United Nations logo outside Un building in Geneva (File image) Photo : iStock Geneva: The United Nations on Wednesday said that accusations that Moscow’s forces had taken children from Ukraine to Russia for adoption were “credible”, reported AFP. Russia allegedly took children from Ukraine for adoption...
Continue reading...September 7, 2022
Worlds with elves, hobbits and dragons? Check. Black people? Inconceivable.
The racism from white science fiction and fantasy fans is getting tiresome. It’s almost a trope: A new interpretation, a reboot, a sequel or a prequel is planned and white fanboys spew outrage about a character who, in their minds, doesn’t look enough like white people....
Continue reading...Hurricane Kay intensifies to category 2 storm; heads to Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula
This is satellite image made available by NOAA shows Hurricane Kay off the Pacific coast of Mexico, early Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Photo : AP Mexico City: Hurricane Kay gathered strength in the Pacific on Wednesday. It has begun lashing Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. The...
Continue reading...Search for killer of Las Vegas investigative reporter leads to home of top county official
The home of a top Clark County official who was the subject of investigative stories by Las Vegas Review-Journal reporter Jeff German was searched by police Wednesday as part of the murder investigation into the journalist’s fatal stabbing. Las Vegas Metro police served the warrant on...
Continue reading...Seattle teachers on strike over pay and staffing issues
SEATTLE — Red-shirted teachers and staff in Seattle Public Schools took to the picket line instead of the classroom on what was supposed to be the first day of school Wednesday, striking for the first time since 2015 over issues that include pay and educational support for...
Continue reading...Russia-Ukraine War: Ukrainian forces recaptured places near Kharkiv, says Volodymyr Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (File image) Photo : AP Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday claimed that troops of his country recaptured several settlements in the Kharkiv region in northeast Ukraine from Russian forces. Notably, several parts of the Kharkiv region have been occupied by...
Continue reading...Police warn Ontario drivers about new school bus lighting system. These are the rules
Ontario drivers are being warned about a new school bus lighting system as students head back to the classroom. Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Kerry Schmidt took to Twitter on Tuesday morning to go over the new amber lights that are now equipped on school buses, which...
Continue reading...Group of 18 friends from Toronto area win $2.7M lottery prize
A group of 18 friends from the Greater Toronto Area is more than $2 million dollars richer after winning a LOTTARIO draw. The group won a total of $2,762,848.20 from the March 12 draw after purchasing the winning ticket at Petro Canada on Major Mackenzie Drive...
Continue reading...We’re witnessing the poisoning of Black America
Cascading issues with the water supply in some of America’s Blackest cities are demonstrating the downstream effects of years of neglect. Three cities in particular have been plagued with water issues lately that highlight inequality in how the public coffers are used. In Jackson, Mississippi, residents...
Continue reading...Ontario needs to develop strategy to manage long COVID, science table says
Ontario’s recently disbanded science table says the province needs a “proactive and comprehensive strategy” to manage long COVID, including substantial investments in research. The group of scientific advisers was dissolved this week, but had said it would wrap up its ongoing work, and it published a...
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