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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 10:30 a.m. Ontario is reporting 3,510 new cases of COVID-19 today and 24 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Health...

BRUSSELS - The European Union's executive branch said Monday that it has launched legal action against coronavirus vaccine-maker AstraZeneca for failing to respect the terms of its contract with the 2...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal to expand gun rights in the United States in a New York case over the right to carry a firearm in public for self-defence. The case ma...

LETHBRIDGE, AB - The Holy Spirit Catholic School Division is shifting operations at a Lethbridge school.Grades 1 through 6 at Our Lady of the Assumption School will begin online learning as of today (...

WASHINGTON - Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods rebounded 0.5% in March as U.S. factories recovered from frigid February weather disruptions. It was the tenth gain in the past 11 months and foll...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - An Iranian-British woman long held in Tehran has been sentenced to another year in prison, her lawyer said Monday, drawing immediate criticism from Britain in the high pr...

TIRANA, Albania - Preliminary results on Monday showed the ruling Socialist Party ahead in Albania's parliamentary election. With one-third of the votes counted, the left-wing Socialists of Prime Mini...

TOKYO - Japan's ruling party lost all three parliamentary byelections held Sunday, loosening Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's grip on power ahead of national elections later this year. Suga said he tak...

The Biden administration is expanding a program to feed as many as 34 million schoolchildren during the summer months, using funds from the coronavirus relief package approved in March. The Agricultur...

BANGKOK - Authorities in Thailand are imposing fines of up to 20,000 baht ($640) for people who fail to wear face masks in public in 48 provinces, as the government struggles to cope with a new wave o...