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  1. Safaricom’s mobile money giant, M-Pesa hits 40 million users on 19th birthday

    Safaricom CEO Peter Ndegwa [holding a phone] Safaricom’s mobile money platform M-Pesa has reached 40 million monthly active…
    #NewsBeep #News #Mobile #AU #Australia #kenyanews #star #starnews #starnewsKenya #starnewspaperkenya #Technology #thestar #thestarkenya #thestarnewspaper
    newsbeep.com/au/522474/

  2. Mark Carney's new minister drew outrage with his comments about French in Quebec. One problem: He was right

    thestar.com/opinion/contributo

    "[H]e believes the whole debate over the state of the French language has become overly politicized and also tied to questions of identity that do little to protect the language and that actually discourage people from learning the language and embracing Quebec culture. Or as Mr. Miller has put it, the issue is “very complex.”"

    #polqc #CanPol #cdnpoli
    #TheStar

  3. 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑾𝒂𝒚𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔: "𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒑 𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒔: 𝑶𝒏 𝑷𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝑻𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 & 𝑰𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓" -

    Why some of those shocking stories just . . . stay with us.

    wp.me/pci426-8uc

    #plottwist #shockending #surpriseending #turnaround #irony #phenomenology #reading #books #poems #thelottery #thestar #giftofthemagi #coffeebreak #thestoryofanhour #archaictorsoofapollo

  4. @jphuston #TheStar like #postmedia reporting, uses headlines that mislead and misinform Cdns. Such a shame our #FourthEstate has lost so much legitimacy. #CdnMedia fails in its role.

  5. [cont’d] #Canada / Trudeau government will stop sending arms to Israel, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says

    […] A key section of the motion that eventually passed 204-117 with the support of most Liberals, the NDP, the Bloc Québécois and the Greens, had originally called on Ottawa to "suspend all trade in military goods and technology with Israel and increase efforts to stop the illegal trade of arms, including to Hamas."

    […] That was swapped out for language that commits Canada to "cease the further authorization and transfer of arms exports to Israel to ensure compliance with Canada's arms export regime and increase efforts to stop the illegal trade of arms, including to Hamas."

    […] Speaking to the Star on Tuesday, the foreign affairs minister, who has the legal responsibility of approving or rejecting export permits for military goods and technology, said the change is significant and not merely symbolic.

    #TheStar thestar.com/politics/federal/t

    @israel
    @palestine
    #Israel #WarCrimes #Gaza

  6. #Canada / Trudeau government has paused non-lethal military exports to Israel over human rights concerns: sources

    […] Canada stopped approving exports of non-lethal military goods and technology to Israel two months ago amid deepening concerns about possible human rights violations, the Star has learned.

    […] The Trudeau government is facing a lawsuit to force it to permanently ban or halt controlled exports of military items, lethal or non-lethal. And the Liberals face growing pressure to condemn Israel’s military actions in Gaza.

    […] When it comes to controlled exports, the Canadian government is legally obligated under the Export and Import Permits Act and under international treaties to assess whether there is a “substantial risk” that exported items “could be used to commit or facilitate” serious violations of international humanitarian or human rights law, or serious acts of violence against women and children.

    #TheStar thestar.com/politics/federal/o or archive.is/ylsGQ

    @israel
    @palestine
    #Israel #WarCrimes #Gaza
    #ICJ