LOS ANGELES - An explosion at an industrial park near Los Angeles on Tuesday injured four people, three of them critically, authorities said. The blast was reported at 4:45 p.m. in a neighbourhood of ...
Feb 03, 2021
WASHINGTON - There's a crib in President Joe Biden's White House. Upstairs in the family residence, the bed is set for the president's youngest grandchild, Beau Biden Jr. The baby was born last year t...
Feb 03, 2021
BEIJING - China on Wednesday announced a plan to provide 10 million coronavirus vaccine doses to developing nations through the global COVAX initiative. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said ...
Feb 03, 2021
LONDON - Britain's health chief says a new study showing that a single dose of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca provides a high level of protection for 12 weeks supp...
Feb 03, 2021
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 3 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Feb 03, 2021
OTTAWA - Canada could get more than one million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of March through a global vaccine sharing initiative known as COVAX. But as with most things COVID-19, v...
Feb 03, 2021
CALGARY - Advocates say homeless people should get priority to COVID-19 vaccines given how at risk they are to the virus and how much more likely they are to get severely ill if infected. "We as a soc...
Feb 03, 2021
OTTAWA - Retired vice-admiral Mark Norman is warning the Royal Canadian Navy to start preparing for some hard discussions as delays and escalating costs continue to buffet the country's $60-billion pl...
Feb 03, 2021
TOKYO - Sony Corp.'s its fiscal third quarter profit jumped 62%, positioning the Japanese entertainment and electronics giant for a record annual profit as its bottom line got a healthy boost from its...
Feb 03, 2021
EDMONTON - Jesse Puljujarvi had a pair of goals and the Edmonton Oilers posted a 4-2 win over the slumping Ottawa Senators on Tuesday to sweep the two-game series. It was the first time in more than t...
Feb 03, 2021