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The ex-wife of Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott’s organization, Yield Giving, has given $2 million to the Normal-based The Immigration Project. The grant is part of Yield Giving’s Open Call initiative, which aims to award US non-profits that help underserved communities $640 million in grant money. The Immigration Project was just one of the…

To reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a brutal Good Friday tradition, a Filipino villager was nailed to a wooden cross for the 35th time. CTV News reports that Ruben Enaje was nailed to the cross in San Pedro Cutud. He said he would pray for peace in Ukraine, Gaza and the disputed South China Sea….

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and 123 partners are seeking $1.4 billion in support this year to meet the needs of 2.3 million South Sudanese refugees living in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Sudan and Uganda. A similar number living in local communities in the five asylum countries will benefit from services…

This week, a group of young refugees were in Canberra, the Australian capital, asking the MPs to end the bureaucracy surrounding their status. Independent Australia reports that the delegation of eight Tamil, Iranian and Rohingya refugees addressed MPs of various parties at a series of briefings in Parliament House on Tuesday. They called for a…

Chioma Okoli, a Nigerian woman who reviewed a can of tomato puree online, is facing imprisonment after its manufacturer accused her of making a “malicious allegation” that ruined its business. She is being prosecuted because she allegedly contravened cybercrime laws. However, the case has sparked protests by locals who believe she is being persecuted for…

An Indian, Harvinder Singh, in his bid to travel abroad, paid an agent Rs 12 lakh to settle him in a western European country. However, to his utter chagrin, Singh was instead put on a “donkey route”, which had him travel through challenging weather conditions in Serbia, walk for miles to evade checkposts and eventually…

A Bahamian has been charged with repeatedly trying to struggle migrants into the US by boat. To make the case worse, one trip resulted in the deaths of three people. UPI reports that Vandrick Nelson Smith was arrested on March 6 in the Bahamas at the request of the United States. The US is currently…