Tag: Deaths

Clashes, deaths and government crackdown

Africa Warsha De Silva - August 3, 2024

Africa (Commonwealth Union) _ Mass protests against Nigeria's deepening economic crisis turned deadly as security forces clashed with demonstrators,...

Short-term air pollution kills 33,000 Indians annually

Asia Hafsah Zuhar - July 5, 2024

According to a recent report, over seven percent of all deaths, approximately 33,000 each year, in 10 cities in...

Attack on Hindu pilgrims in Kashmir

Asia Hafsah Zuhar - June 11, 2024

According to the police, around nine people have been killed and 33 people have been injured after a bus...

The poorly constructed wall in the Dominican Republic resulted in the deaths of nine individuals.

Canada and Caribbean Wasana Nadeeshani - November 22, 2023

Commonwealth _ The collapse of the poorly constructed wall in the Dominican Republic stands as a poignant illustration of...

Canada to expand criteria for medically assisted deaths by…

Canada and Caribbean Savithri Rodrigo - July 16, 2023

Toronto Canada (Commonwealth Union)_Canada is to expand the criteria for medically assisted death in March 2024, building on the...

Kenyan Christian cult leader accused of more than a hundred deaths

Africa Savithri Rodrigo - May 5, 2023

Nairobi, Kenya (Commonwealth Union)_A Christian cult leader in Kenya sat in a packed courtroom this week facing charges of...

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National Malaria Day

Global S De Silva - April 25, 2023

Global (Commonwealth Union) – Today is National Malaria Day, marking the serious nature of the disease that is spread...

DO brisk walkS TO AVOID early deaths

Commonwealth Science & Tech S De Silva - March 9, 2023

Science & Technology, UK (Commonwealth Union) - Brisk walking is a moderate-intensity aerobic exercise that involves walking at a...

Did ‘racially biased’ medical equipment increase UK COVID deaths?

Europe Veronica Elishya - November 22, 2021

LONDON (CU)_Unite Kingdom’s Health Secretary Sajid Javid on Saturday (20 Nov), announced a review into systemic racism and bias...

Over a billion sea animals cooked to death

Environment Michael Alfonsia - July 9, 2021

VANCOUVER (CU)_Over the past week, record-breaking temperatures were recorded in Westernmost provinces of Canada, across five days, as the...

Covid 19 coronavirus: Brazil becomes second nation to top 300,000 deaths

Global Michael Alfonsia - March 25, 2021

The Covid spread in Brazil has turned from bad to worse as the country tops 300,000 confirmed deaths due...

UK records another 5,379 coronavirus cases, 112 deaths

Europe Michael Alfonsia - March 24, 2021

There was another spike seen in the corona virus positive cases in Britain as 5,379 people have tested positive...

Pfizer vaccine deaths will not delay Australian rollout

Pacific Michael Alfonsia - January 18, 2021

SYDNEY, Australia (CU)_The deaths of a number of people in Norway who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will not...

CORONA DEATHS IN CALIFORNIA

Global Michael Alfonsia - January 12, 2021

Virus deaths surge in California With a current death toll reaching 30,000, California being the most densely inhabited state in...

Covid-19 curve rises in Kenya with 14 deaths and 968 new infections

Africa Michael Alfonsia - November 24, 2020

By P. Sarojini NAIROBI, Kenya (CWBN)_ Kenya being one of the most affected countries in the African continent by the...