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A free meal and a friendly smile aren’t easy to come by. But a pair of Muslim immigrants changed that for some in Montreal with a sign in their restaurant window. Motivated by their own experiences with hunger in Iraq and Iran, they offer a free meal to anyone in their adopted community who needs it — no questions asked. ...

Britain’s biggest ever warship will set sail from a Scottish dockyard on Monday—and while Britannia may no longer “rule the waves,” the U.K. hopes she will serve as a sign of the country’s continued naval might. What are the ship’s specs? The HMS Queen Elizabeth is an aircraft carrier weighing 65,000 tonnes. It is the first of a new class ...

photocredit: GRAHL Photography The second edition of the EMYs  scheduled on Saturday June 24 at the Kempinski Gold Coast Hotel, Accra went down in history as the most remarkable Awards Ceremony in the cooperate world particularly in Africa. Acknowledging and celebrating great achievements by men, the event brought members from business,sports, education, arts, fashion, technology and communication under one roof ...

Lagos (AFP) – Nigeria’s acting president Yemi Osinbajo has ordered troops in to keep the peace in the restive state of Taraba after deadly clashes between herders and farmers. The vice-president, standing in for President Muhammadu Buhari, who is on indefinite medical leave, said Thursday the extra military battalions and police reinforcements had been sent. Police say 18 people were ...

China and the United States agreed that efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula should be “complete, verifiable and irreversible,” Chinese state media said on Saturday, reporting the results of high level talks in Washington this week. “Both sides reaffirm that they will strive for the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” a consensus document released by the ...

Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has said pregnant girls should be expelled from school. Here Jackie Leonard Lomboma, who runs a centre for teenage mothers in the eastern city of Morogoro, gives her reaction: I was orphaned at three months old and raised by my grandfather in Tabora village in central-western region of the country. He struggled to provide me with ...

QUOTE: “Grenfell Tower fire is ‘corporate manslaughter’ and arrests must be made, says LABOUR MP David Lammy ‘We should call it what it is; it’s corporate manslaughter, that’s what it is and there should be arrests made, frankly,’ the Tottenham MP said. UNQUOTE These words, uttered by Mr David Lammy, one of the few black Members of the British Parliament, ...

More than 140 people are feared buried in a landslide in Sichuan province in south-western China, state media say. About 40 homes were destroyed in Xinmo village in Maoxian county, after the side of a mountain collapsed at about 06:00 local time (22:00 GMT Friday). Rescue teams are frantically searching for survivors trapped beneath rocks. Pictures posted by the People’s ...

Botswana has declared three days of national mourning after the death of former President Sir Ketumile Masire, aged 91. Sir Ketumile, who led the country from 1980 to 1998, is credited with being the architect of the country’s famed stability, reports the AFP news agency. He was also involved in peace initiatives across Africa, including ending Mozambique’s long civil war. ...

Four Arab states have sent Qatar a list of 13 demands it must meet if it wants them to lift their sanctions. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are asking the Gulf state to shut down its broadcaster, Al Jazeera. They are also asking Qatar to reduce ties with Iran and close a Turkish military base – ...