Stirling Moss, a daring, speed-loving Englishman regarded as the greatest Formula One driver never to win the world championship, has died. He was 90. Moss died peacefully at his London home following a long illness, his wife, Susan, said Sunday. “It was one lap too many,” she said. “He just closed his eyes.” A national…
Queen Elizabeth said on Saturday that the coronavirus pandemic “would not overcome us” as she delivered her second rallying message in a week. The 93-year-old monarch, who is the symbolic head of the Church of England, also said in an audio message that “Easter isn’t cancelled” in her first-ever address to mark the Christian holy…
The United States death toll from the coronavirus pandemic eclipsed Italy’s for the highest in the world Saturday at more than 19,700, Johns Hopkins University reported. Italy has the second most reported deaths at 19,468 and Spain is third with 16,353. The death rate — that is, the number of dead relative to the population — is…
The latest: Members of Parliament will debate and then vote on legislation Saturday to free up billions of dollars in financial aid for Canadians and businesses to weather the COVID-19 crisis, with the opposition parties agreeing to allow for unanimous consent in order to make it law late in the day, sources have told CBC News. Prime…
As the coronavirus spreads in Japan, the chief executive of the Tokyo Games said Friday he can’t guarantee the postponed Olympics will be staged next year — even with the long delay. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued an emergency declaration this week to battle the virus, putting the country under restrictions after it seemed…
South Korean officials on Friday reported that 91 patients thought cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again. Jeong Eun-kyeong, director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), told a briefing that the virus may have been “reactivated” rather than the patients being re-infected. South Korean health officials said it remains…