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South African police deploy on protesters’ anti-migrant deadline
Photo credit: NZ Herald South African police deployed to head off unrest and protests today, the unofficial deadline set by citizen-led groups for undocumented foreign nationals to leave has already pushed thousands to flee. NewstalkZB reports that officers were out to prevent violence and looting, while hundreds of foreign nationals took refuge in several cities, urgently seeking help to leave….
Asylum seekers in Britain to pay back 10,000 pounds
Asylum seekers will be required to pay back 10,000 pounds of what the taxpayer spends on supporting them, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will announce on Tuesday. Daily Mail reports that the cash could be deducted from their pay cheques in monthly instalments once they get a job, similar to a student loan. However, serious doubts…
Rethinking Headers
With just seven minutes left on the clock, an 80,000-strong crowd at Sydney’s Stadium Australia huddled under ponchos, watching the Socceroos struggle in the rain against Iraq.https://youtu.be/PFuteUTSB-c?si=jSH3jzZGctV1NfjG SBS News reports that Australia desperately needed to score. At stake was a spot in the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals. In the 83rd minute, midfielder Mark Bresciano clipped in…
Pride Parade hits Toronto’s streets with PM Mark Carney marching
Photo credit: Global News Toronto’s annual Pride Parade took place Sunday, drawing crowds of partygoers as the city simultaneously basks in FIFA World Cup 2026 excitement. Global News reports that Prime Minister Mark Carney joined the parade briefly with Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow shaking hands and taking selfies with the roaring crowds lining Yonge Street. As he marched, Carney…
“Leave or return in a coffin”: The threat driving migrants out off South Africa
Photo credit: CNN For months, antti-migrant rhetoric had been building across |South Africa. Then it reached Kaunga Nyireda’s doorstep. CNN World reports that in early June, two men gave the Malawian gardener, who lives in a Johannesburg suburb, a chilling ultimatum: leave now or face death. “They asked me: When are you going to leave the country? We…
Agbado goes with akara by Adewale Sobowale
No wonder a former Nigerian president said the youths are lazy, the only thing h e didn’t realize is that their parents are even lazier. Most of the useful ideas that are coming from the Tnubu family stem from agriculture. Remember the agbado promise of the Nigerian president? The only thing is we’ve not seen…
Afghan migrants say Turkish border forces manhandle them in snowstorm
Photo credit: ny times Afghan migrants have accused Turkish border forces of beating, robbing and abandoning them in freezing weather near the Iranian border, leaving 11 people with amputations and at least 20 others dead, according to a BBC Afghan Forensiic investigation published by BBC’s Turkish service. Turkish Minute reports that the investigation was based on interviews with 12 Afghan…