WASHINGTON — Images of Border Patrol agents on horses, pushing back Haitian migrants crossing the Rio Grande to try to reach U.S. soil, have prompted outrage among Democrats and called into question President Biden’s decision to swiftly deport thousands who had been arriving en masse at a small Texas border …
Read More »Family of Harry Dunn reaches a ‘resolution’ with US diplomat’s wife who hit son with car
Anne Sacoolas, the wife of a US diplomat, has admitted driving on the wrong side of the road at the time of the crash in August 2019. She was later charged in the United Kingdom with causing Dunn’s death by dangerous driving. The US State Department in January 2020 rejected …
Read More »The UN Food Systems Summit and Some Issues of Concern
Combines harvesting barley for the 2021 annual Canadian Food Grains Bank (CFGB) food drive, Alberta, Canada. The grain is auctioned and the proceeds matched 4:1 by the Canadian government and used by CFGB to promote agriculture in developing countries. Credit: Trevor Page Opinion by Trevor Page (lethbridge, canada) Tuesday, September 21, …
Read More »Katsina winning war against banditry, Governor Masari boasts
The governor stated this on Tuesday in Katsina at a consultative briefing he held with the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on security situation in the state. The News Agency if Nigeria (NAN ) reports the briefing was attended by Heads of security agencies in the state, …
Read More »India’s IPO frenzy sends bankers in a work overdrive
India’s investment bankers are set for their most rewarding year as local initial public offerings head for an all-time high despite the devastation brought about by a deadly Covid-19 wave. Listings in Mumbai have already raised $10.2 billion this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Banks steering those offerings …
Read More »What a Fungus Reveals About the Space Program
I spend a lot of time lately thinking about a fungus called Pilobolus. It lives on dung, mostly from cows and horses, happily munching away, enriching the soil as it goes, until it starts to run out of dung to eat. Then something magical happens: The fungus stops eating and …
Read More »CNN follows Taliban leader as he patrols busy streets. See how people are feeling – CNN Video
A Taliban commander goes on a public relations offensive as he walks the busy streets of Kabul’s financial district. CNN’s Nic Robertson reports.
Read More »Integrating ITMDs into Healthcare Could offer a Solution for the Pandemic Crisis in Canada
Opinion by Sania Farooqui (new delhi, india) Monday, September 20, 2021 Inter Press Service NEW DELHI, India, Sep 20 (IPS) – Last year, as the world grappled to survive the Covid-19 Pandemic, Megan Fernandas an accountant living in Toronto, was trying to face her biggest fear, not the COVID-19 virus, but …
Read More »Gombe Governor Yahaya says VAT collection by states is a wake-up call
Yahaya stated this on Monday in Gombe when he received stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Gombe South Senatorial district. The stakeholders, who came to present to the governor a certificate of vote of confidence in his leadership style, were led by Senator Bulus Amos (APC-Gombe South). He …
Read More »US Democrats’ bid to reform immigration laws blocked in Senate
Setback for reform advocates comes as the US is facing a new migrant crisis at the southern border with Mexico. A proposal by Democratic legislators in the United States Congress to allow millions of immigrants to legally stay in the country has been blocked in the US Senate. The Senate …
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