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THOUSANDS of companies and millions of jobs in Britain are at risk as the UK faces the biggest drop in GDP since the financial crisis. Daily Express :: News Feed

A barrage of rockets hit a base housing U.S. and other coalition troops north of Baghdad, Iraqi security officials said Saturday, just days after a similar attack killed three servicemen, including two Americans. CBC | World News

EASYJet has cancelled all flights to Spain, as the country adopts emergency measures to fight the coronavirus contagion. Daily Express :: News Feed

Coronavirus is already colouring the U.S. election campaign, with Democrats convinced President Donald Trump’s muddled response to the outbreak leaves him and Republicans vulnerable over the burgeoning health crisis, his competency and the staggering economy. CBC | World News

Dr. Thea Gallagher, assistant professor and director of the Outpatient Clinic at the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, came on the Today Show to give her take on why the coronavirus outbreak has caused a toilet paper frenzy, according to Today. When the outbreak seemed to ...

MTV reality TV star Georgia Harrison gave her Instagram followers a little break from the presence of a worldwide pandemic with her latest share on the popular social media platform. In the picture, Georgia appeared to be climbing out of a pool. She held onto two handrails on either side of her, and she looked back over her shoulder at ...

South African middle-distance runner Caster Semenya, who is barred from competing in her favourite race and defending her Olympic 800-metre title, is trying to make the Tokyo Summer Games anyway — by switching to the 200. CBC | World News

A Canadian woman and her Italian travelling companion who were suspected to have been abducted in West Africa 15 months ago have been found. CBC | World News

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is coming under fire for taking the weekend off from Washington and attending an event with Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh while a bipartisan coronavirus stimulus bill awaits his approval. As Talking Points Memo noted, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shepherded through an economic response package to the coronavirus that won widespread support among Republicans and ...

Countries around the world on Saturday continued to close borders, impose strict entry and quarantine requirements and restrict large gatherings in efforts to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. CBC | World News