Photo credit: Economic Times The UN’s emergency relief chief on Wednesday condemned the “$$1 billion-a-day” cost of the war in the Middle East, at a time when humanitarian needs are soaring, and aid funding is falling dangerously short. “We’re seeing the consequences spread faster than we can respond”, warned the UN emergency relief chief, Tom Fletcher, as violence…
Photo credit: Spectrum News Governments around the world agreed to release 400 million barrels from emergency oil reserves to ease surging global energy prices on Wednesday. Bloomberg reports that it’s the largest discharge ever made by the International Energy Agency. With that amount of oil, one could theoretically fill 25,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools of 20 NFL stadiums, fuel a…
Photo credit: Neos Kosmos Writers Angela Costi and Helena Kidd will explore migration, memory and identity at an upcoming Melbourne event reflecting on the stories passed down through Greek Cypriot families. Neos Kosmos reports that the event is titled “What We Inherited: Cyprus, Memories & Migration.” The conversation will take place on Wednesday, April 1, at…
I understand the federal government is determined to increase the prices of alcoholic drinks and tobacco products. I know that must be a plan of the wicked to deprive those who would always resort to the last base or last claro in the case of cigarettes and the never ending last bottle in the case…
I hear the Nigerian state of Niger has renamed its airport after Mr Bola Tinubu, Nigeria’s president. After hearing the news, the songs that came to my mind were those of Nat King Cole and French Montana, titled “Unforgettable”. Of course, for those who are unaware, we have Tinubu Square in Lagos. It is named…
Photo credit: Toronto Today The first two cases of a variant of mpox – formerly known as monkeypox – have been identified in Toronto and Ontario, according to Toronto Public Health (TPH). Toronto Today reports that the two new travel-related mpox cases are from the clade lb variant, compared to the llb strain, which was previously the only…
Photo credit: Jamaica Observer Cuban officials are preparing to withdraw the nation’s medical brigade from Guyana after it decided to provide full salaries to doctors and nurses from the island, rather than sending most of the funds to the Cuban government. The Gleaner reports that Cuban doctors have worked in African, South American and Caribbean…
