Giancarlo Silvestri is ready to marry his fiancée in Toronto this month. But the couple’s late March wedding will be missing a few crucial guests — Silvestri’s best friends from northern Italy, who are now
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Speaking at a news briefing today, hours before the World Health Organization declared the outbreak to be a global pandemic, Gergely Gulyas, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff, said the ban on the countries
Read more‘Human hand sanitizer’ photo sparks apology from Saudi oil giant
A Saudi oil company wants to wash its hands clean of controversy after photos of a “human hand sanitizer dispenser” were widely circulated on social media recently, amid broader concerns about the spread of the
Read moreBudget day 2020 will be March 30, Morneau announces amid coronavirus spread
Budget day 2020 will be March 30, says Finance Minister Bill Morneau. The unusual move to release the federal budget on a Monday comes as the government grapples with the spread of COVID-19, the illness
Read moreCoronavirus: Warriors to play game without fans due to concerns over COVID-19
San Francisco is banning all large gatherings of more than 1,000 people for the next two weeks and the Golden State Warriors intend to play at least one home game without fans. Mayor London Breed
Read moreSpain shuts Prado, other Madrid museums due to coronavirus
MADRID (Reuters) – All of Madrid’s state-run museums, including the Prado, the Reina Sofia and the Thyssen-Bornemisza, will be closed to the public due to the coronavirus epidemic that has hit the Spanish capital, authorities
Read moreIndia cancels almost all visas, closes Myanmar border, as regional coronavirus cases rise
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India said on Wednesday it will suspend the vast majority of visas to the country in a wide-reaching attempt to prevent the spread of coronavirus, as cases across the region continued to
Read moreU.S. Senate Republican delays vote on subpoena in Hunter Biden probe
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Republican U.S. senator said on Wednesday he would delay a committee vote on whether to issue a subpoena in an investigation of Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden’s businessman son, Hunter Biden.
Read moreGuatemala bans entry of European citizens to keep out coronavirus
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Guatemalan Health Minister Hugo Monroy said on Wednesday that the country will ban the entry of European citizens in an attempt to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The Central American
Read moreU.S. Supreme Court allows Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' asylum policy
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday handed a win to President Donald Trump by leaving in effect a policy that requires thousands of people seeking asylum at the southern border to wait
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