Author Archives: The Canadian Press

STOCKHOLM - Low-cost fashion brand Hennes & Mauritz AB on Wednesday reported an expected loss in the first quarter. Meanwhile, the pandemic-hit Swedish company said it was committed to remaining i...

Delta Air Lines, the last U.S. airline still blocking middle seats, will end that policy in May as air travel recovers and more people become vaccinated against COVID-19. The decision announced Wednes...

MOSCOW - Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Wednesday he has started a hunger strike to protest authorities' failure to provide proper treatment for his back and leg pains. In a ...

WASHINGTON - The Pentagon on Wednesday swept away Trump-era policies that largely banned transgender people from serving in the military, issuing new rules that offer them wider access to medical care...

OTTAWA - The federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic should send the deficit to $363.4 billion, Parliament's spending watchdog says in an outlook on federal finances just under three weeks out from ...

BERLIN - The head of the European Medicines Agency said Wednesday that there is "no evidence" that would support restricting use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine in any population, as Germany has ...

New Yorkers over the age of 21 can now possess and use up to 3 ounces of cannabis in public under a legalization bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, while sales of recreational-use marijuana w...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 8:50 p.m. Yukon is reporting one new out-of-territory COVID-19 case. The government says in a news release that the new case is ...

WASHINGTON - In a move he said would help restore "scientific integrity," the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency is removing dozens of scientists and other experts from key advisory board...

LONDON - This year the Glastonbury Festival is going online. Organizers said Wednesday that they will stage a one-day livestreamed concert on May 22 at Worthy Farm in southwest England, home to the an...