Newly released statistics illustrate the spectacular plunge in cross-border movement last week after Canada and the United States agreed to limit non-essential movement. The effect of the pandemic restrictions: an 82 per cent drop in border-crossings from the U.S. into Canada by land, and a 96 per cent plunge in arrivals on U.S. flights. Those were…

U.S. officials want to build hundreds of temporary hospitals across the country to cope with the thousands of new coronavirus cases being diagnosed daily after the United States endured its deadliest day yet on Monday with 575 fatalities. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which converted a New York convention centre into a 1,000-bed hospital…

Some Instacart and Amazon warehouse workers in the U.S. walked off the job Monday demanding greater safeguards against the coronavirus, even as both companies are speed-hiring hundreds of thousands of new workers to handle a surge in delivery orders. The one-day strikes had little impact on consumers, but the unrest called attention to mounting discontent…

School buses delivered hundreds of church-goers to Life Tabernacle Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Sunday, defying physical-distancing guidelines and the state governor’s direct order banning gatherings of more than 10 people. Religious service, steeped as it is in community, is one area where people are finding it hard to avoid gathering amid the COVID-19 pandemic.…

The U.S. Navy Ship Comfort arrives in New York City, pandemic epicentre. The ship can be equipped with 1,000 hospital beds. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Canada’s next-door neighbour is now the epicentre of a global pandemic. The tremors coming from America will ripple across the border and beyond. The United States has by far the most reported cases…

North Korea said Monday that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo undermined its willingness to restart stalled denuclearization talks, criticizing his recent remarks on sanctions on Pyongyang. After a teleconference with G7 foreign ministers last week, Pompeo had said that all nations must remain united in calling for North Korea to return to negotiations and applying diplomatic…