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The trump favoring Kamala
Photo credit: Los Angeles Times US Vice President Kamala Harris has opened up with a marginal two per cent lead Republican candidate, former president Donald Trump. A poll by Reuters/Ipsos has found that it compares with a marginal two-point deficit Biden faced against Trump in last week’s poll before his exit from the race. The…
That “little” act!
Photo credit: the New Yorker It’s no longer news that the American President has dropped out of the race for the White House. It wasn’t an easy decision for him to make, but in spite of everything, he still made it. To crown it all, he endorsed his Vice President, Kamala Harris, a Black woman,…
Failed asylum seekers to be sent back to Vietnam!
Photo credit: Asia Times Some dozens of asylum seekers from Vietnam will be sent home on Wednesday from the UK. BBC reports that they should have been sent to Rwanda, but since the Labour government scrapped the Rwanda plan, it will use the plane intended to remove people to Rwanda to send around fifty-five people to…
Turkey rescues 88 migrants…
Photo credit: Daily Sabah Turkiye’s Coast Guards have rescued eighty-eight irregular migrants pushed back into Turkish waters by Greek forces and apprehended fourteen others. AA reports that the operations were carried out off the Aegean coast on Sunday. In western Izmir province’s Dikili district, 39 migrants, including 19 children, were rescued from a rubber dinghy with…
Refugee hopes to break stereotypes at Olympics!
Photo credit: CNN Adnan Khankan, a judoka, is a Syrian Refugee. Now aged thirty, he fled his war-torn country as the civil unrest spread, leaving behind his loved ones at the age of twenty-one. He then began a month-long journey toward Europe, travelling by foot and any transportation he could find. He landed in Germany…
Indigenous unhoused men to be housed in converted Cabbagetown mansion!
Photo credit: City News Toronto An erstwhile Victorian mansion at 28 Carlton Street, Downtown Toronto, has officially opened its doors to an affordable housing property for marginalized Indigenous men. The property is in Cabbagetown. The mansion, built in 1877, was formerly used as office space. The conversion to affordable housing units began in December 2022. The…
Are we having Madam President in the US?
Photo credit: the Times of Israel The race for the White House, the official residence of the American President, is getting increasingly interesting. It’s no longer news that the incumbent, Joe Biden, has thrown in the towel. He has endorsed Vice President Ms. Kamala Harris to run for President. I should think the Democratic Party…