Issued on: 04/03/2023 – 21:53Modified: 04/03/2023 – 22:17 Thousands of people marched through Tunisia’s capital on Saturday, decrying an expanding crackdown on opposition voices and rising inflation as the country’s largest trade union called on President Kais Saied to accept “dialogue”. The march organised by Tunisia’s powerful central trade union was the latest challenge to Tunisian President Kais Saied, whose leadership of the North African nation is prompting growing international concern. Since taking office in October 2019, Saied has consolidated his power, dismantled the country’s democratic gains and unleashed repression against migrants from elsewhere in Africa.In the biggest crackdown since the…
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Dunstan Adventure Playground Upgrade The well-known and much-loved Dunstan Adventure Playground is undergoing an upgrade with construction works starting 27 February 2023. During the six month construction period fencing will be installed around the site and access to the playground and Linear Park Pathway will be closed. The upgraded playground will have new adventure-themed play equipment catering to both younger children (5-9 years old) and older children (10-14 years old). The park will also have new toilets and picnic facilities. The Norwood, Payneham and St Peters Council is providing funding for the project through its Long-Term Financial Plan, while the State Government…
Exactly 10 years ago today—on September 1, 2012, when my kids were just 8 and 5—I began this blog with my first-ever post. It was titled The Ten Commandments (of Raising a Bilingual Child). Here are three examples… 1. Thou shalt make thy child’s bilingual upbringing an almighty priority. 3. Thou shalt be mindful that each day’s efforts bear the fruit of thy child’s eventual bilingual ability. 10. Thou shalt give thy honest best to this endeavor, while giving thyself a break. I don’t recall what appealed to me about this “commandments” idea when I wrote it. I probably thought it…
Home » Spanish Vocab and Grammar » Fruits in Spanish: 27+ Names for the Fruit You Love (and Some You Should Try!) Learning the names of common fruits is essential for any Spanish learner. But what about the more exotic kinds? If you travel to a Spanish-speaking country (particularly in Latin America) you’ll probably be blown away by the amount of exotic fruit! For an extranjero (foreigner), the wide variety and interesting names for these fruits can be intimidating—not to mention that the names may change based on what region you’re in! Don’t panic, because in this post we’ll teach…
Hundreds of sub-Saharan migrants fled Tunisia on repatriation flights Saturday after a surge in racist attacks in the North African country following a controversial speech from President President Kais Saied. As tensions reach boiling point, FRANCE 24 talked to Patrick*, a Congolese student who decided to stay despite fearing for his safety. “Right now, we are afraid to go out for a walk like we used to,” says Patrick*, a Congolese 29-year-old who arrived in Tunisia six months ago to study international business. In the past few weeks, attitudes in Tunisia have hardened towards people like him from sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan…
Dr Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat – Live on Stage in Adelaide and Regional SA. Two bored kids. One rainy day. And one crazy cat wearing a red-striped hat. In 1957, Theodor Seuss Geisel used this formula and only 200 words to write his second children’s book as Dr. Seuss. More than 50 years later, The Cat in the Hat is a much-loved children’s phenomenon. The play was adapted for the stage in 2009 by the National Theatre of Britain. The Cat in The Hat interrupts this rainy afternoon with his unexpected visit to Sally and her brother’s cosy…
Issued on: 04/03/2023 – 14:13 Brussels said Saturday it was setting up a “humanitarian air bridge” to deliver aid to conflict-hit eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as the visiting French president said all sides had given support to a ceasefire next week. The air bridge will link with Goma, the capital of DR Congo’s eastern North Kivu province, where fighting with the rebel group M23 has displaced more than 600,000 people.The operation will “deliver humanitarian support in the form of medical and nutritional supplies along with a range of other emergency items”, a European Commission statement said.Meanwhile French President Emmanuel…
NOTE: After you read Part 1, you’ll find more food for thought in Part 2. My previous post on September 1 marked exactly 10 years since my very first post at Bilingual Monkeys. Honestly, I find it hard to believe two contradictory things about this decade: that 10 years have blinked by so quickly, and also that this blog has somehow managed to endure for so long. Looking back, let me now share some of the best, and worst, of my experience blogging about bilingual kids for the past 10 years. In fact, the contradictions will continue because sometimes these…
Issued on: 04/03/2023 – 10:33Modified: 04/03/2023 – 10:48 Some 300 West African migrants were set to leave Tunisia on repatriation flights Saturday, fearful of a wave of violence since President Kais Saied delivered a controversial tirade last month. In his February 21 speech, Saied ordered officials to take “urgent measures” to tackle irregular migration, claiming without evidence that “a criminal plot” was underway “to change Tunisia’s demographic makeup”.Saied charged that migrants were behind most crime in the North African country, fuelling a spate of sackings, evictions and physical attacks against the community.The African Union expressed “deep shock and concern at…
Home » Spanish Vocab and Grammar » Spanish Future Perfect Tense: Conjugation Tables, Usage, Examples and More The Spanish future perfect tense is used to say something will have been done in the future. In this post, you’ll learn how to conjugate the Spanish future perfect, when to use it, what it is, see a plethora of example sentences and more. Let’s get into it. Contents Download: This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that you can take anywhere. Click here to get a copy. (Download) What Is the Spanish Future Perfect Tense? The Spanish future…