The United States, the European Union and others pledged $600 million US in additional funds Wednesday to help hundreds of thousands struggling six months after a powerful earthquake struck Haiti's southern region.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador broadened his campaign against the mainstream media Wednesday, demanding information on the incomes of several prominent journalists. He has accused journalists who publish critical stories of being "mercenaries" and "sellouts."
Walt Disney World in Florida has announced that masks will be optional for fully vaccinated visitors in all indoor and outdoor locations.
The death toll from devastating mudslides and floods that swept through a mountainous region of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state has reached 58, local authorities said Wednesday.
The federal government says it has secured escape routes through four neighbouring countries to allow Canadians to evade a Russian military incursion into Ukraine.
The number of new coronavirus cases globally fell by 19 per cent in the last week, while the number of deaths remained stable, according to the World Health Organization.
