Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described Canada’s current economic situation as a recession on Friday, and that should come as no surprise, says Finance Minister Bill Morneau, as the latest economic figures show two consecutive months of major job losses.

Cardi B invited Bernie Sanders to join her on Instagram Live last night to talk politics, coronavirus and manicures.

The version published in China Daily omitted a reference to the illness originating in China and spreading to the rest of the world. The piece was published in full on the authors' websites.

As a longtime Paris resident, at first I feared Dirt might be yet another expat tale of moving to France en famille, with all its tedious clichés. I should have known better.

France's minister of education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, talked with NPR about the gradual reopening of schools, which will be voluntary. Still, many parents and administrators are against the plan.

The latest news and information on the pandemic from Yahoo News reporters in the United States and around the world.

The expectation is the U.S. won’t return to normal until there’s an effective vaccine against COVID-19  — and almost everyone in the country has been vaccinated.

Exactly one week since Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp began reopening the state's economy, small businesses shared early success stories as customers welcomed their return. But at what cost? Business owners say only time will tell.

The COVID-19 pandemic has already affected the lives of every American. And while politicians and experts disagree on how best to confront the disease and mitigate its economic ramifications, there is a broad understanding that we are entering a “new normal” — an upending of our lives that will continue at least until a vaccine is developed — and perhaps well beyond that.

With the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus mounting, President Trump on Monday took aim at MSNBC's Joe Scarborough. The cable news host responded by telling Trump to let Vice President Mike Pence “run things for the next couple of weeks.”

The Trump administration has issued an intelligence analysis claiming China purposely delayed notifying the World Health Organization about the spread of the coronavirus.

Sara Cherry, a microbiologist at the University of Pennsylvania, feels safer at work than almost anywhere else. That’s because she works inside a biosafety level 3 laboratory on the Penn campus in Philadelphia, where she is the scientific director of the High-Throughput Screening Core.

Trump said that the death toll would be lower than projected due to mitigation despite states beginning to reopen even though they're falling short of suggested federal guidelines.

Despite his reputation as a Trump loyalist, Rep. John Ratcliffe repeatedly pledged that he would, if confirmed as the next leader of the U.S. intelligence community, seek out and deliver the unvarnished truth on a range of national security issues.

The Trump administration’s nominee for inspector general overseeing billions in Treasury Department coronavirus relief funds is facing skepticism from Democrats who fear that he will not show sufficient independence.

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany denied on Wednesday that the Trump administration had blocked Dr. Anthony Fauci from testifying before a House committee.

The latest news and information on the pandemic from Yahoo News reporters in the United States and around the world.

From 1918 to 1920, the Spanish flu pandemic killed hundreds of thousands of Americans and millions worldwide. Yet the U.S. emerged with a roaring economy in what became known as the Roaring ’20s. What lessons can we take away from that crisis 100 years ago?

The unfavorable comparison between the current president and his predecessor is one of the clearest signs to date of an emerging dynamic that will define the remainder of Trump’s term and the presidential election.

Rep. Sarah Anthony told Yahoo News that her security detail, made up of local black and Latino activists, came together because the armed protesters bearing white supremacist symbols represented a “different level of terror.”

Breaking with the leader of his own party, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., called for “tens of millions” of diagnostic coronavirus tests to be administered to Americans before the country can begin to return to normal.

A new study has found that hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug recommended by President Trump as a possible treatment for coronavirus, does not help patients hospitalized with COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus.

The U.S. economy lost more than 20 million jobs in April amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak, sending the unemployment rate to 14.7 percent — the highest since the Great Depression.

Asked whether they plan to get vaccinated against COVID-19 if and when a vaccine arrives, a majority of Americans say yes. But a significant minority say they won’t get vaccinated or they’re not sure. And that, more than anything else, is what the Yahoo News/YouGov poll found — that Americans are afraid.

President Trump on Friday broke with health experts, telling reporters that the coronavirus will “go away without a vaccine.”

Washington Capitals forward Brendan Leipsic suddenly finds himself in hot water. A private group chat featuring Leipsic was leaked on Wednesday, including misogynistic comments made by the NHLer.

While many parts of our economy remain shuttered and other sports continue to wait for the go ahead to resume play, courses in all 10 provinces will soon be open for business.

Stay up to date on the latest on how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting sports around the globe.

As major sporting events around the world continue to be postponed or cancelled in the midst of the pandemic, the tentacles of COVID-19 are now starting to stretch into next year's curling season in Canada.

CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie says the most likely scenario for the league is a cancelled 2020 season during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This video of moms watching their kids win Olympic medals will pull on your heart strings.

The Canadian Olympic Committee CEO talks about state of Canadian sport during COVID-19 and how funding will help keep sport organizations afloat.

Stay up to date on the latest on how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting sports around the globe.

A Winnipeg woman who was a subject of misogynistic comments in a private group chat involving NHL players said she will continue her campaign of encouraging body acceptance.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the most famous goal in NHL History, Rob Pizzo breaks down why it is still being talked about today.

The federal government will provide relief funding to the country's sport sector that has seen myriad events cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stephanie Labbé, goalkeeper for the Canada's soccer team, and her long-time girlfriend Georgia Simmerling, a vital member for Canada's team pursuit in track cycling, have already qualified for the Tokyo Games. But the COVID-19 lockdown measures have rocked them. This Olympic couple had planned to retire. Now, instead of facing four months until retirement they face 16 months.

Saturday, May 9: Some odd musical instruments, the Official Plan and the pandemic -- you can write to us too, on these or any topics, at: letters@ottawacitizen.com

And let's move beyond the tiresome ideological battle lines of “private bad, public good.” It's not that simple.

It’s chilly out there this morning. The temperature at 7 a.m. Saturday morning sat at -3 C. Making it feel more like March than May. Clouds shouldroll in later this morning, bringing a 40 per cent chance of flurries, the high reaching only 4 C. Yep, more like March than May. The wind kicks up […]

An accessible fifth edition has revitalized Dungeons & Dragons, with the franchise posting strong sales in 2019 and looking for new ways to grow.

Kentucky high schools have banned popular video game "Fortnite" from esports competitions, but other games that don't involve gun play are allowed.

The Overwatch League canceled its esports matches scheduled for February and March in China because of the coronavirus outbreak.

Fans of the show, movies and video games can participate by casting votes every day through February 14.

Video game maker Kazuhisa Hashimoto has died. He created the "Konami Code," a series of controller button pushes that unlocked special moves in games.

Greninja, a water-type Pokémon that throws high-speed stars, was named Pokemon of the Year, according to a fan poll conducted by Google.

The popular battle royale video game category led by 'Fortnite' has some company: the free 'Call of Duty: Warzone' for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PCs

Free-to-play online games such as "Fortnite" will probably earn about $88 billion globally in 2020. Activision's new "Call of Duty" enters the fray.

Free-to-play online games like "Fortnite" will earn about $88 billion globally in 2020, as Activision's new "Call of Duty" enters the mix.

The Electronic Entertainment Expo, the signature video game industry event held each June, has been cancelled because of fears of the coronavirus.