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Restauranteurs fined for committing offence against migrant workers!
Photo credit: Shutterstock The owners of an Italian restaurant in New Plymouth were fined $60,000 for an “insidious” that involved charging one migrant worker $16,000 just to get a job, then charging him an hourly rate because they said the minimum wage was too high. Stuff reports that the Labour Inspectorate received a complaint from an…
Hezbollah drone attack kills 4 soldiers in central Israel!
Photo credit: NPR A Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers and severely wounded about sixty others on Sunday, the military said. CBC News reports that the Lebanon-based Hezbollah called the attack near Binyamina city a retaliation for Israeli strikes on Beirut on Thursday that killed 22 people. It…
World Bank says poorest nations in worst shape!
Photo credit: VOA The World Bank has said the world’s poorest countries, which are home to 40% of the most poverty-stricken people, are more in debt than at any other time since 2006. They are also more vulnerable to natural disasters and other shocks. According to a new World Bank report, these economies are, on…
Toronto gets new ferries!
Photo credit: Toronto Star The City of Toronto has awarded Daman, a Dutch company, a $90 million contract to build two fully electric ships to service Toronto’s islands. The Toronto Star reports that the first is slated to be delivered in November 2026 and the second in early 2027. After a crash into a dock…
Canada changes course on Immigration!
Photo credit: Vancouver is awesome Canada is widely believed to be one of the world’s most immigrant-friendly countries. Apart from policies which favour immigrants, the people are also friendly to a fault. However, after inviting millions of newcomers to the country in recent years to help lift the economy, the government is reversing its course…
Poland to suspend right to asylum!
Photo credit: Politico Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced plans to suspend the right to asylum in the country temporarily. BBC reports that he announced this at his centre-right Civic Coalition political grouping meeting in Warsaw. He said people smugglers were abusing the right to asylum. Poland has seen a huge increase in migrants,…
Texas Letters!
Photo credit: Texas Observer Damascus James started exchanging letters with people in Texas prisons several years ago. This project evolved into Texas Letters, a collection of letters written by people living in solitary confinement. The project’s second volume is out now. James will discuss the project in a conversation about mass incarceration in an event…