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Canadian dollar hits three-week high against US dollar
Photo credit: Reuters The Canadian dollar has found an unlikely pocket of strength just as the trade relationship with the United States is becoming more confrontational. On September 8, the loonie touched C$1.3790, or 72.52 US cents. The move came as Ottawa’s new counter-tariffs took effect and Washington prepared fresh restrictions on Canadian goods. Investing reports…
14 men go on trial in Paris over deadliest small-boat Channel crossing
Photo credit: BBC Fourteen men have gone on trial in Paris over the deaths of at least 31 people in the worst mass drowning from a small-boat crossing in the Channel on record. The Guardian reports that the accused men, alleged to be linked to people-smuggling networks, face charges including manslaughter and facilitating illegal immigration…
Clinics are closing down in Sudan, aid groups warn
Photo credit: Arab News An additional three dozen health facilities serving more than 400,000 people in Sudan are closing this year due to global aid cuts, worsening a dire humanitarian situation in a country torn by more than three years of war, aid groups said Tuesday. The Associated Press reports that the cuts come to…
Canada’s response to Trump is not at all what he expected
Photo credit: The Guardian President Donald Trump and his top officials keep insulting Canada as they wage their unprovoked trade war against the country. From renaming Lake Ontario as “Lake America” to joking that Canada is “America’s 51st state,” the Trump administration has assumed that Canada would bend the knee to the United States –…
Israeli airstrikes on a village in southern Lebanon kill 12 people
Photo credit: Reuters Israel’s air force carried out two airstrikes early Monday on a southern Lebanese village, killing at least 12 people and wounding others, including children, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. The Associated Press reports that Monday’s strikes came amid a new round of escalation between Israel and the militant Hezbollah group despite a truce…
Kenya offers temporary amnesty to undocumented East Africans amid fears of crackdown
Photo credit: Reuters Kenya’s government offered a temporary amnesty to undocumented East African nationals after hundreds of Burundians flocked to their country’s embassy in Nairobi on Monday seeking travel documents, fearing a crackdown on small-scale traders from abroad. Reuters reports that Kenyan President William Ruto last week called on authorities to close down all small-scale…
Protesters block roads in Portsmouth as 140 migrants rescued
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Portsmouth on Sunday night after 140 migrants in a single dinghy were rescued in the English Channel. BBC reports that in the second major anti-migrant protest of the weekend, police faced off with demonstrators as they blocked roads in an effort to stop the people who had arrived on the small…