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Palestinians in Gaza hope Hamas will disarm but have doubts on Israeli withdrawal
Photo credit: The Gazette Journal For Palestinians in Gaza, President Donald Trump’s announcement that nHamas had agreed to disarm was a small sign of hope that Israel’s attacks might end, allowing them to rebuild their lives and what remains of their homes. The Asshave continued ociated Press reports that it also clashed with the reality on the…
Canada’s economy set for best quarterly growth in more than three years
Photo credit: Reuters Canada’s economy grew by a greater-than expected 0.3% in May and looks set to turn in its best annualized quarterly performance for more than three years, official data indicated on Friday. Economists polled by Reuters had expected the economy to expand by 0.2% in May. Statistics Canada revised April’s growth up to 0.6%…
Moroccan migrants recount time in Spain’s Ceuta enclave
Photo credit: The Independent Migrants say hunger, lack of shelter, and harsh living conditions shattered expectations after crossing into the Spanish-administered enclave, as more than 48,000 head back to Morocco. Anadolu Ajansı reports that two Moroccan men who had returned home after entering the Spanish-administered enclave of Ceuta stated that harsh living conditions, food shortages, and…
Breakneck pace in immigration courts is driving up deportation orders
Photo credit: ABC News The Trump administration is packing immigration courtrooms and giving less lead time on hearings in an effort to clear a decades-long backlog. The result is a historic rise in the number of people missing court dates and being immediately ordered deported as the system struggles to keep up, new data shows. The…
Ethiopian youth football team vanishes in Sweden after tournament
An alarming incident has unfolded in Sweden as 20 players and several adult handlers from an Ethiopian youth football team have reportedly gone missing after participating in an international tournament. The group failed to check out of their hotel and did not appear for their scheduled flight. Lente Desportiva reports that the disappearance involves the players aged…
Raid on Pakistani police post leaves 11 officers dead and 15 attackers dead
Photo credit: AP News The death toll from an overnight deadly militant attack on a police post in northwestern Pakistan rose to 11 early Thursday, police and a government official said. The Associated Press reports that security forces killed 15 militants in an hour-long gun battle after they targeted the Khazina police post in Hangu district…
A peep into the reviews, podcasts, poems, audio recordings and videos of the South African essayist, poet and novelist, Abigael George
Two reviews of Did You Get Married to Her When I was in the Mental Hospital? Three book trailers “When Bad Mothers Happen” Narrative nonfiction book “The Waking” e-book “Clarissa, Hector and Septimus Redefined” E-book BBC interview, interviewed by Maggie Ayre Gerald So reads my poem on the aftermath and repercussions of domestic violence, “Domestic…