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Border officials investigate nearly 200 GTA immigration cases with possible extortion ties
Photo credit: Toronto Today The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) on Thursday said officials have opened nearly 200 immigration investigations in the Greater Toronto Area that may have potential ties to extortion. Toronto Today reports that the investigation began in August 2025 and was focused on the Pacific and Prairie regions. The effort expanded to the GTA…
Another batch of 66 Nigerians evacuated from South Africa
Photo credit: Legit News Another batch of 66 stranded Nigerians has been evacuated from South Africa bringing the total number of citizens repatriated under the federal government’s emergency evacuation program to 324. Business Day reports that the latest group arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Wednesday night, after President Bola Tinubu’s approval for the immediate evacuation…
The Final! – Adewale Sobowale
The match between Poland and Columbia was, to me, a final before the eventual final. I was coming back from church and I had absent mindedly noticed some people dressed in yellow jerseys gravitating towards a bar. But my mind was at home, so I didn’t think much of them. However, the bus driver was…
Zimbabwe’s Senate approves bill to extend president’s tenure
Photo credit: ABC News Zimbabwe’s Senate on Wednesday approved constitutional amendments that would remove direct presidential elections, delay the next one and extend the tenure of the country’s 83-year-old leader whose signature is the final step for them to become law. The Associated Press reports that seventy five senators voted in favour of the bill that would…
Mississauga food bank counted 13,000 children among its clients last year : report
Photo credit: CBC A Mississauga food bank says its clients included nearly 13,000 children last year and it is calling on all levels of government to address food insecurity. CBC reports that Vipin Saini, executive director of Seva Food Bank, said Tuesday that he thinks current economic circumstances are leading to an increasing number of children needing…
Counselling centres report surge in anti-Muslim hatred across Germany
Staff at counselling centres for Muslims affected by hate crimes are reporting a growing loss of inhibition and increasing brutality in anti-Muslim incideents, according to a new situation report by the Claim network released on Wednesday. DPA Internationaal reports that of the 4,096 anti-Muslim incidentsd documented by the Claim network last year, 214 involved bodily harm. The network said…
Israel committed genocide in Gaza, deliberately targeted Palestinian children: UN report
Photo credit: Aljazeera A new report by the United Nations Human Rights Council says Israel “deliberately” targeted Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. CBC reports that the report, published on Tuesday, was based on work by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel,…