Photo credit: Shalee global Traditionally, a major source of outbound students to Asia-Pacific countries, Malaysia is now seeking to reverse that trend through new government and institutional initiatives aimed at attracting more international students in the region through streamlined, shorter admissions and approval processes. University World News reports that Malaysia’s Deputy Higher Education Minister, Mustapha Sakmud, told…
Photo credit: CTV News The World Happiness Report says Canadians under 30 were the happiest age group in the country as recently as 2011. Toronto Today reports that they’re the unhappiest now. The 2024 edition of the decades-long study of global happiness, published by the Wellbeing Research Centre at the University of Oxford, asked participants…
Photo credit: Toronto Star Promoters of Canadian English say the federal government is sending the wrong message to the world by using British spelling in recent official documents. CTV News reports that in a recent letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, five linguistics experts and an editors association representative say the simplest way to keep national…
Photo credit: The Times Migrants are trying to cut their prison sentences by claiming post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is behind their sexual crimes. The Mail reports that lawyers have won their clients reduced jail terms after emphasizing the trauma experienced in their home countries. A case saw an Egyptian sex offender who raped a woman…
Photo credit: the Guardian This article contains references to domestic violence, abuse and child abuse! Mali moved from Thailand to Australia to live with her partner. To her chagrin, he wasn’t the person she had hoped he would be. Mali told SBS News that, “He tried to control who I talked to. I wasn’t allowed to have…
All roads led to Saint Luke’s United Church, Downtown Toronto, on Sunday when the church held its annual Christmas Party. People did not seem to mind the chilly weather as they arrived in their tens. The church itself was prepared for the guests, as food from various cultures was in abundance. Krisorg supplied music. Dancing Time The…
Photo credit: Channels TV I hear Mr Buhari has presented the 2017 budget before the national assembly. By the way, I believe the only thing that is national in the latter is their jibiti. But then, I would have expected Mr president to ask for the inputs of some patriotic Nigerians like me. We want…
