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COVID-19: Brazilian trial for drug touted by Trump halted after 11 patients die on high dose
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. A possible treatment for COVID-19, heavily touted by U.S. President Donald Trump in recent weeks, has been withdrawn from high-dose use in a Brazilian trial because it was feared to be having adverse effects on patients’ hearts. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Chloroquine, normally a drug used to treat malaria, has inspired hope in some medical circles amid reports that it can help to offset the symptoms of the deadly virus. But the that a recent clinical...…This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. A possible treatment for COVID-19, heavily touted by U.S. President Donald Trump in recent weeks, has been withdrawn from high-dose use in a Brazilian trial because it was feared to be having adverse effects on patients’ hearts. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Chloroquine, normally a drug used to treat malaria, has inspired hope in some medical circles amid reports that it can help to offset the symptoms of the deadly virus. But the that a recent clinical...WW…
COVID-19: Most Americans trust governors over Trump on reopening of businesses, poll finds
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. WASHINGTON/BALTIMORE — An overwhelming majority of voters in the United States trust their state’s governor over Donald Trump to decide when to reopen businesses, according to a new poll for the Financial Times that signals mounting dissatisfaction with the president’s handling of the coronavirus crisis. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. for the FT and the Peter G. Peterson Foundation found that 71 per cent of likely voters trusted their state’s governor...…This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. WASHINGTON/BALTIMORE — An overwhelming majority of voters in the United States trust their state’s governor over Donald Trump to decide when to reopen businesses, according to a new poll for the Financial Times that signals mounting dissatisfaction with the president’s handling of the coronavirus crisis. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. for the FT and the Peter G. Peterson Foundation found that 71 per cent of likely voters trusted their state’s governor...WW…
Canada's early COVID-19 cases came from the U.S. not China, provincial data shows
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. OTTAWA — The global COVID-19 pandemic began in Wuhan, China, but data from Canada’s largest provinces show it was American travellers, not Chinese, who brought the deadly virus to our shores. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Despite this evidence, the federal government brought in travel restrictions on China first and American border restrictions were the last to be put in place. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser,...…This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. OTTAWA — The global COVID-19 pandemic began in Wuhan, China, but data from Canada’s largest provinces show it was American travellers, not Chinese, who brought the deadly virus to our shores. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Despite this evidence, the federal government brought in travel restrictions on China first and American border restrictions were the last to be put in place. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser,...WW…
Lost apple found: 'Elusive' Colorado Orange apple, thought to be extinct, resurrected
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. With its tangerine-blushed peel, the Colorado Orange apple had one seemingly insurmountable strike against it. Long-lasting and hardy with a sweet-tart taste, its only obstacle was skin-deep: At a time when people were looking to buy red apples, it just so happened to be orange. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your...…This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. With its tangerine-blushed peel, the Colorado Orange apple had one seemingly insurmountable strike against it. Long-lasting and hardy with a sweet-tart taste, its only obstacle was skin-deep: At a time when people were looking to buy red apples, it just so happened to be orange. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your...WW…
Kelly McParland: After Trump's 90-minute tantrum, what's next?
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Donald Trump’s performance in the U.S. presidential debate Tuesday night was enough to make a person physically ill. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. It was frightening. No one who watched could feel this was a normal, well-balanced human being, in control of his faculties and with the best interests of the country in mind. This was a man filled with anger, with bitterness, with hate, a man willing to burn down the country to avoid the humiliation of defeat...…This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Donald Trump’s performance in the U.S. presidential debate Tuesday night was enough to make a person physically ill. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. It was frightening. No one who watched could feel this was a normal, well-balanced human being, in control of his faculties and with the best interests of the country in mind. This was a man filled with anger, with bitterness, with hate, a man willing to burn down the country to avoid the humiliation of defeat...WW…
Quebec police probe possible link to COVID-19 conspiracy theory after three cellphone tower fires
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. MONTREAL — On Sunday, a small town north of Montreal felt it necessary to write a message on its Facebook page specifying that its cellphone tower did not have 5G capability in response to numerous questions from concerned citizens. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. By 4 a.m. Monday morning, the tower in the town of Prevost, Que., was on fire. Twenty minutes earlier, authorities were called to another cellphone tower fire in the nearby community of Piedmont....…This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. MONTREAL — On Sunday, a small town north of Montreal felt it necessary to write a message on its Facebook page specifying that its cellphone tower did not have 5G capability in response to numerous questions from concerned citizens. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. By 4 a.m. Monday morning, the tower in the town of Prevost, Que., was on fire. Twenty minutes earlier, authorities were called to another cellphone tower fire in the nearby community of Piedmont....WW…
N.Korea warns of naval tensions during search for slain S.Korean
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. SEOUL — North Korea said on Sunday it is searching for the body a South Korean official killed by its troops, but warned that South Korean naval operations in the area threatened to raise tensions by intruding across a disputed sea border. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued a rare apology on Friday for the fatal shooting of the South Korean fisheries official in North Korean waters, according to Seoul. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or. South Korea’s military has...…This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. SEOUL — North Korea said on Sunday it is searching for the body a South Korean official killed by its troops, but warned that South Korean naval operations in the area threatened to raise tensions by intruding across a disputed sea border. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued a rare apology on Friday for the fatal shooting of the South Korean fisheries official in North Korean waters, according to Seoul. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or. South Korea’s military has...WW…
Worried about offending Trump, 'flaky' Trudeau 'humiliated' fellow leaders during TPP trade talks: former Aussie PM
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Former Australian prime minster Malcolm Turnbull has accused Justin Trudeau of “humiliating” other world leaders during negotiations for a revamped Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal in 2017. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. In a just published autobiography, Turnbull said he personally felt let down by Trudeau and upbraided him for embarrassing other world leaders when he failed to show up for a critical meeting. We apologize, but this video has failed to...…This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Former Australian prime minster Malcolm Turnbull has accused Justin Trudeau of “humiliating” other world leaders during negotiations for a revamped Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal in 2017. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. In a just published autobiography, Turnbull said he personally felt let down by Trudeau and upbraided him for embarrassing other world leaders when he failed to show up for a critical meeting. We apologize, but this video has failed to...WW…
Player on amateur hockey team of Belarus president has coronavirus: RIA
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. MINSK — A player on the amateur ice hockey team of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has contracted the novel coronavirus, Lukashenko’s office told the RIA Novosti news agency on Tuesday. Lukashenko has continued to play ice hockey in front of crowds of spectators in a show of defiance against calls for him to impose strict lockdown measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the eastern European country. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or. Lukashenko...…This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. MINSK — A player on the amateur ice hockey team of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has contracted the novel coronavirus, Lukashenko’s office told the RIA Novosti news agency on Tuesday. Lukashenko has continued to play ice hockey in front of crowds of spectators in a show of defiance against calls for him to impose strict lockdown measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the eastern European country. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or. Lukashenko...WW…
Canadian MPs issue mandatory summons for WHO’s Bruce Aylward to testify on COVID-19
This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. OTTAWA — Members of Parliament have issued a mandatory summons to Canadian World Health Organization expert Bruce Aylward, after he turned down repeated invitations to testify to a House of Commons committee. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Aylward is the renowned epidemiologist who led a team of WHO experts to China to study the COVID-19 outbreak in February. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or. He and the WHO...…This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. OTTAWA — Members of Parliament have issued a mandatory summons to Canadian World Health Organization expert Bruce Aylward, after he turned down repeated invitations to testify to a House of Commons committee. Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Aylward is the renowned epidemiologist who led a team of WHO experts to China to study the COVID-19 outbreak in February. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or. He and the WHO...WW…