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MPs to discuss suspending Parliament in COVID-19 fight
OTTAWA - Parliamentarians will consider today whether to take the unprecedented move of suspending Parliament because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Members of the House of Commons administration comm...
Mar 13, 2020
More information needed after dog's weak positive COVID-19 test result: expert
Animal lovers may be wondering if their pets can be carriers of the new coronavirus, but experts say there's no evidence they can transmit the disease to humans. Prof. Scott Weese of the Universi...
Mar 13, 2020
Drive-thru COVID-19 testing could also reduce spread in Canada: epidemiologist
VANCOUVER - Drive-thru clinics testing people for COVID-19 in South Korea could serve as a model for Canada, where the spread of the virus is comparatively limited but increasing to the poin...
Mar 13, 2020
UK interest rates cut, funds freed up to ease virus impact
LONDON - Britain took bold steps on Wednesday to cushion the economic shock of the coronavirus outbreak, as the government announced a 30 billion-pound ($39 billion) stimulus package and the Bank of E...
Mar 13, 2020
Virus darkens stages, silences orchestras across the US
NEW YORK - The stage at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle is quiet. There is no music coming from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the members of Pearl Jam won't tour. There is no one to admire the t...
Mar 13, 2020
Virus darkens stages, silences orchestras across the US
NEW YORK - The stage at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle is quiet. There is no music coming from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the members of Pearl Jam won't tour. There is no one to admire the t...
Mar 13, 2020
Pentagon: US strikes Iran-backed group that hit Iraq base
WASHINGTON - The U.S. launched airstrikes Thursday in Iraq, targeting the Iranian-backed Shiite militia members believed responsible for the rocket attack that killed and wounded American and British ...
Mar 13, 2020
In role reversal, Asia seeks to stop virus from coming in
BEIJING - From quarantining arriving travellers from overseas to nabbing those sneaking in with fevers, China and other parts of Asia are scrambling to prevent the new coronavirus from coming back to ...
Mar 12, 2020
Big city, big worry: New Yorkers fret as bustling city slows
New Yorkers will awake Friday to find the coronavirus has left their their famously bustling city with no Broadway, no basketball games, no big gatherings, and a populace unnerved by an ever-worsening...
Mar 12, 2020
Utah passes new abortion rules as Legislature wraps up
SALT LAKE CITY - Utah lawmakers passed new regulations on abortion this year, including a measure approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature Thursday that would ban most abortions if Roe v. Wad...
Mar 12, 2020