CRTC Broadband Fund to contribute $72 million to selected projects in northern Manitoba, Yukon and the Northwest Territories With the creation of the internet, Indigenous and rural communities have not benefited from harnessing the full power of being connected. The few that do have access to the internet are still connecting via dial up or Read More…
Day: 12 August 2020
Cambodia has lost its duty-free access to the EU market over human rights concerns
Cambodia subject to E.U tariffs with exemption for Firms As of today, 12 August, some of Cambodia’s typical export products such as garments, footwear and travel goods are subject to the European Union’s customs duties. The EU’s decision to partially withdraw Cambodia’s duty-free quota-free access to the EU market is now effective. The preferential treatment Read More…
Iraqi Cabinet agrees to financially support the families of Martyrs
Martyrs and suicide bombers are considered jobs with honour and patriotism In 2005, the Iraqi Council of Ministers established the Martyrs Foundation, which is a government institute whose mission is to deal with the general situation of the martyrs families and to compensate them materially and morally for the lost of live from suicide or Read More…
Spaniard President informs the King of the evolution of COVID-19
Spain’s King Felipe VI welcomes Spain’s President President Pedro Sánchez to the Royal Palace Spain’s President Pedro Sánchez, early Wednesday morning met with King Felipe VI at Marivent Palace in Palma (Majorca) Spain, where they held the traditional summer meeting about the health emergency, the evolution of COVID-19 in Spain and in the rest of Read More…
Canada Celebrates 2020 International Youth Day
2020 Theme: Youth Engagement for Global Action In 1999, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the recommendation made by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth that August 12th be declared International Youth Day. “International Youth Day gives an opportunity to celebrate and mainstream young peoples’ voices, actions and initiatives, as well as their Read More…