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Canada central bank cuts rate to 0.25% in emergency move

The Bank of Canada on Friday cut its overnight interest rate by 50 basis points to 0.25 percent, the third time this month, to the lowest level in a decade.The central bank also launched what obse

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Guests at Trump National Golf Club get coronavirus: reports

Mayor of California's Rancho Palos Verdes, John Cruikshank, and former Mayor Susan Brooks have both tested positive for the novel coronavirus, reported local media.Cruikshank was among the city offic

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Guests at Trump National Golf Club birthday party get coronavirus: reports

Mayor of California's Rancho Palos Verdes, John Cruikshank, and former Mayor Susan Brooks have both tested positive for the novel coronavirus, reported local media.Crui

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Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus, symptoms 'mild'

Prince Charles, the 71-year-old heir to the British throne, has tested positive for coronavirus but is in good health and is now self isolating in Scotland with mild sy

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UK's Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus

Charles, the Prince of Wales, has tested positive for COVID-19 and is showing mild symptoms, reported BBC on Wednesday. The 71-year-old displayed mild symptoms "but otherwise remains in good hea

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Harvard president and wife diagnosed with coronavirus

President of Harvard University Lawrence S. Bacow said he and his wife Adele Fleet Bacow have tested positive forcoronavirus, as the epidemic spread rapidly in the U.S. and the WHO said the countr

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Harvard president tests positive for coronavirus

Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow said Tuesday that he and his wife, Adele Bacow, both tested positive for the coronavirus. "We started experiencing symptoms on Sunday -- first coughs the

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Macao reports two newly imported COVID-19 cases

The Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center of China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) government on Tuesday reported two newly confirmed imported

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Finland's former president couple diagnosed with COVID-19

Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday but remains in good condition. Earlier on Saturday, the Office of the President reported that Ahtisaari's wife Eeva

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Canadian gov't to fund COVID-19 vaccine development, Trudeau says

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday that his government will allot 192 million Canadian dollars (132 million U.S. dollars) on the development and production of vaccines and treat

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World leaders and COVID-19: Who's been tested, who's under quarantine?

CGTN composite of AP pictures featuring, clockwise from top left: Botswana's President Mokgweetsi Masisi, Queen Letizia of Spain, Iranian Vice-President Masoumeh Ebtekar, Prince Albert II of Mona

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U.S. Vice President Pence to receive coronavirus test

"Given the unique position that I have as vice president and as the leader of the White House coronavirus task force, both I and my wife will be tested for the coronavirus later this afternoon."WASHIN

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More Hubei migrant workers depart for workplaces

Worker Chen Anxin (front) prepares to get on a train in Jingzhou, central China's Hubei Province, March 19, 2020. With a high-speed railway train carrying 551 migrant workers departing central China's

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U.S. senator dumped $1.7 million stocks after pacifying the public

Senator Richard Burr walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 3, 2020. /AP Chairman of the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee Richard Burr is suspected of engaging in insider information

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Prince of Monaco Tests Positive for Coronavirus Days After Meeting Britain's Prince Charles

The second child of Princess Grace and Prince Rainier of Monaco earlier spoke to Monaco’s residents urging them to be on the alert and avoid public places to deter the

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Former Cardiff midfielder Whittingham dies aged 35

Cardiff player Peter Whittingham in action during the Sky Bet Championship match between Cardiff City and Brighton & Hove Albion in Cardiff, UK, February 10, 2015. /VCG Former Cardiff City mid

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Canada announces massive aid package amid pandemic

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday his government is deferring tax payments until August, providing a wage subsidy for small businesses and pausing s