(AFP) — More than 30 people were killed on Saturday in a stampede in southern Nigeria during an overcrowded church charity event where food was being distributed. Shoes and slippers lay scattered on the ground after the disaster in Port…
(Eagle News) — The death toll from flooding in the port city of Durban, South Africa has risen to more than 340 people. Helicopters have fanned out over the city in a desperate search for survivors. Roads and bridges have…
By: Thomas I. Likness EBC News Service (Eagle News) — Canada’s list of terrorist entities has four new names. “Recent events in our communities should remove any doubts about the serious threat posed by ideologically-motivated violent extremism in Canada,” Public…
(AFP) — At least 64 people were killed and 180 injured in an Ethiopian air strike on a market in the war-torn Tigray region, a local health officer told AFP Thursday. “The air strike was in the market area,…
(Eagle News) – KwaZulu-Natal provincial executive council member Nonhlanhla Khoza rendered her remarks with a mix of sorrow and outrage on Saturday, May 1 as she, other officials, and family members received the remains of South African native Lindani…
By: Thomas I. Likness EBC News Service (Eagle News) — Flights from the Covid-19 hotspots of India and Pakistan will not be allowed to land at Canadian airports, the Transportation Minister Omar Alghabra announced Thursday. “Effective 11:30 p.m. eastern time…
(AFP) — At least 20 African migrants, including a baby, died and several others went missing after a boat loaded with migrants headed for Europe sank off Tunisia, the coast guard said Friday. Ali Ayari, spokesman for the coast guard…
By: Thomas I. Likness EBC News Service (Eagle News) — Cybercriminals have taken advantage of the pandemic to prey upon healthcare organizations with ransomware, says Palo Alto Networks, a California-based cybersecurity company. Ransomware operators tie up an organization’s computer network,…
By: Thomas I. Likness EBC News Service (Eagle News) — Pandemic-related violence accounted for one-third of the attacks on health care workers, facilities and transport around the world last year, according to a new report by the Safeguarding Healthcare in…
By: Thomas I. Likness EBC News Service (Eagle News) — It’s unlikely Canada will meet its immigration target to admit 401,000 newcomers this year, according to an economic report from the Royal Bank of Canada. The bank concludes border restrictions…
