It is reported that the federal government has instructed that CRK and IRK must be returned to the curriculum as separate subjects. That’s great, isn’t it? However, if indeed we are operating a secular constitution, is it right to have the teaching of ANY religious subject in government schools? I believe religion is a personal…
The Union of Migration Technicians (STM) expressed its concern to the Presidency of the Republic on 20 July regarding the increase in hate speech against immigrants and advocated for greater development cooperation in Portuguese-speaking countries to attract qualified personnel. The Portugal News reports that the president of the STM, Manuela Niza, told Lusa news agency at…
Photo credit: Aljazeera US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday to impose new 50 per cent tariffs on certain Canadian goods set to begin August 19, including goods previously exempted under the Canada-United-States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). The National Post reports that the tariff is in response to what the US administration views as…
Photo credit: DW The number of Ukrainian refugees in the world (excluding Russia) as of April 30, 2026, amounted to 5,762 people, of , 5,213 million were recorded in Europe and 0.549 million outside of it, according to the May issue of the Monitoring of Main Economic Events of the Ministry of Economy and Environment of Ukraine,…
The Liberal government in Ottawa will bar foreign nationals who have set foot in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the past 21 days from entry to Canada due to the risk of importing the deadly Ebola virus. The Canadian Press reports that, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada, the new temporary measure will come…
I must confess that the current administration in Nigeria wowed me with the way the Oriire abductees were rescued or released. Some might be surprised by my conclusion, but given what I’ve observed so far, I believe it’s real. We have a saying that there’s no way a portion of a dog’s thigh would be shared…
Photo credit: Aljazeera Indian police baton-charged hundreds of protesting students and activists on Monday to prevent them from launching a march to the parliament. The Independent reports that the protesters are demanding the resignation of Education Minister Daharmendra Pradhan over a series of botched national exams. Ahead of the scheduled march, hundreds of people thronged Jantar Mantar in the…
