COVID-19

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's tricky task of crafting a new cabinet is hitting its final hours before the team of ministers is unveiled.Any hints of who might be in cabinet could begin trickling out today as…

A Covid outbreak in northern China is expected to get worse, authorities have warned, after cases were detected in 11 provinces and two marathons were postponed.Authorities recorded more than two dozen new community cases of coronavirus on…

COVID-19 vaccines for kids aged 5 to 11 could be available by early next month amid promising study data released by Pfizer and BioNTech, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday.Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, made the comments in…

CAIRO -- Sudan's interim prime minister and a number of senior government officials were arrested Monday, the information ministry said, describing the actions as a military coup.The internet in the country was largely cut…

The former head of the federal government’s post-Covid economic taskforce has been charged with breaching Western Australia’s border restrictions, after allegedly flying in a private helicopter into the state without the required travel…

SANTA FE, N.M. -- A camera operator told authorities that Alec Baldwin had been careful with weapons on the set of the film "Rust" before the actor shot and killed a cinematographer with a gun he'd been told was safe to use,…

Councils should be allowed to use exclusion orders to stop anti-vaccine activists from protesting outside schools, Keir Starmer has said.The Labour leader said it was “sickening” that those against vaccinations were demonstrating where…

On Monday 18 October, New South Wales will hit the second stage of its staggered reopening plan, with new freedoms for the fully vaccinated and more social and cultural institutions open to the public.It comes just a week after a…

The number of new Covid cases and deaths in the United States has been in a steady decline since early September, prompting many infectious disease experts to conclude that the worst impacts of the pandemic in America are probably in the…

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA -- Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Monday that a fifth National's party minister will join his Cabinet as part of deal to cement the junior coalition partner's support for a national target of…