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Brazil's Bolsonaro strives to regain leadership amid virus
RIO DE JANEIRO - After questioning the seriousness of COVID-19, defying his own health ministry's recommendations and denouncing a "certain hysteria," Brazil's president is now projecting himself as l...
Mar 19, 2020
Major League Rugby shuts down season due to COVID-19, says it will return in 2021
TORONTO - Major League Rugby has called off the remainder of the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Commissioner George Killebrew calls it the correct decision given the health and safety risks...
Mar 19, 2020
Cruise ship with COVID-19 cases and Canadians on board docks in France
MARSEILLE, France - A trans-Atlantic cruise ship carrying several COVID-19 cases among its passengers and with dozens of Canadians aboard has docked in the French Mediterranean port city of Marseille....
Mar 19, 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. British Columbia's Municipal Affairs Ministry has cancelled three municipal byelections and a referendum in fou...
Mar 19, 2020
US pauses Afghanistan deployments, isolates arrivals there
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military says it is pausing the movement of any new troops into Afghanistan and is quarantining 1,500 troops and civilians who recently arrived in order to protect them from the ...
Mar 19, 2020
The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 19, 2020
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 5:30 a.m. ET on March 19, 2020: There are 727 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ British Columbia: 23...
Mar 19, 2020
Border closure and talking to kids about COVID-19; In The News for March 19
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 March 19 ... COV...
Mar 19, 2020
Quebec premier takes lead on COVID as former foes rally behind him
MONTREAL - A few weeks ago, McGill University law professor Daniel Weinstock was considering suing the Quebec government for defamation, but today he's lauding Premier Francois Legault for h...
Mar 19, 2020
Food banks, non-profits ask for a helping hand as COVID-19 cuts into operations
VANCOUVER - Food banks and non-profit organizations that help the most vulnerable say they need a helping hand to get through the novel coronavirus pandemic. Non-profit organizations and charities say...
Mar 19, 2020
Asian shares tumble: SKorea's Kospi drops 7%, Tokyo 1%
BANGKOK - Shares in Asia tumbled further on Thursday after the Dow industrials plunged 6.3% despite more government help for economies reeling from virus outbreaks. Stocks fell in Tokyo and almost all...
Mar 19, 2020