North Korea fires more missiles than ever amid coronavirus outbreak

North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the ocean off its east coast on Sunday, the latest in an unprecedented flurry of launches that South Korea decried as "inappropriate" amid the global coronavirus pandemic.

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Coronavirus-hit cruise ship carrying 248 Canadians allowed to pass through Panama Canal

The Canadian government says it is working with its counterparts in Panama and the cruise line to get more than 200 Canadian passengers home.

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Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Saturday

The Chinese city of Wuhan — where the novel coronavirus outbreak first emerged late last year — began lifting a two-month lockdown on Saturday, as the number of cases of the infection worldwide approached 600,000.

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U.S. civil rights leader Joseph Lowery dies at 98

U.S. civil rights leader Joseph Lowery, who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr, has died at age 98.

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