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Australian beef becomes cheaper option in Canadian grocery stores
Australian beef is on Canadian supermarket shelves at much lower prices than for Canadian beef.. CBC News reports that some producers are concerned about their products being undercut, and some consumers are just happy to have an affordable option. Tyler Fulton, president of Canadian Cattle Association, said the Australian option has been around for years. “Recently…
Another school shooting in the Philippines leaves two students dead
Two students were killed in a shooting at high school in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, one of them the gunman, before the situation was put under control, officials said, in the second such incident in the country in less than two months. The Telegraph online reports that the shooting took place at a school attached…
Israel’s Ben Gvir advocates killing “30 to 40” people in Gaza nightly
Photo credit: ABC News An extremist Israeli lawmaker in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition publicly advocated for killing “30 to 40” people in Gaza each night. The comments were quickly shared by Palestinian media on Sunday. AP reports that Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir made the statement while speaking to a former Gaza-held hostage, Ron…
12 more bodies recovered in Zimbabwe’s ferry disaster, bringing death toll to 84
Photo credit: The Hill Zimbabwean authorities on Sunday searched for more bodies from an overloaded ferry that capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe last week as the death toll in the disaster rose to more than 80 people. The Associated Press reports that the ferry capsized in strong waves on Tuesday. Police on Sunday said the…
A $50 million hostage ransom funded al Qaeda’s Mali offensive, UN says
Photo credit: The New Arab An estimated $50 million ransom paid to free a hostage seized by al Qaeda-linked militants in Mali in late 2025 has helped to fund their advances across West Africa and the group’s global network, UN experts say. https:/ region, /youtu.be/2fjJurzdUuM?si=wW3ie5iiMJn5Fb9P Reuters reports that a new UN report detailing the use of the ransom did…
Morocco blocks 111 migrants from entering Ceuta
Photo credit: Reuters Dozens of migrants were detained in Morocco on Saturday as they attempted to cross into the Spanish territory of Ceuta. UPI reports Moroccan officials as saying they intercepted some 111 people near the town of Fnideq, about 2 miles from the border. Local police chartered buses to return them to other parts of the country,…
From stomach to gun, the brutalization of Nigerian politics
Photo credit: The Guardian There was a time when the Nigerian politician needed your vote. Those were the good old days. That was when there was accountability. You could see the average politician was doing something worthwhile with your vote in his kitty and your tax in his “care”. The politician was your neighbour. He didn’t…