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India's prime minister decrees 21-day lockdown to curb virus
NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a "total lockdown" in the country of 1.3 billion people during a televised address Tuesday night, the most extensive stay-at-home order yet in...
Mar 24, 2020
Trump's impatience with coronavirus measures continues to escalate
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump seems to be growing more impatient by the day with the economic fallout from U.S. efforts to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus. Trump says via Twitter today...
Mar 24, 2020
Tories will support aid to Canadians, not Liberal 'power grab': Scheer
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says any conversation about new government powers should not get in the way of getting much-needed assistance out the door as Canadians struggle with the COV...
Mar 24, 2020
New home sales drop 4.4% in February
WASHINGTON - U.S. new home sales fell 4.4% in February with bigger declines expected in coming months as the coronavirus puts a major crimp on home sales. The Commerce Department said Tuesday that Feb...
Mar 24, 2020
Congress closing in on nearly $2 trillion virus aid package
WASHINGTON - Top congressional and White House officials say they expect to reach a deal Tuesday on a nearly $2 trillion measure aimed at easing the economic damage inflicted by the coronavirus pandem...
Mar 24, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times eastern): --- 8:45 a.m. Ontario is expected to announce a temporary cut in hydro rates as many people work from home during the COV...
Mar 24, 2020
Albert Uderzo, a creator of French hero Asterix, dies at 92
PARIS - Albert Uderzo, one of the two creators of the beloved comic book character Asterix, who captured the spirit of the Gauls of yore and grew a reputation worldwide, died on Tuesday. He was 92. Th...
Mar 24, 2020
Excerpts from Woody Allen memoir 'Apropos of Nothing'
NEW YORK - Excerpts from Woody Allen's new memoir, "Apropos of Nothing," which was released Monday after a delay because the original publisher backed out of releasing the book. ___ THE BOOK'S DEDICAT...
Mar 24, 2020
Africa's jazz great Manu Dibango dies in France of virus
PARIS - Renowned jazz man Manu Dibango, to many the beloved "Papy Groove" who served as an inspiration and pioneer in his art, died on Tuesday with the coronavirus, his official Facebook page announce...
Mar 24, 2020
'Enough is enough. Go home and stay home,' says Trudeau; In The News for Mar. 24
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Mar. 24. What we are watching in Canada ... Pr...
Mar 24, 2020