Peruvians to pick new president amid relentless pandemic
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Amid an unrelenting coronavirus pandemic that has overwhelmed cemeteries, Peruvian voters will choose Sunday between a political novice who has scared business by promising to overhaul the key mining industry and a career politician w...
EU concerned about Greek use of anti-migrant sound cannon
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union expressed concern Thursday about Greece’s use of a sound cannon to scare migrants away from its borders, raising questions over whether the device contravenes the 27-nation bloc’s laws on fundamental rights.
Halifax-area man in his 30s youngest COVID-19 victim in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin urged caution on Thursday after health officials reported the province's youngest COVID-19 victim as well as a slight rise in new infections. Rankin reported 25 new cases and the death of a man in
State worker union OKs $1 million to fight Newsom recall
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's largest state worker union approved a $1 million donation Wednesday to help Gov. Gavin Newsom fight the recall in an emergency vote that some members said would cause friction in the union amid a leadership
Federal government hiking fines for hotel quarantine violators
OTTAWA — The federal government is increasing the fine for air travellers who refuse to quarantine in a designated hotel for three days after arriving in Canada. Travellers who had faced a $3,000 fine if they didn't abide by the requirement
Most vaccinated California workers must keep masks on
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Conflicted California workplace regulators approved controversial rules Thursday night that allow workers to go maskless only if every employee in a room is fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
EU court provisionally restores immunity for 3 Catalan MPs
BRUSSELS (AP) — Three Catalan separatist members of the European Parliament on Thursday applauded a European court ruling to put on hold a decision by the EU's legislative chamber stripping them of their immunity from prosecution.
Ex-UK education czar decries “half-hearted” schools effort
LONDON (AP) — Britain risks failing hundreds of thousands of young people with its “half-hearted” effort to bolster schools after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the former education recovery chief who resigned over the government’s funding announc...
US jobless claims drop to 385,000, another pandemic low
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week for a fifth straight week to a new pandemic low, the latest evidence that the U.S. job market is regaining its health as the economy further reopens.
The Latest: Arizona’s state-run vaccination sites to close
PHOENIX -- Arizona’s state-run COVID-19 vaccination sites, which were touted as a national model, will be shutting down later this month.