U.S. President Donald Trump ordered meat-processing plants to stay open on Tuesday to protect the food supply in the United States, despite concerns about coronavirus outbreaks, drawing a backlash from unions that said at-risk workers required more protection.
A Canadian senator says the federal government has betrayed the country's dairy processors by allowing the U.S. to activate the new North American trade deal on July 1 — a month earlier than expected.
U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence chose not to wear a face mask Tuesday during a tour of the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, an apparent violation of the world-renowned medical centre's policy requiring them.
Hillary Clinton will endorse Joe Biden's presidential candidacy on Tuesday, according to multiple media reports.
Britain is on track to record one of the worst coronavirus death tolls in Europe, after data published on Tuesday showed nationwide fatalities topped 24,000 nine days ago.
France will not end its nationwide lockdown unless the number of new cases of coronavirus infection drops below 3,000 per day, French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe told parliament on Tuesday.
Prince Harry has recorded a special message to celebrate the 75th anniversary of children's favourite Thomas the Tank Engine, introducing a new program that has a storyline featuring his father and grandmother, Prince Charles and Queen Elizabeth II, as characters.
Violent protests erupted in Lebanon's Tripoli again on Tuesday, with more banks set ablaze after a night of rioting that left one protester dead, according to security and medical sources, in demonstrations renewed by growing economic despair.
Fear of catching the coronavirus could have kept North Korean leader Kim Jong Un away from state ceremonies for a key holiday in mid-April, a South Korean minister said on Tuesday as speculation swirled over Kim's whereabouts and health.
Disruptions to immunization programs across South Asia because of the coronavirus pandemic are upending attempts to vaccinate millions of children against deadly diseases, UNICEF warned on Tuesday, a day after the World Health Organization raised a similar concern.
Quebec will become the latest province to provide details around how it plans to reopen its economy later today. The province's announcement comes after Ontario revealed the framework — with no dates attached — that will be used to guide the phased reopening of Canada's most populous province. Read more about what's happening in Canada, the U.S. and around the world.
Amazon.com Inc., may have violated safety measures and labour practices amid the coronavirus pandemic as it fired a warehouse protest leader last month, New York Attorney General Letitia James's office wrote in a letter to the company last week.
The head of Japan's medical association thinks it will be difficult to hold the Olympics without an effective coronavirus vaccine.
Unlike other places in the pandemic world, Japan issues suggestions instead of commands. Violating them could get individuals a stern look, businesses a public shaming, but rarely a fine.
