Global Affairs Canada says it has received more than 1,300 loan applications through its COVID-19 Emergency Loan Program for Canadians Abroad. It says it has already paid out $1.8 million to 500 recipients who either need money to get home or to cover their living expenses where they are stuck.
The U.S. government and Florida officials were working on a plan on Wednesday to allow thousands of cruise ship passengers exposed to an on-board coronavirus outbreak to disembark, a day after President Donald Trump said the state needed to "do what's right."
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative government was under fire Wednesday for failing to keep its promise to increase the amount of testing being done for COVID-19, even as the country saw its biggest rise yet in deaths among people with the virus, to 2,352.
Ranitidine will not be available for use in the U.S. after FDA pulls all remaining prescription and over-the-counter products containing the ingredient found in the heartburn medication Zantac.
Wimbledon was cancelled on Wednesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, the first time since World War II that the oldest Grand Slam tennis tournament won't be played.
Just last week the United States marked more than 1,000 coronavirus-related deaths. Less than six days later, New York City itself has reached that grim milestone, with U.S. President Donald Trump warning that parts of the rest of the country will face sobering numbers in the next few weeks.
Confirmed coronavirus cases in Spain rose beyond 100,000 as it recorded its biggest one-day death toll from the outbreak on Wednesday, as two planes packed with protective equipment arrived to restock an overloaded public health system.
The plight of India's migrant workers has garnered headlines, with thousands forced to walk miles to reach home since the lockdown began, but many aid workers say the millions of homeless in India face a bigger risk.
Singaporean gay activists have turned to the country's highest court to overturn a colonial-era ban on sex between men, a lawyer said on Wednesday, after they failed in a legal challenge this week.
A new month means a fresh set of bills for Canadian families and businesses struggling with the health and financial fallout from the global coronavirus pandemic. Here's a look at the latest COVID-19 developments across Canada and the United States.
