Photo credit: The Los Angeles Times Israel has called on Palestinians to leave Gaza City, a move the Red Cross has warned against. Euro News reports that Israel wants to slow down or halt the entry of aid into northern Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel has started its expanded military offensive in Gaza City. On Friday, Israel declared the…
Photo credit: the Guardian In what appears to be an ill wind blowing across Europe, anti-immigration rallies are set to happen on Sunday in Australia. SBS News reports that controversial anti-immigration protests are set to take place in major cities across the country with ‘March for Australia” organisers calling for an end to what they describe as the government’s policy…
Photo credit: the Conversation I sit on a park bench alone beneath a drift of leaves;a scuffle of rubbish rushes up with the wind:scraps of red plastic,crumpled paper hats, masks:a smell in the air,singed and bitter. I sit on this park bench,New Year’s Day. And have I sat here forever alone listeningto the cacophony of…
Fast for forty days, Masses fast everyday. Awe ti b’awe nle, Biribiri gan la ngba! We already spent, Without being sent Aeons in fast, Cos we lack. So when you say We must pay, Through fasting, We are smiling. Already we’re hungered Cos we pondered Over nothing to eat, We have no wheat. We are…
Photo credit: BBC A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that President Donald Trump had no legal right to impose sweeping tariffs on almost every country on earth. AP reports that the court has however left in place his efforts to build a protectionist wall around the American economy. The US Court of Appeals found Trump…
Photo credit: The Mirror A trio of British friends have been flipping the YouTube travel genre on its head by visiting their immigrant parents’ homeland. Mirror reports that in a bid to make their travels their full time job, they’re planning to release “the best series yet” and it’s set to come out in early…
Photo credit: The Irish Independent Gena Heraty, the Irish aid worker kidnapped by a gang in Haiti four weeks ago is recovering in hospital following her release yesterday. Ms. Heraty and her fellow captive were brought straight to hospital following their release on Friday. All eight captives including a three-year-old child are suffering the effects…
