda at this week’s annual meetings of…
Migrant workers exploited and forced to live in squalor in Saudi Arabia!
Photo credit: Amnesty International Migrant workers at Carrefour sites, in Saudi Arabia, are exploited and forced to live in squalour. According to a report be Amnesty International UK, workers from Nepal, India and Pakistan are made to work 16-hour days and threatened with costly lay-offs if they refused to work overtime. One of the workers…
U of T’s environment school cuts ties to fossil fuels!
Photo credit; the Guardian The University of Toronto environment school says it will financially dissociate from fossil fuel companies. The Guardian reports that the institution has committed to stop taking funds from the sector for research, sponsorships, scholarships or infrastructure such as buildings. It is also going to stop collaborating with te industry on events and school initiatives, cease…
87-year old Ontario woman graduates from university!
Photo credit: Ron fanfair This week, Hortense Anglin was the oldest graduate to make her way across the platform at York University’s Fall Convocation ceremony. CTV News reports that she graduated with an honours degree in Religious Studies at age eighty-seven. She said, “Each person took the time to greet me and to congratulate me…
Migrants sent from Italy to Albania return!
Photo credit: Euro News Following Albanian judge’s ruling against their detention, migrants sent from Italy to Albania were returned to Italy on Saturday. Sixteen men from Bangladesh and Egypt arrived at the Albanian port of Shengjin on Wednesday under an arrangement between Italy and Albania. Under the arrangement, the men were to be housed in…