WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says Canada and the United States have agreed to extend their mutual ban on non-essential travel between the two countries until Aug. 20. “Based on the success of the existing restrictions and close collaboration with Mexico and Canada, (the Department of HomelandContinue Reading
OTTAWA — Canadian and U.S. officials have agreed to keep the border between the two countries closed to non-essential travel until August 21, CTV News has confirmed. Sources say both governments are on the same page with extending the border restriction measures for another month. The ban on discretionary travelContinue Reading
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s re-election campaign made the decision to “strongly encourage” masks at the Republican president’s next rally as a precautionary measure, the White House chief of staff said on Monday. The Trump campaign plans an outdoor rally on Saturday in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. “Obviously we’re looking forward toContinue Reading
Villagers stage a rally against the flying of anti-North Korea leaflets into North Korea near the unification observation in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday, June 22, 2020. South Korea on Monday urged North Korea to scrap a plan to launch propaganda leaflets across the border,Continue Reading
China says spying charges are ‘completely different’ from the case of Meng Wanzhou Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is seen during a news conference at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on June 17, 2020. China’s government has said Trudeau should ‘stop making irresponsible remarks’ after he said Beijing’s decision to charge twoContinue Reading
A mourner prays at the tomb of 68-year-old man who died of COVID-19 in the Colina area of Santiago, Chile. The deceased’s granddaughter called COVID-19 ‘a super classist disease,’ as poor people like her grandfather have to continue working rather than isolating, putting themselves at risk. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters) (Comparing countries’Continue Reading
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking a judge to temporarily block the release of former national security adviser John Bolton‘s upcoming memoir, arguing that it contains classified information. The Trump administration filed an emergency application Wednesday asking for a restraining order to halt the publication of Bolton’s book, called “TheContinue Reading
The United Kingdom is excited to announce the discovery of a “magic medicine” for the treatment of COVID-19. Just a few hours ago, the British Prime Minister’s Office posted a post on Twitter, saying that the University of Oxford in the UK has developed a “new treatment” for corona virus,Continue Reading
On Wednesday, former u.S. president Barack Obama, shown here in a file image from 2018, participated in a virtual town hall on police violence. About 400,000 people tuned in live for his remarks. (Jason DeCrow/The Associated Press) Young people in the United States must capitalize on the momentum they haveContinue Reading
Protesters gather at Foley Square on Tuesday, June 2, 2020, in New York, as part of a demonstration against police brutality sparked by the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, who died after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes. (Yuki Iwamura/The AssociatedContinue Reading
