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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on May 19, 2020: There are 78,072 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 43,627 confirmed (includ...
May 19, 2020

Full powers of Parliament must be reinstated, Conservatives' Scheer says
OTTAWA - Opposition leader Andrew Scheer says more powers of Parliament must be restored to properly scrutinize the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. He says the existing thric...
May 19, 2020

AT&T quits Venezuela as US sanctions force it to defy Maduro
MIAMI - AT&T said Tuesday it will immediately abandon Venezuela's pay TV market as U.S. sanctions prohibit its DirecTV platform from broadcasting channels that it is required to carry by the socia...
May 19, 2020

Appeals court OKs June 23 NY Democratic presidential primary
New York's Democratic Party leadership gave up its attempt to cancel the state's June 23 presidential primary Tuesday after an appeals court rejected arguments that holding it during the coronavirus p...
May 19, 2020

Injured pelican found near death in B.C. to be released after lengthy rehab
BURNABY, B.C. - An endangered American white pelican found near death on a lake in British Columbia's southern Okanagan last fall is to be reunited with its flock. A statement from Burn...
May 19, 2020

Old Trafford cricket ground plans for social-distancing fans
MANCHESTER, England - The Old Trafford cricket ground is spearheading plans in England to try to bring fans back into a sports venue during the coronavirus pandemic. Lancashire Cricket Club chief exec...
May 19, 2020

Young girl fatally stabbed, one person in custody, after attack in Edmonton home
EDMONTON - Homicide detectives are investigating the suspicious death of a child in Edmonton.Edmonton police say officers responded to a report of a stabbing at a home in the southeastern part of the ...
May 19, 2020

Song critical of Polish leader disappears from hit chart
WARSAW, Poland - A song took aim at an alleged abuse of power by Poland's ruling party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski. It rose to the top of the chart of a public radio station. Then it disappeared. The p...
May 19, 2020

Sony to buy full control of financial unit to weather crisis
TOKYO - Sony Corp. plans to make its financial services unit a wholly owned subsidiary to ensure stability as it rides out the hardships brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. "We will be able to car...
May 19, 2020

Wendy Williams pauses talk show because of health condition
LOS ANGELES - Wendy Williams is taking a break from her daytime talk show to receive treatment for a previously announced health condition. Williams has has been experiencing fatigue because of sympto...
May 19, 2020