Commonwealth 2022

Commonwealth Games welcomes back cricket after 24 long years with women’s T20 Internationals being the format of choice in Birmingham. The cricket event at Birmingham 2022 will see eight nations competing. The teams are divided into two groups. Group A features world No. 1 Australia, Asian giants India and Pakistan alongside Barbados. Group B, meanwhile, comprises hosts England, South Africa, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Each team plays the other once in the group phase after which the top two teams from each group move on to the semi-finals. The semi-final winners face off in the final for the gold medal while the losers clash for the bronze medal. All matches of the Commonwealth Games 2022 women’s cricket T20I tournament will be played at the Here’s a look at the CWG 2022 cricket results and points table. Commonwealth Games 2022 cricket: group stage results and scores Group A Match 1: Australia beat India by 3 wickets Brief scores: India 154/8 (Harmanpreet Kaur 52, Jess Jonassen 4/22); Australia 157/7 in 19 overs (Ashleigh Gardner 52*, Renuka Thakur 4/18) Match 2: Pakistan lost to Barbados by 15 runs Brief scores: Barbados 144/4 (Kycia Knight 62, Fatima Sana 2/41); Pakistan 129/6 (Nida Dar 50, Hayley Matthews 1/13) Match 3: India beat Pakistan by 8 wickets Brief scores: Pakistan 99/10 in 18 overs (Muneeba Ali 32, Sneh Rana 2/15); India 102/2 in 11.4 overs (Smriti Mandhana 63*, Tuba Hassan 1/18) Match 4: Barbados lost to Australia by 9 wickets Brief scores: Barbados 64/10 i...

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall led the congregation at the annual Commonwealth Day service in Westminster Abbey on Monday 14th March 2022. They were accompanied by The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and The Princess Alexandra. The congregation returned to the Abbey for the service after last year’s celebrations were held during the coronavirus lockdown. Among those attending were the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, who gave a reading; and the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Baroness Scotland, who led the Act of Affirmation to the Commonwealth. They were joined by High Commissioners and Ambassadors; senior politicians from across the UK and the Commonwealth; faith leaders; and more than 600 school children and young people. About the service The service, which was conducted by the Dean of Westminster, the Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle, included musical performances by Mica Paris, members of the Whānau London Voices, Emeli Sandé and the London African Gospel Choir, and south London-based steel orchestra, Melodians. There was also a collaboration between poet Imtiaz Dharker and sitarist Jasdeep Singh Degun. In his Address, the Right Reverend and Right Honourable the Lord Sentamu, the former Archbishop of York, reflected on HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and her seventy years of dedicated service to the Commonwealth: ‘Conforming her life to the example of Jesus Christ; her insight into God, the World, Self and Others; her Wisdom to know that her continua...

U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, 2022: Accelerating Spending, Worsening Outcomes A doctor and nurses tend to a patient at University Hospital Leipzig on Nov. 18, 2021, in Leipzig, Germany. Germany spends less on health care per capita than the U.S., yet life expectancy at birth is nearly four years higher. Photo: Jens Schlueter/Getty Images Introduction In the previous edition of U.S. Health Care from a Global Perspective, we reported that people in the United States experience the worst health outcomes overall of any high-income nation. Between January 2020 and December 2021, life expectancy dropped in the U.S. and other countries. For every metric we examine, we used the latest data available. This means that results for certain countries may reflect the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when mental health conditions were surging, essential health services were disrupted, and patients may not have received the same level of care. Highlights • Health care spending, both per person and as a share of GDP, continues to be far higher in the United States than in other high-income countries. Yet the U.S. is the only country that doesn’t have universal health coverage. • The U.S. has the lowest life expectancy at birth, the highest death rates for avoidable or treatable conditions, the highest maternal and infant mortality, and among the highest suicide rates. • The U.S. has the highest rate of people with multiple chronic conditions and an obesity rate nearly twice t...

The theme for Commonwealth Day 2022 will centre around the theme for the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting – ' Delivering a Common Future' – which highlights how the 54 member countries in the Commonwealth family are ‘innovating, connecting and transforming’ to help achieve goals like fighting climate change, promoting good governance and boosting trade. The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall will attend CHOGM 2022, on behalf of The Queen. The event will take place in Kigali, Rwanda during the week of 20th June. Commonwealth Day Message The Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, sent a message to the Commonwealth: In these testing times, it is my hope that you can draw strength and inspiration from what we share, as we work together towards a healthy, sustainable and prosperous future for all. - The Queen Read the message in full Commonwealth Day Service The Queen, who is Head of the Commonwealth, was represented by The Prince of Wales at the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey on Commonwealth Day. The Duchess of Cornwall, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Princess Alexandra also attended the multi-faith service. The Service was the first in-person gathering of the Commonwealth since the start of the pandemic and reflected Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee Year with a special focus on the role that service plays in the lives of people and communities across the Commonwealth. Organised by The Royal Commonwealth Society, the Service was b...