Tag: Pandemics
All schools in Ontario to shut and go to online learning
TORONTO — All schools in Canada’s most populous province will be shut down and move to online learning because of a record number of...
DeSantis attacks YouTube for yanking his pandemic video
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attacked YouTube and its parent company Google on Monday, accusing the tech giant of censorship for...
Air Canada, Canadian government agree on pandemic bailout
TORONTO — Air Canada says it has agreed with the Canadian government on financing that will allow the airline to access as much as...
Huge gatherings at India’s Hindu festival as virus surges
<p>NEW DELHI — Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees gathered by the Ganges River for special prayers Monday, many of them flouting social distancing...
Czechs start to ease lockdown, youngest kids back to schools
<p>PRAGUE — As the coronavirus pandemic eases up in the Czech Republic, one of the European Union’s hardest-hit countries took its first steps on...
Virus-battered Canucks aim to complete condensed season
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Vancouver Canucks are recovering from the NHL’s worst COVID-19 outbreak and believe they can complete the pandemic-condensed season.
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Brazil top court orders probe of Bolsonaro’s pandemic steps
<p>SAO PAULO — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice ordered the Senate on Thursday to investigate the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis and the...
Kim compares North Korea’s economic woes to 1990s famine
<p>SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for waging another “arduous march” to fight severe economic difficulties, for the...
Iraq blames public for new virus record, urges vaccinations
<p>Iraq's Health Ministry has warned of “dire consequences” ahead because citizens are not heeding coronavirus prevention measures, after the country reached a new high...
Pandemic, hunger forces thousands into sex work in Mexico
<p>MEXICO CITY — Hardships caused by the coronavirus pandemic have forced former sex workers in Mexico back into the trade years after they left,...