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USA troops possibly heading to Canadian border amid COVID-19 fears

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As first reported by the New York Times , which has been keeping a running tally , more than 80,000 people in the United States have tested positive for the...

China says no new cases confirmed locally

Also on Wednesday, six deaths and 58 new suspected cases were reported on the mainland with all the deaths in Hubei Province and all the suspected cases from ov...

Bill Gates: Trump's 15-day coronavirus economy plan 'very irresponsible'

Bill Gates stated that United States of America might have been better off if they had behaved a little bit like the countries that have done the best on this ...

‘Transport for London should have the Tube running in full’ - Hancock

It follows scenes of packed carriages this week, with less frequent services meaning that commuters have to squeeze tightly together. He lashed out saying tha...

Coronavirus pandemic forces Putin to postpone referendum on proposed constitutional changes

Russian Federation reported 182 new coronavirus cases, its biggest one-day rise yet, bringing its official tally to 840. Putin noted in his speech that countr...

Canada calls on USA to ditch plans to deploy troops at border

The troops will not perform law enforcement duties but instead help in areas such as planning and logistics, much as they did under President Trump's orders dur...

Corpses of the elderly found abandoned in Spanish care homes

Spain is Europe's second-worst hit country after Italy, with 2,696 deaths and almost 40,000 confirmed cases. The capital's Palacio de Hielo mall, home to an O...

Prince Charles feels 'touched' by support amid coronavirus diagnosis

Medical advice is that it's unlikely to escalate into a more serious case. Camilla has tested negative to the virus and has isolated from Prince Charle...

British PM Boris Johnson says he's tested positive for coronavirus

The Prime Minister said he had experienced "mild symptoms" of the COVID-19 disease and would continue to lead the United Kingdom government's response to the cr...

25 dead in attack on Sikh temple in Kabul

PoJK Sikh Intellectuals Forum, chairman Advocate Amrik Singh and general secretary, Paramjeet Singh have also expressed their shock and grief over the attack an...

Coronavirus delays Russian vote on Putin staying in power

A record 163 new cases were reported on Wednesday, bringing the country's total to 658. He announced a range of economic support measures and said he's decl...

Australia to quarantine global arrivals in virus fight

Isolation declaration cards must now be filled out by every returning Australian. Air and maritime crews will be required to continue to undertake the existin...

Covid-19 killed more than 8,000 in Italy

It said 57,521 people are now infected with COVID-19 in Italy , 3,491 more than Tuesday. Contrary to the sustained decrease of the last four days, the curve of...

District moves to distance learning

Members are working with teachers to move towards personalized learning. Skipcha Elementary School kindergarten teacher Lisa Stewart is in contact with her co...

Andrew Cuomo says NY coronavirus hospitalisations higher than expected

Over 5,000 are now hospitalized and 1,290 are in ICU. " New York City only gets $1.3 billion from this package - that is a drop in the bucket as to need", C...

India struggles with coronavirus shutdown; Pakistan cases top 1,000

He also appealed people to take care of animals who are facing trouble during these tough times. "Now, if there are 500-600 positive cases in the country right ...

Remember those kids who interrupted a BBC interview? They've grown up

The 2017 video has yet again brought some needed laughs to millions of people now forced to work from home. It wasn't exactly more contained than their star-m...

Trudeau says travellers who refuse to self-isolate are 'dangerous'

According to a US official, the Department of Homeland Security did make a formal request to the Pentagon for military forces to provide additional security a...

Federal Bureau of Investigation chief pledges to find answers on ex-agent Levinson

US President Donald Trump called Mr Levinson "a gentleman" and "outstanding". "I won't accept that he's dead", Trump told journalists after the family's annou...

China slashes global flights in effort to curb coronavirus risk

The move is the latest in a string of tough steps by the Chinese government to combat the virus, which first appeared in the city of Wuhan late previous year ...

Lockdown lift of Wuhan in China on April 8

To prevent a surge in imported cases, China is ramping up quarantine and screening rules for all global arrivals. It was at a market in Wuhan, which was trade...

Douglas College warns of possible coronavirus exposure on campus

The school says online learning will not be impacted by this closure. Student residences remain open to a controlled number of students. BC3 will continue rem...

US preparing guidelines to classify county COVID-19 risk

Trump said that wasn't yet clear: "We'll see how they do it". According to the Post, Governor Jay Inslee of Washington took issue with Trump's statement on th...

Coronavirus Diverts US Aircraft Carrier From Mission In Western Pacific

The Navy is now chasing all of the ship's personnel. While pierside, no one on the crew will be permitted to leave. The Roosevelt "is operationally capable if...

Australia's coronavirus death toll rises after another cruise ship passenger dies

Researchers looked at the rooms of infected passengers aboard the Diamond Princess, both those who showed symptoms and those who did not, according to a study M...

China reports 67 new imported coronavirus cases

In addition to sharply reducing the number of global flights, Beijing is also requiring that airlines strictly implement protocols to prevent the spread of Covi...

Peoria Distillery Switches To Hand Sanitizer Production

So far the business has distributed more than 100 gallons of sanitizer. If you run out, save your bottles for free refills. He finished by saying that the com...

Kosovo Government Is Toppled in No-Confidence Vote

Last week, Kurti fired then-Interior Minister Agim Veliu of the center-right Democratic League of Kosovo, or LDK, for not being in line with the government poli...

US Covid-19 death toll passes 1000, with nearly 70000 cases

Pennsylvania avenue, one of the largest avenues of the US Capital, is nearly deserted by traffic during the 6pm usual rush hour in Washington. Johns Hopkins' ...

Canada's Trudeau balks at potential troop deployment on US border

Wednesday after lengthy negotiations among the governing Liberals and opposition parties about the extent of extraordinary spending powers the government was re...

Holland America ship to transit Panama Canal but not stop

The ship was at anchor for several days in Valparaiso, Chile, while taking more provisions and fuel before leaving for Fort Lauderdale. Those who are experien...

Netanyahu’s rival Gantz nominates himself to serve as speaker of Israeli parliament

He had blocked a scheduled vote to elect his replacement last week, dismissing parliament before it could take place. Under law, Gantz could ask for a two-wee...

TikTok influencer ridiculed coronavirus by licking toilet seat, tests positive

He tweeted "I tested positive for Coronavirus" from his now-deactivated Twitter account, according to the Daily Mail . It was just five days ago that he po...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Holds Coronavirus Press Conference

Mr Cuomo said the single greatest challenge now was the number of ventilators . New York's share, according to Lever, is 1.9 percent of its total state budge...