Day: 21 May 2021

Sources of military actions in the Middle East: Power and Bibi

TORONTO – Whatever one might hazard to say about Israel… it would be wrong, the moment a “shot” is fired. There have been many “shots” fired in the last week. In fact, as of May 19, the overall death toll in Gaza stood at 197 people, including 58 children and 34 women, with 1,235 injured and about 70,000 displaced.

A word of caution, the foregoing numbers vary according to their source (Hamas/Palestinian or the Israeli Defense Forces), and reporting agencies like Al-Jazeera, the BBC or the Associated Press. (more…)

Ortadoğu’da askeri harekatın kaynakları: Guc ve Bibi

Translation & Video: Betul Sarikaya

Israili savunmak icin kim ne derse desin, Israil yaptigi kabul edilemez siddeti durdurmadikca ve masumlara ates etmeyi kesmedikce, Israil yanlisi denilecek her sey yanlis. Geçen hafta çok sayıda ates atildi. Aslında, 19 Mayıs itibariyle, Gazze’deki toplam ölü sayısı, üzere 58’i çocuk ve 34’ü kadın olmak üzere 197 kişiydi 1.235 yaralı ve yaklaşık 70.000’i yerinden edilmiş oldu. (more…)

Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide

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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of May 21, 2021 at 8:00pm EST.

UK health officials logged 2,829 new infections in the last 24-hours. It is the highest single-day increase in over one month. Despite the jump in cases, over 96% of all confirmed cases in the country have recovered.

Globally, over 165 million cases have confirmed positive for Covid-19 according to Johns Hopkins University data. Since the start of the pandemic, over 147 million people have recovered. Fatalities attributable to Covid-19 now surpass 3.4 million worldwide.

Kipling Transit Hub: $73 million project completed

The completion of the new Kipling Transit Hub reinforces and modernizes the local infrastructure that will serve the East Mississauga and West Toronto areas.

The renovated terminal, a $73 million project, which has been under construction since April 2018, provides customers with full access to the new and improved station that integrates MiWay bus service, access to the TTC subway and bus, and GO rail and future GO bus service. (more…)

Kipling Transit Hub: projeto de 73 milhões de dólares está concluído

A conclusão do novo centro de transportes públicos da Kipling (Kipling Transit Hub) vem reforçar e modernizar a infraestrutura local que vai servir as áreas Este de Mississauga e Oeste de Toronto.

O renovado terminal, um projeto de 73 milhões de dólares, que estava em construção desde abril de 2018, oferece aos passageiros acesso total à nova e modernizada estação que integra o serviço de autocarro MiWay, acesso ao metro e autocarros da TTC, serviço de comboio da GO e o futuro serviço de autocarros da GO. (more…)