[ad_1] MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico has not suspended its temporary farm worker program in Canada, but will stop sending workers to farms that have registered a coronavirus outbreak and that do not have proper worker protections, Mexico’s labor ministry said on Tuesday. (Reporting by Daina Beth Solomon, Editing by Franklin Paul) Copyright 2020 Thomson
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[ad_1] An inexpensive and widely available steroid is the first drug to show evidence of saving lives in patients severely sick with the coronavirus. Doses of dexamethasone reduced deaths by a third in ventilated patients and a fifth in patients receiving just oxygen, according to a trial across hospitals in the U.K. The results suggest
[ad_1] By PAT EATON-ROBB, Associated Press MANCHESTER, Conn. (AP) — Scattered among the banners reading “Black Lives Matter” and “No Justice, No Peace” at Connecticut rallies against police brutality have been signs calling for “Justice for Jay.” Jose “Jay” Soto was a 27-year-old Hispanic man shot to death by a SWAT team on April 2
[ad_1] By TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul was poised Tuesday to ask lawmakers to approve four more legal settlements under Wisconsin‘s lame-duck laws. Kaul was scheduled to present potential settlements to the Legislature’s Republican-controlled Joint Finance Committee that would resolve cases involving agricultural pollution, landfill violations, a
[ad_1] The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: The Russian anti-doping agency says it is resuming the testing of athletes after a break of nearly three months because of the coronavirus pandemic. The agency says its staff has been equipped with protective equipment and will have to test
[ad_1] By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES, Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia’s president has declared an eight-day state of emergency ahead of an early national election after the country’s main political leaders agreed the vote will be held on July 15. President Stevo Pendarovski issued the decree late Monday and it came into force
[ad_1] LONDON (AP) — The fighter pilot that died after crashing off the coast of northern England has been identified as 1st Lt. Kenneth Allen, the U.S. Air Force said Tuesday. Allen, assistant chief of weapons and tactics for the 493rd Fighter Squadron, died in a routine training accident that took place at at 9:40
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – About 64,500 more people than usual have died in the United Kingdom during this year’s coronavirus pandemic, an expert from the Office for National Statistics said on Tuesday. “Across the UK about 52,000 deaths have mentioned COVID with 64,500 ‘excess’ deaths,” ONS head of health analysis Nick Stripe tweeted. Epidemiologists say
[ad_1] By KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Yadeen Rashid was flying high in February. He’d just earned stellar grades in his latest semester at Virginia Tech university, where he’s in his third year double majoring in economics and political science. And he’d just landed a summer internship at a data analysis company.
[ad_1] By FRANK JORDANS, Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany launched a coronavirus tracing app Tuesday that officials say is so secure even government ministers can use it. Smartphone apps have been touted as a high-tech tool in the effort to track down potential COVID-19 infections. Experts say finding new cases quickly is key to
[ad_1] By FELICIA FONSECA, Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department must release $679 million in coronavirus relief funding for tribes that it intended to withhold while a court challenge over the agency’s initial round of payments to tribal governments played out in court, a federal judge ruled late Monday. U.S. District
[ad_1] By CLIFF BRUNT, AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma State running back Chuba Hubbard and coach Mike Gundy appear to have ironed out their differences for now. Hubbard suggested Monday he may boycott the program after Gundy was photographed wearing a T-shirt promoting the One America News Network, a far-right news channel
[ad_1] By KIM TONG-HYUNG, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s military on Tuesday threatened to move back into zones that were demilitarized under inter-Korean peace agreements as the country continued to dial up pressure on rival South Korea amid stalled nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration. The General Staff of the Korean
[ad_1] By RONALD BLUM, AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Commissioner Rob Manfred says there might be no major league season after a breakdown in talks between teams and the union on how to split up money in a season delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. The league also revealed several players on big league
[ad_1] By ADAM BEAM, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Facing an estimated $54.3 billion budget deficit because of the coronavirus, California lawmakers on Monday approved a state spending plan that rejects most of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed cuts to public education and health care with the hope that Congress will send the state more
[ad_1] By SARA CLINE, Associated Press/Report for America SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon‘s coronavirus cases continue to rise, with 184 new cases reported Monday – the highest daily count in the state since the start of the pandemic. The Oregon Health Authority says a portion of the increase is due to an outbreak in Union
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