Articles by Imtiaz Popat

Alberta’s two major cities have made history by electing two Mayor of Indian. Jyoti Gondek became Calgary’s first female mayor and Edmonton have elected the city’s first person of colour as mayor.

Kabul – Former Jihadi leader, Abdulrabb Rasul Sayyaf, in response to the suicide attacks on worshipers in Kandahar has put into controversy the recent statements of the Taliban regarding the IS-KP attacks.

Fiji will ease Covid-19 restrictions and announce its reopening for international travel after the country hit a vaccination milestone as it celebrates Independence Day. Changes to the country’s virus restrictions would be announced on Sunday afternoon after 80 percent of the adult population received both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is recommending widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan Africa and in other regions with moderate to high P. falciparum malaria transmission.

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 was awarded to Abdulrazak Gurnah “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.”

Four Sikhs among victims of Indianapolis mass shooting Amarjit Sekhon, a 48-year-old mother of two sons, was the breadwinner of her family and one of many members of Indianapolis’ tight-knit Sikh community employed at a FedEx warehouse on the city’s southwest side.

Around the world, cases and deaths are continuing to increase at worrying rates”, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking during his regular briefing.

At least 9,500 shelters are estimated to have been destroyed or damaged. Refugees who have been displaced are being temporarily accommodated within the community.