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Photo credit: The Guardian At least 64 people were killed in Rio de Janeiro after police officers launched a massive raid on drug traffickers. The Daily Mail reports that heavily armed officers backed with 32 ballistic-resistant vehicles, two helicopters, 12 demolition vehicles and drones descended on two favela neighbourhoods in the northern region of the city on…

Photo credit: Illinois Times A permanent shelter for homeless people is almost ready to proceed after Prince Albert City Council voted 6-3 in favour of granting the development permit. PA NOW reports that about a dozen members of the public attended Monday’s council meeting, but no one chose to speak out in public. Staff said that…

Photo credit: Aljazeera A crackdown by armed forces in Cameroon has killed at least four opposition supporters amid protests over the declared re-election win by President Paul Biya. Al Jazeera reports that protesters calling for fair results from the African country’s contested presidential election have hit the streets in several cites as 92-year-old Bya prepares for an eighth term.  Biya’s election…

Photo credit: CBC A new report has found that the use of food bans in Toronto is creating new records. CBC News reports that the report found 4.1 million visits made between March 2004 and April 2005, which is an increase of hundreds of thousands from the year before. The annual Who’s Hungry report, released on Monday…

Photo credit: BBC Could you believe there’s a place in Sudan where it’s almost possible to forget that a devastating war is going on? Welcome to Jebel Marra mountains, where wrapped in bright colours and wearing in plastic sandals, women set off each morning on donkeys with children in tow to tend the fields. The BBC reports that…

Photo credit: Jamaica gleaner Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a Category 4 storm as it churned northwest through the Caribbean Sea on Sunday. It is taking a direct aim at Jamaica, according to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Centre (NHC). Meanwhile, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is sending a shipment of relief items…

Photo credit: Jakarta Globe Malaysia has sent home 90 Indonesian migrant workers over the weekend. Jakarta Globe reports that Malaysian authorities claimed they violated work and residency permits. Fanny Wahyu Kumiawan, head of the Riau Office of the Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Agency (BP3MI), the deportees included 60 men and 30 women, along with two children. The largest…