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Liberia to accept 1,200 deportees from the US
Liberia has agreed to accept up to 1,200 third-country deportees from the US in the next 12 months, with an initial group of 20 expected to arrive on Thursday, the government said in a statement. CBC News reports that the Liberian government’s statement on Tuesday said the deportees “will include citizens or nationals of African and Western…
Sustained escalation of anti-Muslim hate in London, organization says
Photo credit: BBC The number of reports of anti-Muslim hate and prejudice in London in the first half of the year has surpassed the total annual count for 2024, an organization monitoring the issue has said. DPA reports that anti-Muslim hate-monitoring organization Tell Mama branded the statistics it collated “alarming,” showing a sixfold increase in the…
South Africa asks regional summit for unity amid anti-migrant protests
Photo credit: RTE President Cyril Ramaphosa called regional leaders for joint efforts to tackle migration to South Africa after a backlash against foreign nationals that has led thousands to flee. RTE reports that weeks after protests by populist groups demanding undocumented foreign nationals go home by 30 June led more than 176,000 to leave in recent weeks, according…
Australian beef becomes cheaper option in Canadian grocery stores
Australian beef is on Canadian supermarket shelves at much lower prices than for Canadian beef.. CBC News reports that some producers are concerned about their products being undercut, and some consumers are just happy to have an affordable option. Tyler Fulton, president of Canadian Cattle Association, said the Australian option has been around for years. “Recently…
Another school shooting in the Philippines leaves two students dead
Two students were killed in a shooting at high school in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, one of them the gunman, before the situation was put under control, officials said, in the second such incident in the country in less than two months. The Telegraph online reports that the shooting took place at a school attached…
Israel’s Ben Gvir advocates killing “30 to 40” people in Gaza nightly
Photo credit: ABC News An extremist Israeli lawmaker in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition publicly advocated for killing “30 to 40” people in Gaza each night. The comments were quickly shared by Palestinian media on Sunday. AP reports that Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir made the statement while speaking to a former Gaza-held hostage, Ron…
12 more bodies recovered in Zimbabwe’s ferry disaster, bringing death toll to 84
Photo credit: The Hill Zimbabwean authorities on Sunday searched for more bodies from an overloaded ferry that capsized on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe last week as the death toll in the disaster rose to more than 80 people. The Associated Press reports that the ferry capsized in strong waves on Tuesday. Police on Sunday said the…