Word of the day: sari
sari: noun : a garment of southern Asian women that consists of several layers of lightweight cloth draped so that one end forms a skirt and the other a head or shoulder covering

sari: noun : a garment of southern Asian women that consists of several layers of lightweight cloth draped so that one end forms a skirt and the other a head or shoulder covering
Photo credit: Toronto Star Toronto city council has unanimously approved Mayor Olivia Chow’s plan to fight US tariffs, despite reservations expressed by some members that the measures were “performative”. It would do little to deter American trade aggression, according to them. Toronto Star reports that in a speech, Chow accused US President Donald Trump of launching a…
Photo credit: the Cable The Yoruba have a saying, it is: While the place we’re going to may not be far, the various side attractions delay us in getting there. In 1952, the Irish writer Samuel Beckett wrote a tragicomedy named “Waiting for Godot.” The play consists of conversations between two characters – Vladimir and…
Photo credit: Yahoo News A Canadian professor has warned that irregular immigration and drug smuggling could surge in Canada because of US President Donald Trump’s strict border enforcement. Fox News reports that Kelly Sundberg from Mount Royal University said on Sunday that a “tsunami” of illegal immigrants can be expected to cross the United States into…
Photo credit: New Arab An appeals court judge said Monday that Nazis were treated better under the Alien Enemies Act than Venezuelan migrants removed from the US and flown to El Salvador earlier this month. CBS News reports that Judge Patricia Millett while admonishing the Justice Department during oral arguments said: “Nazis got better treatment…
Photo credit: UN News South Sudan is tethering on the brink of a return to full-scale civil war as violence escalates and political tensions deepen, the head of the UN mission in the country (UNMISS) Nicholas Haysom warned on Monday. According to the UN website, he warned that “A conflict would erase the hard-won gains made…
dialogue: noun 1. a written composition in which two or more characters are represented as conversing 2 a: a conversation between two or more persons also: a similar exchange between a person and something else (such as a computer) b: an exchange of ideas and opinions c: the conversational element…