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Canada’s largest Indigenous dance performance comes to town
On Friday night, the past and present will merge at the S|t. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. Toronto Today reports that 110 Indigenous youths will don colourful costumes and express themselves through traditional dance with a modern twist. These dancers travelled to Toronto from all over the country this week to participate in Canada’s largest…
EU prepares for landmark talks with Taliban on migrant deportations
Photo credit: Euractiv The European Commission is planning an unprecedented first meeting with Taliban officials in Brussels to discuss deporting Afghan migrants back to the Taliban-controlled country. United24 Media reports that commision spokesman Markus Lammert confirmed that the EU executive and the Swedish Justice Ministry have sent a letter to the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to inquire…
Ukraine and Canada to have a drone deal
Photo credit: Global News Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country has started preparations for a military drone deal with Canada, though the government offered no confirmation of such an agreement Tuesday. The Canadian Press reports that Zelenskyy wrote on a social media post on Monday that: “We have also begun preparations for the drone deal with Canada….
81-year-old Museveni sworn in as Uganda’s President
Photo credit: Diamond 88.5 FM Yoweri Museveni, 81, has been sworn in for a seventh consecutive time as the President of Uganda. He was sworn in Tuesday for another five years. Army chief Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the president’s son and presumptive heir, oversaw rehearsals of the military parade that animated the inauguration of Museveni, with Russian-made Sukhoi…
Toronto lab grows tiny human hearts
Photo credit: Facebook Mkilica Radisic, a professor at the University of Toronto and one of the world’s leading tissue engineers is leading a lab that transforms human stem cells into microscopic organs: tiney beating hearts, kidneys t5he size of sesame seeds, lungs smaller than a grain of rice. Toronto Today reports that with the help of AI-powered…
14 missing, 23 rescued after migrant boat sinks off Malaysia
Photo credit: The Jakarta Post A boat carrying 37 undocumented migrants believed to be from Indonesia sank off Pangkor island on Malaysia’s west coast, leaving 14 people still missing, maritime authorities said. Gulf News reports that the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) in Perak said it was alerted early Monday by a local fisherman who found the…
Indigenous Amazon groups urge the UN to curb organized crime
Photo credit: ABC News Indigenous Amazon organizations from across the Amazon and Latin America sent a letter Monday to the United Nations warning that organized crime is driving violence and accelerating environmental destruction in rainforest communities. However, they urged governments to avoid heavily militarized responses in Indigenous territories. The Associated Press reports that the document was signed by…