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BUCHAREST -- Earlier this week, Oana Gheorghiu and Carmen Uscatu were at a county hospital in northeastern Romania making plans to quickly replace its intensive care unit after a fire destroyed it two weeks ago, killing 12 COVID-19 patients. Read More … [Read more...] about Romanians donate to fill funding gaps for healthcare

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says former NATO commander Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin will lead the nation's vaccine distribution efforts. Read More … [Read more...] about CP NewsAlert: Former NATO commander to lead vaccine distribution in Canada

DUBAI -- An Iranian scientist long suspected by the West of masterminding a secret nuclear bomb program was killed in an ambush near Tehran on Friday that could provoke confrontation between Iran and its foes in the last weeks of Donald Trump's presidency. Read More … [Read more...] about Suspected Iranian nuclear mastermind Fakhrizadeh assassinated near Tehran

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says former NATO commander Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin will lead the nation's vaccine distribution efforts. Read More … [Read more...] about Former NATO commander Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin to lead vaccine distribution

TORONTO -- The number of reported new cases of COVID-19 and related deaths surged in Ontario, authorities reported on Friday, a day after officials expressed cautious optimism the spread of the dangerous virus was moderating. Read More … [Read more...] about Cases of COVID-19 in Ontario surge despite ‘cautious optimism’

ISTANBUL -- Turkey's daily COVID-19 death toll hit a record high for a fifth consecutive day at 177, data from the Health Ministry showed on Friday. Read More … [Read more...] about Turkey announces record coronavirus death toll for fifth consecutive day

The Chicago Bears activated safety Eddie Jackson from the reserve/COVID-19 list, the team announced Friday. Read More … [Read more...] about Bears activate S Jackson from reserve/COVID-19 list

New York Jets coach Adam Gase said quarterback Sam Darnold will start on Sunday against the Miami Dolphins barring any setbacks in practice Friday. Read More … [Read more...] about Jets QB Darnold to start Sunday against Dolphins

REGINA -- The Saskatchewan government has inked in a $100-million cushion into its mid-year financial forecast for any pandemic-related revenue shortfalls. Read More … [Read more...] about Saskatchewan gives itself $260M-cushion to deal with COVID-19 uncertainty