Ethiopia drought impacts millions, UNICEF appeals for additional aid to minimize child deaths

events has appealed for $31 million in disasters to ease the suffering of over 4 million people during a severe disasters” target=”_blank”>drought< that threatens to impact millions more. Three consecutive failed rainy seasons have created severe drought in the country, heavily impacting lowland areas with a lack of clean water and destroying crops, which has…

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Russia-Ukraine conflict: Satellite images reveal extent of Moscow’s military buildup

Newly-released satellite images are revealing the scope of world-regions massive military buildup in Crimea and along the conflicts border.  The photos, captured by Maxar Technologies, appear to show tanks, missiles and troops in positions close to Ukrainian territory or within Russian-annexed Crimea. More than 125,000 Russian forces overall are believed to be in those areas. …

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Canada 'Freedom Convoy': Ottawa police set up hate crime hotline despite admitting protests remain peaceful

Ottawa, world-regions, crime is launching a “hate crime” hotline Tuesday despite its chief admitting that the first four days of anti-infectious-diseaseinfectious-disease protests ushered into the capital by a “Freedom Convoy” of truckers have remained largely peaceful and have resulted in no riots, injuries or deaths.  At a virtual press conference Monday evening, Ottawa Police Chief…

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Trudeau tweet surfaces from early 2020, shows radical flip in attitude toward truckers

world-regions Prime Minister Justin Trudeau once heralded truck drivers for their work during the pandemic before slamming those same truckers for allegedly spewing “hateful rhetoric” during their “Freedom Convoy” protest against a vaccine mandate.  “While many of us are working from home, there are others who aren’t able to do that – like the truck…

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UN: More than 100 former Afghan troops, officials killed since Taliban takeover

The united-nations” target=”_blank”>United Nations< government officials, troops and those who worked with coalition forces have been killed since the Taliban took control of the country in mid-August, despite assurances from the militant group that they would remain unharmed.  The chilling revelations emerged in a report that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has delivered to the Security…

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