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OTTAWA - Opposition parties are poised to approve a parliamentary probe of the Trudeau government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic despite growing objections from industry and experts. Pharmaceutic...

VANCOUVER - An inquiry into money laundering in British Columbia is scheduled to begin hearing witnesses today in Vancouver. The hearings were delayed until after Saturday's B.C. election. Commissione...

MELBOURNE, Australia - Australia's former coronavirus hot spot Melbourne will largely emerge from lockdown after the city on Monday recorded its first day without a new COVID-19 case in more than four...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - As coronavirus infections reached new heights in Iran this month, overwhelming its hospitals and driving up its death toll, the country's health minister gave a rare spee...

HOUSTON - In car lines that can stretch half a mile, (0.8 kilometres), workers who lost jobs because of the coronavirus pandemic and other needy people receive staggering amounts of food distributed b...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump plans to intensify an already breakneck travel schedule in the final full week of the presidential campaign, overlooking a surge of coronavirus cases in the U.S. an...

CANBERRA, Australia - Australia is seeking information from Iran on reports that a British Australian academic who was convicted of espionage has been moved to a mystery location, the foreign minister...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's Parliament was closed on Monday in order to disinfect the premises after a police officer at the complex tested positive for the coronavirus amid a new surge of the vi...

With nine days before Election Day, more people already have cast ballots in this year's presidential election than voted early or absentee in the 2016 race as the start of in-person early voting in b...

MANILA, Philippines - A fast-moving typhoon forced thousands of villagers to flee to safety in provinces south of the Philippine capital Monday, flooding rural villages and ripping off roofs, official...