Government expects to deport 5,700 migrants and asylum seekers to Rwanda this year, but rights groups ready to mount new legal challenge. British authorities have started detaining asylum seekers as part of a new scheme to deport them to Rwanda, the government said, with the first flights expected to take off as early as July. […]
div]:bg-bg-300 [&_pre]:-mr-4 md:[&_pre]:-mr-9″> Zimbabwe has launched a new currency called the ZiG (short for Zimbabwe Gold) in an attempt to address the country’s long-running currency crisis. The ZiG, backed by Zimbabwe’s gold reserves, was introduced electronically in early April and has now been released in banknote and coin form. Mistrust and Rejection Despite being the […]
In a first, a migrant whose asylum application was rejected by the United Kingdom was sent to Rwanda under a voluntary scheme, according to reports in the British press. The unnamed man, who was relocated under a scheme that pays migrants £3,000 to leave, took a commercial flight out of the U.K. on April 30 […]
Zimbabwe on Tuesday started circulating a new currency to replace one that has been battered by depreciation and often outright rejection by the people. The ZiG was introduced electronically in early April, but people are now able to use banknotes and coins. It’s the southern African country’s latest attempt to halt a long-running currency crisis […]
Apr 30, 2024, 05:42PM ISTSource: TOI.in Watch as top diplomats from Jordan and Egypt take a defiant stance, hailing Hamas at the World Economic Forum. Jordanian Minister Ayman Safadi boldly emphasizes that the core issue lies in the occupation of Arab territories, supported by Egypt’s unwavering assertion of Hamas’s indispensability and their condemnation of Israel’s […]
Apr 30, 2024, 05:42PM ISTSource: TOI.in Watch as top diplomats from Jordan and Egypt take a defiant stance, hailing Hamas at the World Economic Forum. Jordanian Minister Ayman Safadi boldly emphasizes that the core issue lies in the occupation of Arab territories, supported by Egypt’s unwavering assertion of Hamas’s indispensability and their condemnation of Israel’s […]
NEW DELHI: Sierra Nevada Corporation has been awarded a monumental $13 billion contract to develop and produce the new Survivable Airborne Operations Center (SAOC), which will replace the US Air Force’s aging fleet of E-4B Nightwatch aircraft, colloquially known as “doomsday planes.” The announcement was made by the Department of the Air Force, highlighting the […]
United States President Joe Biden called on the leaders of Qatar and Egypt on Monday (April 29) to “exert all efforts” to secure the release of hostages who have been held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip so that the ceasefire deal is achieved, stated the White House. For months, Cairo, Doha and Washington have been carrying out mediation […]