“A new wind is blowing in Europe,” said the Dutch anti-Islam, anti-immigration, populist Freedom Party leader Geert Wilders in Brussels on Thursday after a meeting of far-right leaders. Migration has been at the forefront for Europe’s politicians since 2015, when more than a million migrants, many of them Syrians fleeing war, made their way to … Read more
A few months ago, Abou Sangare was an anonymous, 23-year-old Guinean immigrant lacking permanent legal status in northern France and, like thousands of others, fighting. Now a lead actor in Souleymane’s Story, an award-winning feature film that hit French cinemas this week, his face is on every street corner and in metro stations, bus stops … Read more
His department said Friday it will give extra payments to people hit by the scandal, following a series of recommendations by Robert Francis — the interim chair of the U.K.’s Infected Blood Compensation Authority. Among the approved recommendations is a £10,000 payment to those who were infected due to “unethical research” — and a £15,000 payment … Read more
A gathering of civil society organisations expressed concerns on Thursday over the withdrawal of Mali, Niger, and Guinea from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its potential ripple effects. The gathering, held under the auspices of the West Africa Democracy Solidarity Network (WADEMOS), said this could exacerbate security challenges across the Sahel, … Read more
As It Happens5:33This Ontario-based YouTuber filtered — and drank — his own sweat with a replica Dune Stillsuit What does water filtered through the iconic Stillsuit from Dune taste like? “Warm … and it’s got a tang to it,” YouTuber Darryl Sherk told As It Happens host Nil Koksal. Sherk and his colleagues at Hacksmith … Read more
Pelumi Nubi, who drove from London and 16 other countries, finally arrived in Lagos on Sunday afternoon. On 29 January, PREMIUM TIMES reported that Ms Nubi embarked on a solo journey in her car, Lumi, nearly two years after professional motorcyclist Kunle Adeyanju rode from London to Nigeria. Ms Nubi began her journey on 31 … Read more
For two decades, Tamara Franz-Odendaal has been studying how space travel affects the human skeleton. Because of the absence of gravity in space, astronauts experience bone loss when they get back to Earth. “We always think of it as just the scaffold that kind of keeps the body together, but it’s a really dynamic tissue,” … Read more
The Current11:27Explorers say they’ve found Amelia Earhart’s plane A deep-sea exploration company says it may have found the wreckage of Amelia Earhart’s plane, reigniting a mystery that dates back to the famed pilot’s disappearance in 1937. “She’s America’s favourite missing person … she was a fantastic person, a pioneer in the aviation field, an early … Read more
The Current16:20Huge ancient city discovered in Amazon “Wow” was all archaeologist Stéphen Rostain could say when LiDAR (light detection and ranging) laser technology revealed several ancient cities hidden deep in the Amazon rainforest. “It’s a gift for an archaeologist,” he told The Current‘s Matt Galloway. Using the laser-scanning technology, researchers have uncovered a complex network of … Read more
