Month: May 2021

Internment of Canadians of Italian descent, Deb Schulte: “An exciting historical moment”

The long-awaited official apology has finally arrived. Today, as promised in 2019, the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, apologized to the Italian-Canadians for the internment suffered in World War II. More than 600 Italian-Canadians were interned after Italy declared war on the Allies in 1940, while 31,000 people were reported as “foreign enemies”. (more…)

Status update of Covid-19 cases worldwide

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Here we provide a daily update of the data available for select countries and jurisdictions as of May 27, 2021 at 3:15pm EST.

On Thursday, health officials in the Philippines logged 6,483 new infections bringing the total caseload to more than 1.2 million since the start of the pandemic. Of that cumulative total, 94.3% are considered recovered. In the last 24-hours, the Department of Health reported an increase of 210 Covid-related deaths.

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‘বিকল ব্রেক’: ইতালিতে ক্যাবল কার দুঘর্টনায় গ্রেফতার ৩

টরন্টো, মে ২৭: ইতালির পিডমন্ট পর্বতের পাদদেশে ‘গনদোলা’ নামে অভিহিত ক্যাবল কার দুঘর্টনায়, যাতে ১৪ জন নিহত হয়েছেন, সেটির সংশ্লিষ্টতায় ৩ ব্যক্তিকে গ্রেফতার করা হয়েছে বলে বুধবার পুলিশ জানিয়েছে। (more…)

“Living to work” can have fatal risks

A growing body of data suggests that overtime and long working hours adversely affect the health and well-being of workers. A new global study finds working more than 55 hours per week increases a persons risk of stroke and heart disease.

According to a systematic analysis from the World Health Organization and International Labour Organization (WHO/ILO), latest estimates suggest long working hours killed three quarters of a million people in 2016, up 29% from 2000.

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