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Wildfires threaten Northern Ontario communities as province asks for federal help
Photo credit: Global News Ontario and the Assembly of First Nations are appealing for more federal assistance to deal with the province’s deepening wildfire crisis, as fires that incinerated one community earlier this week prompted evacuations in several more settlements and spewed smoke across eastern parts of the continent. The Globe and Mail reports that Namaygoosisagagun First…
More than 500 Rohingya refugees feared dead as boat capsizes
Photo credit: NBC News More than 500 people are feared dead after reports that two boats carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority have capsized in the Bay of Bengal, officials said Thursday. AP reports that, according to preliminary information, the two boats left Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine in late June carrying mostly Rohingya passengers, including…
US airstrikes hit northern Iran
The United States intensified its strikes targeting Iran early Thursday, hitting targets further north as American forces also fired into a ship it accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic. Meanwhile, Iran retaliated with missile and drone fire targeting Bahrain and Kuwait before dawn. AP reports that days of back-and-forth strikes by the US and…
Toronto tenants demand help with extreme heat …
Photo credit: Toronto Today Members of the tenant advocacy group ACORN gathered downtown on Wednesday to demand action against extreme heat from the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) – an Ontario crown corporation in charge of the province’s power grid. Toronto Today reports that twelve members of ACORN’s chapter met at noon on the northeast corner of University…
How much money will the World Cup winners take home?
The team that lifts the World Cup trophy next week won’t just have their name etched into football history – they’ll be flush with cash. SBS News reports that FIFA increased the financial distributions at this year’s World Cup to a record $1.25 billion, making it the largest prize pool in the competition’s history. About $938 million…
Over 219,000 refugees and asylum seekers registered in Malaysia: Zahid
Photo credit: The Star A total of 219,472 refugees and asylum seekers were registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) office in Malaysia as of April. Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmed Zahiri Hamidi said the total comprised 152,979 recognized refugees and 66,493 asylum seekers froom about 60 countries, including Myanmar, Syria, Pakistan,…
Refugees trapped on the Western Balkans route describe violence at Croatia’s border
Photo credit: New Arab News “Europe is for Christians only; go back to Muslim countries”. M.Q, a Sudanese refugee, says these were the words a Croatian police officer shouted at him before he was “beaten, robbed of his phone, passport and money, and forced to walk barefoot back into Bosnia” after trying to seek asylum in…