Photo credit: CBC A new 36-bed detox space has been established in downtown Toronto. CTV News reports that although the centre essentially helps homeless patients, it’s open to anyone who needs to get clean. There are private and shared rooms, a kitchen with cooked meals and several lounges to play cards or watch the television….
Photo credit: the Guardian Pakistan’s most famous city, Karachi, could get an influx of 2.3 million climate migrants by 2025. According to a recent report, the Good Man Project reports that only Dhaka, Bangladesh, is expected to receive more migrants. If the world fails to meet the Paris Agreement target to keep the rise in global…
Photo credit: BBC I hear the African state of Angola has banned Islam. To that effect, mosques are being destroyed. If we consider the havoc being perpetrated by Islamic fundamentalists, the undiscerning will think it is the best decision the government has ever taken. By the way, Angola is said to be richly populated by…
Premium Times It’s reported in today’s papers that an APC member went to court to set aside the constitutional provision limiting the tenure of the Nigerian president to two. He’s said to be asking the courts for a tenure elongation. While I concede that everyone has the right to go to the courts, I also…
Photo credit: iStock The song I like most is, ‘Count your blessings’. While Canada celebrated ‘thanksgiving’ on October 11, the Americans are celebrating theirs today. Hmm… Those are great countries where the rule of law is assumed. I agree there are some breaches. But such breaches are addressed eventually. Well, I think the so-called developing…
Photo credit: Shutterstock I was more than humbled today! Normally, I don’t obey the order of sleeping for eight hours at a go. Why should I? Apart from writing, reading and socialising, other things might crop up. Besides, I don’t like being held up in a straitjacket! I woke up at 2 a.m. this morning…
Photo credit: BBC Armed and hooded members of the Venezuelan security forces have surrounded Argentina’s embassy in Caracas, according to the country’s opposition. CNN reports that six opposition members are currently taking refuge in the embassy. They fled there to escape a crackdown by Venezuelan authorities in the run-up to July’s presidential elections. Pedro Urruchurtu, who…
