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Ethiopian youth football team vanishes in Sweden after tournament
An alarming incident has unfolded in Sweden as 20 players and several adult handlers from an Ethiopian youth football team have reportedly gone missing after participating in an international tournament. The group failed to check out of their hotel and did not appear for their scheduled flight. Lente Desportiva reports that the disappearance involves the players aged…
Raid on Pakistani police post leaves 11 officers dead and 15 attackers dead
Photo credit: AP News The death toll from an overnight deadly militant attack on a police post in northwestern Pakistan rose to 11 early Thursday, police and a government official said. The Associated Press reports that security forces killed 15 militants in an hour-long gun battle after they targeted the Khazina police post in Hangu district…
A peep into the reviews, podcasts, poems, audio recordings and videos of the South African essayist, poet and novelist, Abigael George
Two reviews of Did You Get Married to Her When I was in the Mental Hospital? Three book trailers “When Bad Mothers Happen” Narrative nonfiction book “The Waking” e-book “Clarissa, Hector and Septimus Redefined” E-book BBC interview, interviewed by Maggie Ayre Gerald So reads my poem on the aftermath and repercussions of domestic violence, “Domestic…
Carney says government has “taken back control” of immigration
Photo credit: The Canadian press The Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government has “taken back control” of immigration. He made the remark at a press conference in Red Deer, Alta., on Wednesday, after being asked about an upcoming referendum that will ask Albertans how they want the province to deal with immigration. They include questions about…
Hundreds of migrants are swimming from Morocco to the Spanish territory of Ceuta
Photo credit: The Hill Hundreds of migrants are swimming from Morocco to the tiny Spanish territory of Ceuta at the country’s northern tip, overwhelming border security, local authorities said Wednesday. The Canadian Press reports that while good weather usually brings a surge in migrant crossings by sea in the summer, Ceuta authorities said the current number of swimmers is unusual….
Ebola worsening hunger in eastern Congo, UN agency chief warns
The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever recorded is leaving thousands more people hungry in eastern Congo, a region engulfed in conflicts and a fight over precious minerals, the head of the UN food agency warned on Wednesday. The World Food Program’s acting executive director, Carl Skau, told The Associated Press during a visit to the hard-hit Ituri province…
Trump administration ramps up denaturalization process
Photo credit: CNN Revoking an immigrant’s citizenship has proven to be a costly and controversial practice over the years, but the Trump administration says hundreds of people deserve to have their citizenship stripped anyway. USA Today reports that the plan calls for ramping up the previous rare denaturalization process as a part of a broader…