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Month: October 2022

Latvia calls watchdog’s migrant mistreatment claims ‘absurd’

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Latvia has rejected as “absurd” claims by Amnesty International that it is violently mistreating migrants attempting to enter the European Union member country through Belarus. The human rights watchdog wrote in its report released Thursday that Latvian authorities have violently pushed back refugees and migrants, mostly from

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Weather forces delay for NASA astronauts returning from space station on SpaceX capsule

By Jackie Wattles, CNN Four astronauts are scheduled to return home from the International Space Station this week, capping off a nearly six-month mission in space, but rough weather at the crew’s splashdown site is forcing a delay. The astronauts — NASA’s Kjell Lindgren, Bob Hines and Jessica Watkins, as well as Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti with the European

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Prominent Afghan women’s rights activist denied refugee admission into Canada, upsetting sponsors

By Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca writer and Judy Trinh, CTV National News, Ottawa Correspondent Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — In one of the latest disappointment in Canada’s efforts to aid Afghan refugees, a prominent Afghan women’s activist has had her temporary resident permit application denied, seemingly because of

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Millennials and Gen Z leading the shift in the ‘side hustle’ economy, survey shows

By Natasha O’Neill, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story     Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — The younger generations are spearheading the “micro-entrepreneur economy,” according to a recent survey by RBC. Released last month, the Small Business survey reveals that 74 per cent of Canadian small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs are motivated to

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