Since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Paris has deployed nearly 1,500 soldiers in Romania and in case of a crisis, can increase this to 5,000 troops
Category: World
Posted inConsumer
World’s most expensive coffee goes on sale in Dubai at $1,000 a cup
Twenty kilograms of the rare coffee bean from Panama went for US$600,000; Dubai cafe plans to sell 400 cups
Posted inDevelopment Aid
‘Ovechkin almost got me killed’
A Canadian father-and-son duo recount Russian capture, their near-death experiences and what drives them to keep helping Ukrainians
Posted inWorld
Half of isolated Indigenous peoples face extinction: NGO
Logging, mining and tourism threatens the world’s uncontacted people groups, with half of them at risk of being wiped out in 10 years
Posted inDevelopment Aid
Canadian aid group uses ‘solar suitcases’ to help women deliver safely
Canadian nonprofit Alongside Hope provides solar suitcases to bring safe, reliable light to off-grid maternity clinics
Posted inPolitics & Policy
How Canada could make Russia pay for its Ukraine invasion
Experts say Ottawa should set an important international precedent by unlocking $22 billion in frozen Russian assets
Posted inCulture
Women designers ‘not getting the breaks’ despite global fashion shake-up
Around 10 leading women’s luxury fashion brands are now headed by men, even though the industry is filled with women
Posted inSecurity
Polish teens study in first drone class overseen by military
Poland — which has one of the highest levels of defence spending in NATO — has created a special drone force and will buy $54 million worth of drones this year
Posted inPolitics & Policy
One in 10 in Italy suffer ‘absolute poverty’: study
Nearly 10 per cent of Italy’s population was unable to buy essential goods and services; 35 per cent of immigrants were in deep poverty
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Germany repeals fast-track citizenship law
Fast-track citizenship had been introduced as a way to address labour shortages; current government promised to reverse it to curb illegal immigration