US & Canada
Visa lottery winners feel cheated by Trump’s visa ban
Noha, an Egyptian engineer, should feel lucky after winning a visa lottery that randomly selects people from a pool of more than ...Global virus infections soar as US deaths spike again
Coronavirus infections hit their highest level worldwide in the past week, WHO data showed Wednesday, as the worsening pandemic in the United ...EU bars visitors from US where experts warn of potential virus surge
The European Union reopened its borders Wednesday to visitors from 15 countries — but not the virus-stricken United States, where a top ...Virus death toll hits 500,000, Los Angeles shuts bars again as US struggles
More than half a million people have died in the coronavirus pandemic, an AFP tally showed Sunday, as bars in Los Angeles ...US tops 2.5mn virus cases as infections surge
The United States has surpassed 2.5 million coronavirus cases, as efforts to reopen the world’s economic powerhouse were dramatically set back by ...Texas halts reopening as US virus cases soar
Texas on Thursday halted steps to reopen its economy after a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, as the United States hits some ...Virus cases surge in Americas as IMF warns of economic carnage
More than 78,000 people were diagnosed with COVID-19 in the US and in Brazil alone Wednesday, as the IMF laid out the ...Virus cases top nine million as WHO says pandemic ‘accelerating’
Global coronavirus infections topped nine million on Monday as the World Health Organization warned that the pandemic was accelerating and Saudi Arabia ...Latin America cases pass two million as Trump rally defies virus
Coronavirus infections in Latin America surged past two million on Saturday, with worst-hit Brazil home to nearly half of the cases as ...Crowds defy virus fears to gather for first Trump rally in months
Hundreds of supporters lined up early Saturday for Donald Trump’s first political rally in months, saying the risk of contracting COVID-19 in ...














