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Photo credit: CP24 Ontario Premier Doug Ford spontaneously promised to fund the return of Toronto’s Taste of the Danforth festival, suggesting Mayor Olivia Chow should also chip in to his seemingly spur of the moment plan. Global News reports that the premier began his remarks at an unrelated transit announcement reminiscing about the east end festival, which…

Photo credit: BBC Three men, alleged to be part of an organized people smuggling group have been rearrested after investigations. The BBC reports that the trio had been on remand at a Liverpool prison before prosecutors arrested them on suspicion of transporting Vietnamese migrants to the UK in lorries and small boats, the National Crime Agency (NCA)…

Photo credit: Aljazeera Palestinians in Gaza have gathered for the pre-dawn meal on the first day of fasting as several Arab and Islamic countries begin Ramadan, while others are set to start a day later. AlJazeera reports that people in Gaza even though they started observing the holy Muslim month on Wednesday were struggling to access…

Photo credit: now Toronto Premier Doug Ford of Ontario has advised students not to “pick basket-weaving courses”  and to invest in education that gives people in-demand values. CBC News reports that Ford said in the wake of students expressing concerns over recent cuts to the Ontario Students Assistance Program (OSAP). While speaking at Queen’s Park, Ford…

Photo credit: Yahoo News A top Cuban official turned US President Donald Trump’s latest remarks about the Caribbean island back on American officials who dispute that the country’s economic problems are caused by the actions of Washington. Miami Herald reports that Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Casio wrote on social media that, “It…

Global Affairs Canada (GAC) United Nations Children’s Fund, Plan International and other international partners have expressed commitment towards continuous engagement in multi-million dollar investments across different sectors of the Bauchi State economy to drive necessary development. This Day reports that the Canadian Government specially commended the Bauch State Government for its bold commitment towards strengthening the healthcare…

Photo credit: ABC News Findings from the Australian Human Rights Commission’s landmark national Racism@UniStudy highlight that racism is deep.ly embedded across Australian universities and has profound impacts on students and staff. More than 76,000 students and staff from 42 universities across the country participated in the Study. The Study findings reveal particularly high rates of racism are…