Tag: Deaths

Britain Responds to Ceuta Migration Crisis After 72 Deaths in Record Spain-Morocco Border Crossing

Lead_Story Roshan Abayasekara -
The death toll from a mass rush of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta last week...

Alarm bells for Singapore’s population: The shocking reasons behind Singapore’s falling birth rate!

Asia Sarojini P -
Singapore (Commonwealth Union)_ Singapore has seen the lowest number of births since independence and the country’s worsening demographic crisis...

Wildfire Deaths Could Drop with Climate Action

Environment Senuri Vithanage -
A new study published in PNAS shows that reducing climate change could save tens of thousands of lives in...

Global Study Links Obesity to 1 in 10 Infection Deaths Worldwide

Healthcare S De Silva -
Healthcare (Commonwealth Union) – According to a study published in The Lancet, people who are obese are about 70%...

Storm Goretti Brings Chaos to Southern UK as Europe Records Deaths, Blackouts and Cancellations

Lead_Story Roshan Abayasekara -
More than 10 people have died in weather-related accidents across Europe this week. Local media in Turkey reported the...

Clashes, deaths and government crackdown

Africa Warsha De Silva -
Africa (Commonwealth Union) _ Mass protests against Nigeria's deepening economic crisis turned deadly as security forces clashed with demonstrators,...
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Short-term air pollution kills 33,000 Indians annually  

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

National Malaria Day

Global S De Silva -
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

Science & Tech S De Silva -
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 -
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 -
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 -
The Covid spread in Brazil has turned from bad to worse as the country tops 300,000 confirmed deaths due...