Venezuelan authorities celebrated on Monday as the first of five Iranian tankers loaded with gasoline docked there, delivering badly needed fuel to the crisis-stricken nation that sits atop the world’s largest oil reserves.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government intends to give all workers a minimum of 10 days paid sick leave per year as Canada starts to prepare for a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
All non-essential retailers will be able to reopen in England from 15 June, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced, as part of plans to further ease the lockdown.
The UK government has been accused of "rank hypocrisy" for pushing ahead with plans to make it harder for foreign health workers to work in the UK, while clapping those currently in the National Health Service for their role in fighting COVID-19.
The United States Supreme Court justices declined on Monday to review a federal court’s ruling that had allowed Canadian miner Crystallex to take over shares of US refiner Citgo in compensation for US$1.4 billion for the expropriation of assets in Venezuela.
The Honduran head of congress is connected to a major drugs clan, according to a news investigation which exposes more connections between the country’s top government officials and its underworld.
The Cuban Ministry of Tourism has confirmed that the island’s borders will remain closed until the government indicates it, but assured that it is preparing its facilities for when the time for reopening comes.
A Philippines media station has shutdown amidst speculation that the government wants to silence it for questioning controversial policies.
A Canadian aerobatics jet has crashed into a British Columbia neighbourhood during a flyover intended to boost morale during the Covid-19 pandemic, killing one crew member, seriously injuring another and setting a house on fire.
Cuban doctors helping COVID-19 victims around the world are being praised for their heroism and expertise for going into the most disadvantaged and heavily communities, mostly in Africa.