Word of the day: poignant
poignant: adjective 1a 1 painfully affecting the feeling 2 deeply affecting b designed to make an impression 2 a pleasurably stimulating b being to the point 3 pungently
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Temporary Foreign Worker Program benefits health care!
Photo credit: Immigration Canada Services The Temporary Foreign Worker Program is helping Canada fill health-care staffing gaps and offering most participants a path to permanent residency, according to a recent study by Statistics Canada. The Tyee reports that the study shows nearly 60 per cent of temporary foreign workers in healthcare transitioned to permanent residency. More than…
Indian man granted 0-1 visa!
Photo credit: Hindustan Times Plyush Varanjani, an Indian man, couldn’t be happier as he was granted the US 0-1 visa The DNA reports that he shared his excitement on social media. He said, “Got my 0-1 approved! Time to build my own reality. After my mom, now it’s the US who thinks I’m an individual…
The plight of African refugees in Delhi!
Photo credit: the Conversation The police have been arresting African refugees living in Delhi for the past week or more. Scrollin reports that refugees from Sudan, Yemen and Somalia are picked up, and after taking their biometrics, get sent to the infamous detention facility in Haryana called Lampur Seva Sadan. Refugees say the police have been picking up…
In this age? by Adewale Sobowale
Unbelievable’s happening; Instead of building global perpetuity; we’re besieged with mortality! Is Putin being kind to History? even if he gains victory; With environmental degradation; arising from wildlife extinction! Unfathomable scale of ruination; resulting from destruction; of obliterated villages and cities; by modernized savages! All is now set; for uninhabited planets! Solid city walls; must…
Word of the day: loophole
loophole: noun 1: a means of escape 2a a small opening through which small arms may be fired b a similar opening to admit light and air or to permit observation loophole: verb
53 migrants found crammed inside three vehicles in Thailand!
Photo credit: Bangkok Post Fifty-three illegal Myanmar migrants were found packed inside three vehicles stopped in the parking lot of a temple in Thong Pha Phum district on Monday night. While one of the vehicles fled the scene, the three others were found to hold 53 illegal migrants, including a two-year-old child. The drivers also escaped. Some of…