- Diamonds overcome hostile English crowd to achieve magnificent Comm Games milestone - The Australian Netball team has won the gold medal in the Commonwealth Games, achieving Australia it’s 1000th gold overall. This is the first time the milestone has been reached in the games. https://7news.com.au/sport/commonwealth-games/australia-achieves-milestone-1000th-commonwealth-games-gold-medal-in-front-of-hostile-english-crowd-c-7794646 6 comments sports
- Scotland’s George Miller becomes oldest Commonwealth gold medallist at 75 https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/aug/05/george-miller-becomes-oldest-commonwealth-gold-medallist-at-75 6 comments upliftingnews
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia CEO Says Biggest Risk of Crypto Is Missing Out https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2021-11-18/cba-ceo-comyn-says-biggest-risk-of-crypto-is-missing-out-video 14 comments cryptocurrency
- Australia's Largest Bank, Commonwealth Bank Will Add Support For Crypto Trading Directly Through CommBank App https://thecryptobasic.com/2021/11/03/australias-largest-bank-commonwealth-bank-will-add-support-for-crypto-trading-directly-through-commbank-app/ 5 comments cryptocurrency
- Commonwealth Bank to enable crypto trading for 6.5M Aussies, 'other banks will follow' https://blockchaintimes.news/2021/11/03/commonwealth-bank-to-enable-crypto-trading-for-6-5m-aussies-other-banks-will-follow/ 4 comments cryptocurrency
- CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) starts trials of COVID-19 vaccine candidates. https://biotechdispatch.com.au/news/csiro-starts-trials-of-covid-19-vaccine-candidates 3 comments science
- Maldives rejoins the Commonwealth - an hour after Brexit https://news.sky.com/story/maldives-rejoins-the-commonwealth-an-hour-after-brexit-11923497 3 comments worldnews
- FF TD: United Ireland could celebrate The Twelfth of July and rejoin Commonwealth https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/ff-td-united-ireland-could-celebrate-the-twelfth-and-rejoin-commonwealth-38795028.html 23 comments europe
- Prince Charles to be next Commonwealth head https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-43840710 4 comments europe
- Commonwealth meeting: Queen hopes Prince Charles will succeed her http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43820328 47 comments europe
- Commonwealth leaders could choose next head after Queen this week - Ahead of leaders’ retreat, Theresa May makes clear that UK backs Prince Charles as next symbolic leader of organisation https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/17/commonwealth-leaders-choose-next-head-after-queen-this-week 7 comments worldnews
- India and the Commonwealth: A New Beginning? https://thediplomat.com/2018/04/india-and-the-commonwealth-a-new-beginning/ 14 comments geopolitics
- Mary Kom claims gold in Commonwealth Games debut http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/mary-kom-claims-gold-in-commonwealth-games-debut/article23534631.ece?homepage=true 28 comments india
- 13 African athletes go missing at Commonwealth Games in Australia http://www.arabnews.com/node/1283271/sports 6 comments worldnews
- The Queen should win a Nobel peace prize, say ministers and Commonwealth figures https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2018/04/08/thequeenshould-win-nobel-peace-prize-say-ministers-commonwealth/ 3 comments nottheonion
- Commonwealth Games: Split in Pacific ranks over transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-08/laurel-hubbard-split-in-ranks-over-transgender-weightlifter/9626242 15 comments worldnews
- Commonwealth secretly planning Queen's successor http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43040240 53 comments europe
- Gambia rejoins the Commonwealth after democratic election http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/08/gambia-rejoins-commonwealth-democratic-election 7 comments worldnews
- Why didn't cricket catch on in Canada (when it's popular in all over Commonwealth countries)? https://www.reddit.com/r/history/comments/6qgfha/why_didnt_cricket_catch_on_in_canada_when_its/ 653 comments history
- ‘Louisville, Not Kentucky:’ Dissecting The Commonwealth’s Urban-Rural Divide http://wfpl.org/louisville-not-kentucky-dissecting-commonwealths-urban-rural-divide/?utm_source=membership&utm_campaign=1da4c89113-email_campaign_2017_07_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_31d173f954-1da4c89113-166446061&mc_cid=1da4c89113&mc_eid=a75bc95f0f 3 comments politics
- Alcohol use disorder and divorce are strongly correlated, meaning that experiencing one makes it more likely to experience the other in one's lifetime, according to a new study led by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University. https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2016-12-genetic-environmental-factors-alcohol-disorder.html 23 comments science
- Commonwealth Freedom of Movement Organisation wants free movement between UK, Canada, NZ and Australia http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/commonwealth-freedom-of-movement-organisation-wants-free-movement-between-uk-canada-nz-and-australia/news-story/8cec148ebbaa3ebe6c9bea3b2aca6b22 123 comments worldnews
- Benefactory Launches the First Commonwealth on Ethereum: Common Press https://media.consensys.net/2016/08/23/benefactory-launches-the-first-commonwealth-on-ethereum-common-press/ 3 comments ethereum
- Tania wins maiden Commonwealth gold, sets eyes on 2016 Chess Olympiad http://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/tania-wins-maiden-commonwealth-gold-sets-eyes-on-2016-chess-olympiad/story-ymmyyb7z6tpfcimvv1sjnk.html 32 comments chess
- Do toxic dumps in Puerto Rico portend the next Flint tragedy? | These are not just one or two landfills out of compliance. The problem affects the entire island. Of the commonwealth's 27 municipal landfills, 22 are noncompliant with basic environmental rules http://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/os-ed-puerto-rico-is-next-flint-michigan-051016-20160509-story.html 3 comments politics
- After remittance and reassignment, Puerto Rico district court judge rules commonwealth's same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional. http://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Judge-Gelpi-order-PR-marriage-4-7-16.pdf 9 comments law
- YouGov | Freedom of movement within Commonwealth more popular than within EU https://yougov.co.uk/news/2015/11/19/majority-support-commonwealth-freedom-movement/ 53 comments europe
- Puerto Rico could be facing a similar fate as Greece, with massive spending cuts and tax rises, after the debt-laden commonwealth went into default Monday. http://dailycaller.com/2015/08/04/puerto-rico-faces-greek-style-austerity-nightmare-after-default/? 11 comments worldnews
- Gov. Tom Wolf (D-PA) just suspended the death penalty. “If the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is going to take the irrevocable step of executing a human being, its capital sentencing system must be infallible. Pennsylvania’s system is riddled with flaws http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/02/13/3623060/pennsylvania-death-penalty-suspended/ 104 comments politics
- Too High a Price: Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs in the United States - Findings from the Commonwealth Fund Health Care Affordability Tracking Survey, September-October 2014 http://www.commonwealthfund.org/~/media/files/publications/issue-brief/2014/nov/1784_collins_too_high_a_price_out_of_pocket_tb_v2.pdf 6 comments economy
- TIL Syed Modi, the last male Indian shuttler before Kashyap Parupalli to win gold at the Commonwealth Games, was murdered in 1988 at the age of 26. Among those suspected of the crime were his wife Amita and her future husband, Congress politician from Amethi and Gandhi-Nehru loyalist, Sanjay Singh. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/syed_modi#murder_case 46 comments india
- Live thread: India's progress at the 2014 Commonwealth Games: Day 6 http://results.glasgow2014.com/medals.html 12 comments india
- Gambia quits the Commonwealth | Announcement on West African nation's state television channel does not explain reason for decision http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/03/gambia-quits-commonwealth-yahya-jammeh 3 comments worldnews
- Everything Fun Is Illegal in Virginia: Dirty books, foreplay, gambling, lewdness and more - Virginia law is riddled with antiquated provisions meant to govern the “morals and decency” of the fair people of the commonwealth. http://reason.com/archives/2013/02/04/everything-fun-is-illegal-in-virginia 4 comments politics
- President Obama's Affordable Care Act, when fully implemented, will most likely reduce the number of uninsured in every state, age group and income level - a stark contrast to a GOP presidential nominee and Mitt Romney's plan, according to a new report by The Commonwealth Fund http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/02/new-report-compares-obama-romney-health-care-plans/ 3 comments politics
- A wholesale cancellation of the Commonwealth Games might just be the best thing for India http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/india/100923/commonwealth-games-boycott 27 comments worldnews
- India: Commonwealth Games bridge collapses http://edition.cnn.com/2010/world/asiapcf/09/21/india.bridge.collapse/?hpt=sbin 12 comments worldnews
- From leaking venue roofs to inflated orders of taxis and mobile toilets, rows over New Delhi's Commonwealth Games have prompted Indian soul-searching and piled pressure on the embattled ruling Congress party. http://in.news.yahoo.com/137/20100807/738/tnl-government-grapples-with-commonwealt_1.html 9 comments india
- London's Animals in War Memorial. 'The British, Commonwealth and Allied forces enlisted many millions of animals to serve and often die alongside their armies. These animals were chosen for a variety of their natural instincts and vast numbers were killed.' http://www.animalsinwar.org.uk/index.cfm?asset_id=1375 4 comments reddit.com
- The King is Dead: "The cult of the individual has caused the commonwealth to wither. That's the culture we've lived with. It's over now. Some new American beginning is needed." http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/17/opinion/edcohen.php 3 comments reddit.com