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Virus worries haunt workers demanding rights on May Day
ATHENS, Greece - No job at all, or a job without enough protections - millions of workers worldwide marked international labour day trapped between hunger and fear Friday, as more countries and states...
May 01, 2020
Wet'suwet'en pact with Ottawa and B.C. disputed by elected chiefs
SMITHERS, B.C. - Elected chiefs of a First Nation that's split over a natural gas pipeline through their territories say they will not sign a deal on rights and title, a day after the hereditary ...
May 01, 2020
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Morneau names Tiff Macklem new Bank of Canada governor
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau is naming Tiff Macklem the new governor of the Bank of Canada. The dean of the business school at the University of Toronto is a former senior deputy governor of...
May 01, 2020
Work safety strike, virus lockdown protest set for May Day
LOS ANGELES - Essential workers will strike nationwide on May Day to demand safer conditions during the coronavirus outbreak, while other groups plan rallies against tight stay-at-home orders they say...
May 01, 2020
Bollywood mourns loss of two of its most versatile actors
GURUGRAM, India - Two of India's most beloved movie stars, Irrfan Khan and Rishi Kapoor, died within a day of each other this week, and though they came from two very different worlds and two very dif...
May 01, 2020
Mexican protest singer Oscar Chávez dies of COVID-19 at 85
MEXICO CITY - One of Mexico's best-known protest singers, Oscar Chvez, died Thursday at age 85 after being infected with the coronavirus. Mexico's culture secretary confirmed the singer's death, and t...
May 01, 2020
Kelly Rowland: ‘Coffee’ song, video is my ode to black women
NEW YORK - Kelly Rowland says her new single "Coffee" and its accompanying music video is her "ode to the beauty of black women." Rowland debuted the breezy R&B track and video featuring black wom...
May 01, 2020
Anderson Cooper is a father; gives infant son a special name
NEW YORK - Anderson Cooper is a father, a milestone the CNN anchor says for a while he didn't believe would ever happen. Cooper announced the birth of his son, Wyatt, Thursday evening on his show and ...
May 01, 2020
C.D. Howe's Business Cycle Council says country has entered a recession
TORONTO - The C.D. Howe Institute's Business Cycle Council says Canada has entered a recession due to the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report released Friday, the council...
May 01, 2020
Duchess of Sussex loses first round in privacy claim
LONDON - The Duchess of Sussex has lost an early round in her privacy case against the Mail on Sunday newspaper over its publication of a letter to her estranged father. Meghan is suing for invasion o...
May 01, 2020