U.S. President Donald Trump extended the voluntary national shutdown for a month, bowing to public health experts who told him the coronavirus pandemic could claim more than 100,000 lives in the U.S., if not enough is done to fight it.
The COVID-19 pandemic ended the handshakes and deal-making in the world's power corridors, but Canada's campaign for a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council is still steaming ahead.
A medical evacuation plane exploded in a ball of flames during takeoff on Sunday in the Philippine capital, killing all eight passengers and crew on board, officials said. One of them was a Canadian.
Tokyo Olympic organizers seem to be leaning away from starting the rescheduled games in the spring of 2021. More and more the signs point toward the summer of 2021.
A Holland American cruise ship hit with a COVID-19 outbreak will be allowed through the Panama Canal, as it heads for its final destination in Florida.
