U.S. employers shed a record number of jobs in April, as the unemployment rate climbed to the highest since the Great Depression. The coronavirus crisis has locked down much of the economy.

Rick Bright, a top scientist working on a vaccine, says he was reassigned for not focusing on treatments favored by President Trump, even though they lacked "scientific merit."

Publishers of several of Canada’s major newspapers signed a joint letter to the federal government this month, taking aim at the advertising revenue earned by Google and Facebook.

The Rooms is eager to document how people are coping with the current pandemic to build a record for the future.

We were too slow to implement lockdown and make sure it was policed, Labour leader tells Tories Follow our live coronavirus updates HERE Coronavirus: the symptoms

Pressure ramped up on ministers to explain how the lockdown will end today as senior Tory MPs warned that businesses around the country "fear for their future" and could pass the point of no recovery.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has dismissed the pandemic as mass "psychosis" — a disease easily cured with a bit of vodka, a hot sauna or spending time playing hockey or doing farm work.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had celebrations to mark victory in WWII and a constitutional vote to keep him in power till 2036 planned for this spring. But the pandemic has canceled both events.

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.

A 37-year-old doctor and Texas native is running to replace a pro-Trump conservative in the House of Representatives. He is one of several doctors who are running for Congress and seeking to protect Obamacare.

The Ontario government paved the way Friday, easing restrictions on pro sports teams by allowing them to open their training facilities providing they follow their league's "established health and safety protocols" in response to COVID-19.

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.

The team says that after working closely with the local government, infectious disease experts and public health authorities, players will be allowed to access the OVO Athletic Centre starting next week.

As lightning crackled in the clouds, the GOES-16 weather satellite watched all the violent action from 22,000 miles away.

Modern dating techniques are providing new time frames for indigenous settlements in Northeast North America, free from the Eurocentric bias that previously led to incorrect assumptions.

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

To mark our 175th anniversary year, we feature a different front page each week from past editions of the Ottawa Citizen.

Here's why turning to horror in in times of trouble or uncertainty is perfectly normal

Archie celebrates his first birthday with story time with his mom

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

The government must be cautious in both the decisions it takes and the messages it sends

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The end is not in sight. With an estimated 20,000 new infections a day, and with experts warning that the reproduction rate of coronavirus may be rising again, any premature loosening of the lockdown will only prolong the crisis. When the prime minister speaks on Sunday evening, it is essential that he makes it clear that people should still be staying at home, not relaxing their guard.

Though so many other countries had been hit, the government did not act soon enough to either contain the threat or prepare for it. Those failures have made a longer and tougher lockdown necessary. It was slow to take the pandemic seriously, slow to impose stringent social distancing, and slow to pursue equipment, testing and tracing, as the Labour leader, Keir Starmer, noted this week.

The Guardian’s data journalists in the UK, US and Australia explain how they have shone a light on the statistical narrative behind the pandemic, and what they have helped to reveal

It was intended as an interim measure to protect people during the pandemic, but now that doctors across Canada have embraced virtual care, some clinicians and patients would like to see it continue.

Sidewalk Labs, a Google-affiliated company, is abandoning its plan to build a high-tech neighbourhood on Toronto’s waterfront, citing what it calls unprecedented economic uncertainty.

'If I'm not acting, I'm not sure who I am,' the True Blood star said

Specialist London hospital receives working medical equipment used in BBC drama

No one held back when asked about the controversial figure

He called Exotic 'unbelievably cruel'

As a new drama about the 'most British crime of all time' arrives on ITV, here's a reminder of Charles and Diana Ingram's notorious quiz show appearance and their trial for conspiring to cheat

Actor returns with his beloved dog for kids channel's 'Tom Hardy week'

Actors will be responsible for filming themselves, with directors giving instruction remotely, in accordance with official lockdown rules

Good Morning Britain co-hosts disagreed over the former Spice Girls singer's fashion label using the government's job retention scheme

Soap halted production in late April due to Australia's coronavirus lockdown

'Do you want your freedom or Covid-19? Because you're going to end up with both'

The series will consist of four 15-minute episodes

'This wasn't the most joyous season for me,' actor admitted in candid new interview

Brooker's wry look at the world's events last aired in December 2016

'I knew that I could not portray this gay man honestly without letting you all know that I am gay myself'

At least eight different Doctors will feature in the clip

Alexandria Cimoch starred on the show with her siblings

'My blood could save a life, but instead it's over here boiling'

Rumours of a rift between the actors began earlier this year, when the two unfollowed each other on Instagram

Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal inhabit lovers Marianne and Connell so utterly that it is instantly impossible to imagine them being played by anyone else

It's unknown which of its many stars will play show's iconic figure

Presenter was accused of treating care minister Helen Whateley 'unfairly'

Chef inadvertently started a blaze in his kitchen as Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield looked on in shock

'Ladies and gentlemen, you have just witnessed something that never happens on our programme'

Pioneering TV star passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer's

After the tenth Doctor met his end, there was the chance for a new 'superstar' to appear, says Davies