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Side hustles in Toronto tied to FIFA 2025 could be a risk, as are fraud scams
Photo credit: Toronto Star Like with any major event in Toronto, a major influx of visitors can be expected in the city. The Toronto Sun reports that with the FIFA World Cup 2026 right around the corner, it’s understandable that Toronto residents and businesses are looking for ways to capitalize on the crowd and make some extra…
Italy recovers 11 bodies from a capsized migrant boat off Malta; fishing vessel rescues 53
Photo credit: Chicago Tribune Eleven migrants died, and 53 others were rescued after a boat carrying irregular migrants capsized east of Malta on Sunday evening, in an operation involving Maltese and Italian authorities. According to the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM), Malta Vessel Traffic Services received a distress notification from a fishing vessel regarding a boat…
Southern European states want tougher measures to debar new migration crisis
Photo credit: DW Italy, Greece, Cyprus, and Malta have called for stronger European measures to prevent a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis, warning of continued pressure on Mediterranean emigration routes and the growing activity of human trafficking networks. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reports that the appeal was made during a summit held in…
Behind China’s expanding detention camps
Photo credit: the Guardian The north-west Chinese province is the ancestral homeland of the predominantly Muslim, Turkic-speaking Uyghur people. SBS News reports that it is also the site of expanding facilities where hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and mostly Muslim minorities are believed to be held in detention. “Uyghurs have been subjected to restrictions on religious activities for a long time, but in…
Victoria Mboko: from war-torn Congo to the glamorous world of tennis
Photo credit: Tennis Canada There is an African saying that good things might come from ugly developments and vice versa. Cyprien Mboko and Godee Kitadi originally lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the late 90s, the country was engulfed in violent political conflict. Godee moved to Montreal in 1999 while pregnant, according to…
JD Vance statement on teen stabbed by Indian in UK draws Britain’s response
Photo credit: CTV News US Vice President JD Vance has sparked a row with the United Kingdom, linking the murder of an 18-year-old to what he described as the consequences of mass migration, prompting a sharp rebuke from the UK government. The Times of India reports that Vance commented on social media on the killing of…
Pope visits polarized Spain with focus on migrants
Photo credit: Yahoo News Pope Leo XIV heads to Spain on Saturday for a visit focused on Immigration and Social Justice at a politically turbulent time for Prime Minister Pedro Sa France 24 reports that the visit begins with a welcome at the Royal Palace in Madrid from King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia. Later in the day,…