New stats show historic plunge of Canada-U.S. travel amid pandemic restrictions

Newly released statistics illustrate the spectacular plunge in cross-border movement last week after Canada and the United States agreed to limit non-essential movement.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canada-us-border-traffic-1.5516989?cmp=rss

Marriott says 5.2 million guests affected in 2nd data breach in just over a year

Marriott says guests' names, loyalty account information and other personal details may have been accessed in the second major data breach to hit the company in less than two years.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/marriott-data-breach-worldwide-1.5516652?cmp=rss

Ontario-Michigan border dividing line for pandemic that health-care workers cross daily

The border between Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan is the divider of two very different situations when it comes to the battle against COVID-19, leaving Canadian officials scrambling to protect citizens from the spreading virus. 

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/michigan-ontario-border-health-care-workers-1.5516165?cmp=rss

CNN's Chris Cuomo has COVID-19, is showing symptoms

CNN prime-time host Chris Cuomo said Tuesday that he has tested positive for the coronavirus but promised to continue doing his show from the basement of his home.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/chris-cuomo-coronavirus-cnn-1.5516609?cmp=rss

Florida police taking another look at disappearance depicted in Netflix's Tiger King

A Florida sheriff is asking the public for tips regarding one of the lingering mysteries raised in the recently released buzzworthy show Tiger King: What happened to Carole Baskin's husband?

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/tiger-king-smith-disappearance-1.5516373?cmp=rss

Citing COVID-19, Saudi Arabia asks Muslims to put hajj plans on hold

Saudi Arabia wants Muslims to wait until there is more clarity about the COVID-19 pandemic before planning to attend the annual hajj pilgrimage, the minister for hajj and umrah said on state TV Tuesday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/saudi-arabia-hajj-covid-1.5516368?cmp=rss

U.S. federal agency says it's prepared to build as many as 340 makeshift hospitals

U.S. officials want to build hundreds of temporary hospitals across the country to cope with the thousands of new coronavirus cases being diagnosed daily after the United States endured its deadliest day yet on Monday with 575 fatalities.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-health-coronavirus-tuesday-1.5516009?cmp=rss

China to focus on asymptomatic coronavirus cases after recent rise in infections

China will start releasing information from Wednesday on coronavirus patients who show no disease symptoms, ordering them into quarantine for 14 days, a health official said, after the mainland witnessed its first rise in infections in five days.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-coronavirus-reporting-1.5515914?cmp=rss

U.S. expected to propose power-sharing transitional government in Venezuela

The Trump administration is prepared to lift sanctions on Venezuela in support of a new proposal to form a transitional government representing allies of both Nicolas Maduro and opposition leader Juan Guaido, U.S. officials say.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-venezuela-proposal-guaido-maduro-1.5515887?cmp=rss

U.S. Amazon and Instacart workers strike to protest COVID-19 hazards on the job

Some Instacart and Amazon warehouse workers in the U.S. walk off the job demanding greater safeguards against the coronavirus, even as both companies are speed-hiring hundreds of thousands of new workers to handle a surge in delivery orders.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/amazon-instacard-coronavirus-1.5515868?cmp=rss

Hungary's Orban, Serbia's Vucic seize greater authority amid coronavirus lockdowns

In ex-communist Eastern Europe and elsewhere, populist leaders are introducing harsh measures including uncontrolled cellphone surveillance of their citizens and lengthy jail sentences for those who flout lockdown decrees.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hungary-serbia-coronavirus-authority-1.5515846?cmp=rss

Canada's next-door neighbour is now the epicentre of global pandemic. Here's what that U.S. surge means

Canada’s next-door neighbour is now the epicentre of a global pandemic, with U.S. reported infection rates soaring. The tremors coming from the U.S. will ripple across the border and beyond, touching a staggering array of people and battering the broader economy. Here's what we know, what we don't, and what it means for Canadians.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/united-states-pandemic-epicentre-1.5515761?cmp=rss

Some U.S. religious leaders flout COVID-19 restrictions

Religious service, steeped as it is in community, is one area where people are finding it hard to avoid gathering amid the COVID-19 pandemic. And while some churches in the U.S. are finding innovative ways to continue services, such as conducting them virtually, a few are still gathering in person, potentially exposing many people to the novel coronavirus.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/some-us-churches-flout-covid-19-restrictions-1.5515436?cmp=rss

Partisan divisions on COVID-19 exist in Canada but they're deeper — and more dangerous — in the U.S.

Polls suggest there are fewer differences between how Liberal and Conservative supporters in Canada view the pandemic than there are between the opinions expressed by Democrats and Republicans in the United States.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/grenier-covid19-partisanship-1.5515275?cmp=rss

China state media reports 19 people killed in forest fire

Nineteen people have died while fighting a raging forest fire in southwestern China and reinforcements were sent to fight the blaze and evacuate nearby residents, officials and state media reported Tuesday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/wildfire-china-firefighters-1.5515818?cmp=rss

More COVID-19 cases on stranded cruise ship with 4 dead. Cruise line pleas for help

Orlando Ashford, president of Holland America Line, revealed there are more COVID-19 cases aboard the cruise ship where four people have already died. He also made a plea for a place to dock for his stranded cruise ships.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/covid-19-zaandam-cruise-ship-ill-stranded-1.5515811?cmp=rss