Human rights groups and local authorities fear another uptick in refugee arrivals could worsen living conditions. Athens, Greece – Local authorities and human rights groups have expressed concern after an estimated 300 refugees and migrants reportedly reached the Greek island of Lesbos in a 24-hour period. On Wednesday, the Greek daily Ekathimerini reported that eight […]

China’s governing Communist Party has proposed removing a clause in the constitution which limits presidencies to two five-year terms, which would allow the current President Xi Jinping to remain as leader after he is due to step down. Monday’s annual session of China’s parliament could be its most influential in decades. Avoiding a trade war […]

Algerian businessman vows to pay Danish face veil fines. An Algerian businessman has said he would pay all the fines faced by women in Denmark who choose to wear full-face veils, as the Danish government on February 6 proposed a ban on full-face veils in public spaces. The measure has yet to be approved. Speaking […]

Football’s lawmakers on Saturday approved video assistant referee technology (VAR) for this summer’s World Cup, in one of the biggest changes to the sport in years. The International Football Association Board (IFAB), meeting in Zurich, rubber-stamped a move already backed by FIFA’s top brass, including President Gianni Infantino. “We came to the conclusion that VAR […]

Despite US and international efforts to destroy poppy fields and opium production, unemployment and 16 years of war have driven an increase in both supply and demand in Afghanistan. Opium production in Afghanistan has been on the rise since the US invasion in 2001. Last year 9,000 tonnes were produced, an increase of 87 percent. […]

Experts say security-first approach in Egypt’s Sinai marks new ‘low’ in state’s relationship with region and its people. Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has long been one of the most under-developed areas of the North African country, despite renewed pledges by successive governments to transform the volatile desert region into a promising tourism and agricultural hub. The […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican and Democratic U.S. senators proposed legislation on Thursday that would let an estimated 72,000 Venezuelans remain in the United States after fleeing chaos in their country. Republican Marco Rubio and Democrat Bob Menendez introduced the legislation along with Democrats Dick Durbin, Patrick Leahy and Cory Booker. It would immediately grant “Temporary […]

From frigid temperatures to piles of precipitation, we saw it all over the past month. Typically we don’t associate lot of snow with the coldest conditions, but that’s what Winnipeg and southern Manitoba experienced throughout February. Temperature and snowfall statistics from Environment and Climate Change Canada. In regards to snowfall amounts, this month Winnipeg saw […]

MONROVIA (Reuters) – An investigation into the suspected disappearance of $100 million in newly printed notes en route to the Liberian central bank has found that the cash never went missing, the U.S. Embassy in Monrovia said on Thursday. Liberia has been gripped by the scandal since last September, when a minister said a shipping […]

Thank you Jody Wilson-Raybould. On Wednesday, you reassured Canadians there exists no more powerful combination than the truth and the courage to be a truth-speaker. The significance of your testimony before Canada’s parliamentary justice committee alarmingly revealed that rule of law is for sale and even the top law enforcement official in the land is […]