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Kush – the synthetic drug ravaging Sierra Leone’s youth!
Photo credit: Everand In Africa, so many drugs are in use. Apart from marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and meta morphine, | know of glue-sniffing, youth going to get their high from the septic tank, lizard’s faeces, rat’s faeces, etc. But youth in Sierra Leone have succeeded in introducing another one, which I had never heard of…
Ontario gets tough on encampment drug users!
Photo credit: CBC Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government is introducing a suite of measures to help municipalities “address and dismantle” homeless encampments around the province, including steep fines for people who use drugs. CP24 reports that the measures, which are being introduced under the Safer Municipalities Act and Restricting Public Consumption of Illegal Substances Act,…
Fei Fei Li’s journey from poor immigrant to AI pioneer!
Photo credit: Vinexpress international Leaving behind a comfortable life in China to the US with her family, Fei Fei Li overcame hardships to become one of the world’s leading scientists in artificial intelligence. VN Express International reports that the 48-year-old Stanford University professor, dubbed the “Godmother of AI”, was honoured with the US$3 million VinFuture Grand Prize on December…
Toronto announces 6 new shelter locations!
Photo credit: CBC Toronto plans to build new homeless shelters in the coming years. CBC News reports that city officials announced this on Wednesday, before warming centres were set to open so vulnerable people could get indoors before temperatures plunge. The city plans to open two 80-person shelters by 2027 and the remainder by 2030. They…
German retirees find low-cost refuge in Hungary!
Photo credit: Reuters Over recent years, thousands of Germans, mostly retirees, have settled in Hungary, lured by cheap housing and low living costs. The Japan Times reports that the right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban is anti-migrant, according to political analysts and the expats themselves. “With the policies that have taken … with Angela Merkel’s 2015…
Tough times for asylum seekers in Papua new Guinea!
Photo credit: Aljazeera Asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea will be stripped of government-provided housing and healthcare under a new deal that forces them to cover all living expenses with a single allowance. ABC News reports that the asylum seekers were sent to PNG more than a decade ago under an offshore processing deal with Australia, which has…
Trump to end birthright citizenship!
Photo credit: PBS President-elect Donald Trump has promised to eliminate birthright citizenship as soon as he is inaugurated to fulfil his campaign promises aiming to restrict immigration and redefine what it means to be American. News18 reports that efforts to halt the policy would face steep legal battles. Birthright citizenship ensures that anyone born in the United States automatically…