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Ticket pricing woes for travellers and World Cup fans: CBC's Marketplace Cheat Sheet

The CBC's Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need from the week.

France records around 1,000 additional deaths amid extreme heat wave leading to European records

France has experienced a surge in deaths during its record-breaking heat wave, according to the country’s public health agency

Rajasthan launches primary school mental health drive; student well-being improves by 69%

Bird flu on the rise in Kathmandu: Infection confirmed in 82 locations of 11 districts

File: Chickens affected by the bird flu infection in Chitwan Lalitpur, June 28 Bird flu cases are on the rise in Kathmandu, with infections confirmed in 82 locations across eleven districts of the country. According to the Department of…

Bandits gun down Imam, 3 others, Abduct Sokoto residents

By Salim Ashir Mahuta, Sokoto Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed an Imam and three other persons and abducted 12 residents an attack on Illelar Dawagware village in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Residents said the…

‘I see hope’: how mindset shifts help Hong Kong cancer patients cope with diagnosis

In the fifth instalment of a six-part Health Matters wellness series on cancer in Hong Kong, Elizabeth Cheung looks at the hidden psychological burden patients face and how support programmes are reshaping treatment. The battle with…

These church members disagree on politics. Together they're wiping out medical debt

Trinity Moravian Church, a politically diverse congregation in Winston-Salem, N. C., has been raising money to retire medical debt in the surrounding community. (Image credit: Allison Lee Isley)

Government To Prioritise IVF And Planning Reforms In First Days Of New Legislature

Prime Minister Robert Abela has described his newly appointed Cabinet and Parliamentary Group as the “strongest” the Labour movement has ever had, as he pledged to begin delivering key electoral promises in the first days of the new…

France records around 1,000 excess deaths in heatwave — Health agency

France’s health agency reports approximately 1,000 excess deaths during the recent record-breaking heatwave, with most victims aged 65 and over. Read More…

‘The worst headache’ led to a shocking diagnosis of 11 brain aneurysms in a 42-yr-old mother

A mother of four from Ivory Coast faced a life-threatening ordeal after a severe headache revealed 11 brain aneurysms, one of which had ruptured. Traveling to Bengaluru for advanced care, doctors successfully treated the condition through…

Family still reeling after death of baby in regional WA

The parents of Willow Horne are still looking for answers after the eight-month-old died in a regional WA hospital.

France records around 1,000 excess deaths during heatwave

The Public Health France agency said Sunday that around 1,000 more deaths than expected occurred during a record-breaking heatwave that baked much of western Europe for days, adding that 85 percent of the casualties were people aged 65 and…