Commonwealth News
Women leaders inspired by sharing experiences and best practice at leadership workshop
May 23, 2022
The Commonwealth Secretariat with the UN Women and Caribbean Women in Leadership (CIWiL) jointly hosts a workshop on Leadership for Good Governance and Social Transformation in the Caribbean. Female leaders, aspirant politicians and political leaders from across the...
Seychelles to launch historic atmospheric balloon satellite
May 23, 2022
Seychelles launches its first atmospheric balloon satellite to collect data on the greenhouse gas effect. This event is a joint collaboration between the Department of Science and Technology in Seychelles and Space Kidz India (SKI) which is an aerospace organisation...
Cameroon National Day
May 20, 2022
To celebrate this day, the streets are adorned with banners, flowers and festive lights for a parade by citizens and soldiers. The event also includes speeches by leaders highlighting the prosperity and unity of Cameroonians. Join us here for more:...
Malaysian artist to grace world’s largest NFT conference line-up
May 20, 2022
Meet Visithra Manikam, the only Malaysian artist who has been invited to speak at the world’s biggest NFT conference – NFT. The event will take place in June where more than 1,000 NFT community members will join to network and speak. This conference is a platform to...
Former teen heartthrob Cody Simpson qualifies for Commonwealth Games
May 20, 2022
Singer-turned-swimmer Cody Simpson qualifies for Australia's Commonwealth Games after finishing third in the 100 metres butterfly final in the Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide. Simpson has worked with stars like Justin Bieber and dated Miley Cyrus. Read...
FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried says Bitcoin has no future as a payments network
May 19, 2022
Crypto billionaire and FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried criticise the crypto "proof of work" system. According to him, cryptocurrency is inefficient in verifying millions of transactions with its high energy costs and climate impact. “The bitcoin network is not a...