A liberal challenger on Monday ousted a conservative Wisconsin Supreme Court justice endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump, overcoming a successful push by Republicans to forge ahead with last week's election even as numerous other states postponed theirs due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A huge forest fire in Ukraine that has been raging for more than a week is now just one kilometer from the defunct Chornobyl nuclear power plant and poses a radiation risk, Greenpeace Russia warned on Monday, citing satellite images.
Donald Trump said Monday it was his decision when to reopen the U.S. economy — not that of state governors. Meanwhile, the White House did not comment a day after the U.S. president retweeted a call to fire Dr. Anthony Fauci.
New York City is in danger of running out of swabs for COVID-19 tests and is urging health-care providers to continue testing only patients who are gravely ill, the city health department said in a memo.
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Politicians and health officials are facing more questions about what's being done to protect the elderly as COVID-19 outbreaks hit seniors' homes and long-term care facilities across Canada. Here's a look at what's happening in Canada and around the world.
As the coronavirus pandemic throws millions out of work and devastates economies worldwide, governments are struggling with the delicate balance between keeping people safe from a highly contagious virus and making sure they can still make a living.
Oil prices fluctuated on Monday as the positive impact of major producers agreeing to record global output cuts was offset by concerns they will not be sufficient to reduce a glut as the coronavirus pandemic hammers demand.
Good Morning America host George Stephanopoulos revealed Monday that he's tested positive for the coronavirus, but has been relatively symptom-free.
With much of the world struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still some good-news stories to report. Here's a brief roundup.
Biologists and wildlife-rehabilitation volunteers are being warned not to handle bats — not to protect themselves, but to prevent the prospect of passing COVID-19 to a vast population of North American mammals.
A former aide to Joe Biden is accusing the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee of sexually assaulting her during the early 1990s when he was a senator. Biden's campaign denies the charges.
Severe weather has swept across the U.S. South, killing at least six people in Mississippi, six more in Georgia and damaging hundreds of homes from Louisiana into the Appalachian Mountains. Many people spent part of the night early Monday sheltering in basements, closets and bathroom tubs as sirens wailed to warn of possible tornadoes.
British performer Tim Brooke-Taylor, a member of comedy trio The Goodies, has died after contracting the new coronavirus. He was 79.
Coronavirus survivors are emerging from their illness with powerful antibodies in demand by researchers and physicians across the world. Multiple trials are underway in the U.S., Canada and Europe in the hopes of harnessing the protective powers of antibodies for convalescent plasma that could benefit sick patients or front-line workers.
When Cargojet flight 1392 touched down in Hamilton on Saturday it brought with it millions of badly needed N95 respirator masks to help in the fight against COVID-19.
In Paris on March 9, the day neighbouring Italy was locked down, Macron went strolling with his wife on the Champs Elysee, telling restaurant patrons he wanted to “send a message of confidence to the French economy.”
