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Canada Inches Closer To Afghan Resettlement Target, Could Reach 40,000 By End Of Year

More than 300 people from Afghanistan arrived in Canada on Wednesday, bringing the total number of Afghans resettled since the Taliban takeover of that country to more than 30,000, the federal government said. A flight from Pakistan arrived at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport Wednesday morning. Those on board included people who helped Canada’s mission in Afghanistan, family members of former […]

WHO: Africa Will Account For 50 Percent Childhood Cancer Burden By 2050

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Africa will account for 50 percent of the global childhood cancer burden by 2050. In a statement commemorating World Cancer Day, marked on February 4, Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa, said cancer is a public health issue of major concern that should be fought by stronger alliances and new innovative collaborations. Moeti […]

Prime Minister Trudeau Lays Out $196B, 10-year Health-Care Offer To Premiers

The federal government has presented a new health-care funding offer that would see Ottawa shift $196 billion to the provinces and territories over the next 10 years in exchange for commitments to massively upgrade health-care data collection and digital medical records. About one-quarter of that is money not previously promised through existing health-care transfer formulas and deals. Prime Minister Justin […]

BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION IN CANADA: Global Forum For Human Rights And he Sustainable Development Applauds Afro-Canadians

Global Forum for Human Rights and Sustainable Development (GFHRSD), a Canadian incorporated, community-based, non-governmental outfit established to address core developmental challenges faced by Canadian citizens especially, the less-privileged members of the Canadian society, wishes to use this medium to join the rest of the global community in celebrating this year’s Black History in Canada. GFRSD’s main thematic areas include poverty […]

COP15 Ends With Landmark Biodiversity Agreement

The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) ended in Montreal, Canada, on 19 December 2022 with a landmark agreement to guide global action on nature through to 2030. Representatives from 188 governments have been gathered in Montreal for the past two weeks for the important summit. Chaired by China and hosted by Canada, COP 15 resulted in the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global […]

UN Begins Talks With Afghanistan On Reversal Of University Education Ban For Women

The United Nations (UN) says it is in talks with Afghanistan leaders on the reversal of the university education ban for women in the country. In December 2022, the Taliban government banned females in the country from attending university. Ziaullah Hashmi, the spokesperson for the ministry of higher education, had asked public and private universities to implement the ban without […]

WHO To Decide If COVID-19 Is Still A Global Gealth Emergency

High-ranking members of the World Health Organization (WHO) are meeting Friday to decide whether it’s time to end the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, three years after it was first declared. In all likelihood, it will continue as the virus continues mutating, spreading, and infecting across the world. Wednesday marked the third anniversary of the first confirmed COVID-19 case […]