within the past five years, as experts warn that the study-permit system is being exploited as a route to claim refugee status to remain in Canada.
The pandemic treaty was once touted as a historic decision to ensure fairness and equity in future health crises – unlike during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when billions of people were left without vaccines in lower-income countries, causing an estimated 1.3 million deaths – while richer countries built huge stockpiles to safeguard themselves.
Ukraine welcomes new U.S. aid package, but faces uncertain future as it looks to make up for lost ground Some of the funding will allow the U.S. government to send weapons from its own stockpiles at sites domestically and in Europe, with the money from Congress used to replenish supplies. Some of it, meanwhile, will pay for longer-term supply agreements between Kyiv and U.S. arms dealers.Rescue workers move through the rubble of a university gymnasium that was destroyed by a Russian missile in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 25, 2024.Netanyahu vows to fight any U.S.