Severe weather has swept across the U.S. South, killing at least 18 people and damaging hundreds of homes from Louisiana into the Appalachian Mountains. Many people spent part of the night early Monday sheltering in basements, closets and bathroom tubs as sirens wailed to warn of possible tornadoes. The Chattanooga, Tenn., area and several counties…

When Cargojet flight 1392 touched down in Hamilton on Saturday it brought with it millions of badly needed N95 respirator masks to help in the fight against COVID-19. The Boeing 767 was the third delivery of critical supplies arriving under a made-for-Canada plan set up with the help of diplomats and consultants in China, a…

Emmanuel Macron opened his official visit to Italy on Feb. 26 with a big two-cheek kiss for Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. Then he was off for a 20-minute round of handshaking in the streets of Naples, even though the Italian coronavirus outbreak was already big news there.  In Paris on March 9, the day neighbouring Italy…

Pope Francis called for solidarity the world over to confront the “epochal challenge” posed by the coronavirus pandemic, as Christians celebrated a solitary Easter Sunday, blending the joyful feast day with sorrow over the toll the virus has already taken. Families that normally would attend morning Mass wearing their Easter best and later join friends…

The latest:  Police are investigating the owners of a privately run Montreal-area nursing home after news that 31 patients died at the facility since mid-March. At least five of the deceased residents had contracted COVID-19, Quebec Premier François Legault revealed on Saturday. He promised a thorough public investigation into Résidence Herron in Dorval, where nurses…

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been discharged from hospital and will continue his recovery from COVID-19 at Chequers, his official country residence, Downing Street said in a statement on Sunday. Johnson, 55, was taken to St Thomas’ Hospital in central London last Sunday, suffering from persistent symptoms of the disease caused by the new…