GENEVA/PARIS (Reuters) – Airlines on Thursday appealed for urgent government financial support as transatlantic carriers rushed to cut flights in the wake of new U.S. travel restrictions on Europeans aimed at combating the coronavirus outbreak.
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Hamilton Public Health has confirmed that a 52-year-old man is the second case of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus disease, in the city. The agency says the man was returning from New York City on March
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An employee at Galaxy Cinemas has been arrested and charged following an investigation of theft at the Peterborough movie theatre. The Peterborough Police Service say police received a report on Tuesday of “suspicious” activity with
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Despite harsh criticism of the US President’s actions by Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel, EU governments decided to impose their own travel restrictions in response to the worsening viral outbreak. Slovakia, Malta and
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Health officials in Manitoba say the province has its first presumptive case of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. At a Thursday morning press conference, Health Minister Cameron Friesen said the province’s first
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The Columbus Blue Jackets and San Jose Sharks both announced on Wednesday that they will play home games without fans in attendance after local and state governments declared mass gatherings would be banned because of
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As the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19, a pandemic, anxiety around what the virus means for pregnant people grows. In Canada, there are currently more than 100 cases, according to
Read moreGermany must do its utmost to avert economic crisis over coronavirus: Merkel ally
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany must do all it can to avoid an economic crisis over the coronavirus and should emulate an ex-European Central Bank president who was key in containing the euro zone debt crisis,
Read moreAirline crisis worsens as U.S. puts Europeans in coronavirus quarantine
PARIS/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Airlines bore the brunt of a dramatic expansion of the coronavirus crisis on Thursday, as U.S. travel curbs on much of continental Europe deepened the sector’s misery and piled more pressure
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