Amid the excitement and glamorous feeling of being lucky to have witnessed a new year, it’s an overstatement to say the world has reached a tipping edge. With instability everywhere, hunger, homelessness and suffering, we’re only waiting for a looney to press the button of a nuke and send the whole world into apocalypse. But…
Photo credit: Premium Times Changing seasons are natural! They’re so natural that I believe every adult should have been used to them. What I’m saying is how is a changing year different from a changing nanosecond or decade or century? The difference is people! Once we determine to allow justice to prevail, to respect the…
Photo credit: Euronews In the spring of 2024, the Rome City Council allocated 4.3 million euros for four giant tented shelters offering refuge during winter months. Euro News reports that two of them are ready for opening. Mayor Roberto Gualtieri said, “All four marquees will be built. They are proceeding according to plan and will…
Photo credit: Hindustan Times Indian-American Congressman Shri Thanedar has introduced a bipartisan resolution condemning “Hinduphobia” as the row over the HI-B visa system, which grants highly skilled foreign workers the ability to work in the United States, grew amid the immigration debate. News 18 reports that he also voiced concerns against racism, saying racism in America…
Photo credit: Maldive Voice Five foreigners have been taken into custody from coffee shops by Maldives Immigration during an operation to find foreigners residing illegally in the Maldives. Raajje mv reports that the immigration revealed that the expatriates were taken into custody during a raid operation conducted by the Task Force specifically targeting coffee shops in the capital…
Photo credit: BBC I understand some governments have okayed the holding of crossover services. Worship places normally hold crossover services to usher in the new year. But these are, indeed, abnormal times! With many countries experiencing newer strains of the deadly COVID-19, I wouldn’t have thought it pertinent for governments not to lift the ban…
