NASSAU (CMC): A 61-year-old woman has been confirmed as the first person to have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in The Bahamas. On Sunday, acting Minister of Health Jeffrey Lloyd announced that the woman is a resident of New Providence who does not...
ENCINITAS, (AP): Disturbed by empty store shelves and reports of hoarding during the coronavirus crisis, a man stood on a Southern California street corner and held up a home-made cardboard sign with a simple request: “Share your toilet paper.”...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP): Spain has followed suit with Italy in declaring a nationwide lockdown as European countries took even more sweeping measures to reduce contact among people and slow the accelerating spread of the coronavirus. China,...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP): The election commission in oil-rich Guyana has declared that the governing coalition won the country’s disputed vote, despite international concerns about the credibility of the process. The commission said late Friday...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday he will likely be tested for the coronavirus “fairly soon,” as questions swirled about why the president, his top aides and his family weren’t doing more to protect...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is declaring the coronavirus pandemic a national emergency, as Washington struggles with providing Americans with relief and officials race to slow the spread of the outbreak....
NEW YORK (AP) — You’re washing your hands countless times a day to try to ward off the coronavirus. You should also wash that extension of your hand and breeding ground for germs — your phone. Tests done by scientists...
TORONTO (AP) — Canada shut down Parliament and advised against all nonessential travel outside the country Friday while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau governed remotely from his home, in self-imposed quarantine after his wife tested positive...
President Donald Trump’s administration announced Friday it is awarding $1.3 million to two companies trying to develop rapid COVID-19 tests that could detect whether a person is positive for the new coronavirus within an hour. The Department...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP): Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s communications director tested positive for the new coronavirus, just days after travelling with Bolsonaro to a meeting with US President Donald Trump in Florida. A statement from the...
UNITED NATIONS (AP): Iran’s foreign minister demanded Thursday that the United States immediately halt what he called a “campaign of economic terrorism” and lift sanctions, saying they have made it increasingly difficult for the country to export...
BRUSSELS (AP): European Union (EU) leaders on Thursday lashed out at President Donald Trump’s decision to restrict travel from Europe to the United States because of the new coronavirus, calling the pandemic a global crisis that “requires...
The White House says United States President Trump has no plans to be tested for the new coronavirus or go into self-quarantine after attending events last weekend with a senior Brazilian official who tested positive. Brazilian President Jair...
MIAMI (AP) — Princess Cruises, which had one of its ships quarantined off the coast of Japan last month, is suspending global operations through early May because of the coronavirus pandemic. The cruise line, which is part of Carnival Corp.,...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s communications director tested positive for the new coronavirus, just days after travelling with him to a meeting with United States President Donald Trump in Florida. A...
HAVANA (AP) — “Where to find it?” and “Whatever you want” and “What do you need?” These are the names of some of the social media groups catering to thousands of Cubans who are using newly available mobile...
PARIS (AP) — A Las Vegas wedding with an Elvis impersonator: Cancelled. A 2,200-mile trans-America road trip, a voyage of a lifetime that took months to prepare: On ice, too. The new anti-virus travel ban announced by US ...
ROME (AP): Italy weighed imposing even tighter restrictions on daily life and announced billions in financial relief Wednesday to cushion economic shocks from the coronavirus, its latest efforts to adjust to the fast-evolving health crisis that...
NEW YORK (AP): Harvey Weinstein was sentenced yesterday to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault, a sight the disgraced Hollywood mogul’s multitude of accusers thought they would never see. Weinstein, who has been accused of violating...
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia (AP) — Lee Boyd Malvo, who is serving life in prison for his role in the 2002 sniper spree that terrorised the nation’s capital region, is now a married man. Carmeta Albarus, who has served as an adviser and...
LONDON (AP) — Britain took bold steps on Wednesday to cushion the economic shock of the coronavirus outbreak, as the government announced a 30 billion-pound stimulus package and the Bank of England slashed its key interest rate to a record...
ROME (AP) — Expressing increasing alarm about mounting infections, the World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the global coronavirus crisis is now a pandemic. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who heads the United Nations agency, said...
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault, a sight the Hollywood mogul’s multitude of accusers thought they would never see. Weinstein, who has been accused of violating...
As coronavirus cases crop up across the United States, some governors and other leaders are scrambling to slow its spread, banning large public gatherings, enforcing quarantines and calling National Guard troops. With new deaths reported and the...
Canada has announced $730 million in funding to help health-care workers cope with the increasing number of new cases and to help Canadian workers who are forced to isolate themselves. The money will help buy masks and other supplies for...
