An Islamic human rights organisation, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), on Monday, June 3, cautioned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) that the current indefinite nationwide strike “will make life unbearable for Muslims”. MURIC, in a statement signed by Professor Ishaq Akintola…
CLEMENT EMMANUEL The President and Premier of Anguilla in Caribbean, Dr Ellis Webster recently honored Bishop Blessing Samuel the General Overseer of Royal Place Ministry Int’l with Humanitarian Award. This prestigious award recognizes his significant contributions to the body of Christ, particularly his efforts to support and uplift the downtrodden…
Many years ago a civil engineer explained to me the wisdom of taking solid biological residues from sewage treatment plants—dubbed biosolids—and using them on farm fields and garden plots. After all, nature intended for human wastes to return to the soil to replenish it in the same way animal manure has long been used to…
Australia has always been a biodiversity hotspot, with some gnarly extinct megafauna in its natural history. Enormous, flightless ‘thunder birds’ or mihirungs once roamed the rugged Australian outback. The last remaining mihirung species was the roughly 6.5 feet tall Genyornis newtoni. These stocky birds went extinct about 45,000 years ago–living alongside humans for a bit…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Human Resources (MOHR) is exploring opportunities to share expertise, transfer the latest rehabilitation technology, and develop high skills in the Cybernics Industry and Society 5.0 with the Japanese company Cyberdyne Inc.Minister Steven Sim Chee Keong stated that the collaboration through the Social Security Organisation (Socso) with the Tsukuba-based pioneer...
People’s voices, especially youth, need to be heard at the United Nation’s Summit of the Future later this year, and their perspectives incorporated in the final communique prior to its signing, human rights activist Vitit Muntarbhorn said on Monday…
FRANCE 24 has won the human rights prize at France’s international festival for current affairs reporting and social documentaries (FIGRA) for an in-depth look at tech company Clearview AI’s efforts to identify and log the faces of every single person on the planet. FRANCE 24 also received special mention for a documentary on Ukrainian resistance…
The apocalypse called—it said it’s running a little bit behind schedule, and not to wait up! For as long as human beings have been alive, we’ve been predicting the end of the world. Many people who choose to predict it like to give hints and clues about events that will usher in the end times…