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2 dealership employees arrested over alleged $2M stolen car scam!
Photo credit: CBC Two men are facing a total of 176 charges for an alleged stolen vehicle operation running out of a legitimate Toronto car dealership. CBC reports Detective Dan Kraehling as saying that “Altogether, their activities have caused financial loss of approximately $2.16 million, which affected both the dealership and unsuspecting members of the public.” According…
Australian court gives ex-immigration detainees in Australia a break!
Photo credit: the Guardian Ankle bracelets and curfews on former immigration detainees in Australia will be stripped. The Daily News reports that the country’s highest court has ruled both encumbrances invalid. A High Court decision ruled that indefinite detention was illegal and resulted in the release of 215 immigration detainees as of October 18, 2024. However, of…
Tanzania achieves 128% food self-sufficiency!
Photo credit: Business Insider Africa The East African country has achieved 128% food security. Business Insider Africa reports that the country now exports some of its export products to other African countries, according to President Samia Suluhu Hassan. She announced welcome development on October 31 at the World Food Prize Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue in Iowa….
Products recalled after pieces of metal were found!
Photo credit: City news Dozens of popular bread and bun products have been recalled by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency after pieces of metal were found in some of the products. City News reports that Wonder, No Name, Country Harvest, D’Italiano, and President’s Choice are among the well-known brands affected by the recall. The affected items were shipped to…
Migrant workers exposed to extreme heat in the Gulf!
Photo credit: the Guardian Migrant workers across the Gulf are risking their lives by being forced to work up to 14 hours a day in deadly temperatures, according to human rights researchers. The Guardian reports that a human rights organization, Equidem, interviewed over 250 migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and UAE between 2021 and May…
Migrants on Diego Garcia offered move to UK!
Photo credit: BBC Tamil Sri Lankan asylum seekers who have been held for more than three years on the Island of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago, which is currently under colonial rule by the British Indian Island Territory Administration, will be offered the opportunity to transfer to the UK. LEIGH DAY reports that it…
Iranian woman nearly strips into birthday suit at university!
Photo credit: Arise News A female student stripped to her underwear outside her university in Iran in what some student and rights groups say was a protest against the country’s strict Islamic dress code. CNN reports that the woman sitting outside the university in her underwear, with her hair uncovered, gestured to her fellow students….