Canada announced it will match tariffs dollar for dollar on US products on Tuesday, marking a tit-for-tat escalation in the trade conflict with Canada’s largest trading partner. The National Post reports that Canada will impose 15, 25, and 30 per cent tariffs on products drawn from those targeted by US Section 338 and Section 232…
Photo credit: EWN South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has vowed there will be arrests for those who instigated unrest over the presence of undocumented migrants in the country. Eyewitness News reports that Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema on Tuesday told Ramaphosa that the failure to bring those responsible to book gives the impression…
I love great writers! Although they generally prefer not to wear the tag, ‘prophet’, they generally see the end right from the beginning. If Nigeria had listened to some of her writers, I believe our lot as a nation might have been better. I could still remember that Ray Ekpu predicted the burning of the…
Photo credit: Global News Ontario Premier Doug Ford and US President Donald Trump criticized each other on Monday, with Ford throwing the first jab during an interview with a local radio station. Speaking to The Associated Press Monday, Ford said, “He underestimates Canada. We’re all in. Up here, we’re at a fever pitch; everyone’s in…
Photo credit: LA Times The Trump administration is preparing to revoke the business and tourism visas of up to 200,000 foreigners who have applied for or are currently seeking asylum status in the US. Asia One reports that if it happens, the move would be the largest single mass revocation of visas in US history and would…
Photo credit: DVB English On the ninth anniversary of the 2017 military-led genocide against the Rohingya on August 25, a coalition of civil society organizations – including the Blood Money Campaign, Defend Myanmar Democracy, and Progressive Voice – issued a joint declaration calling for immediate international legal intervention, emergency humanitarian funding, and full citizenship rights…
