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NEW YORK—Public high schools in New York City will welcome students back for in-person instruction on March 22, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Monday, the latest step by the United States’ largest school system to open classrooms shuttered due to COVID-19. “We have all the pieces we need to bring high school back and […]

OTTAWA—Members of Parliament are set to start voting on bills and motions using their mobile devices. The debut of a mobile voting app is the latest adaptation of the parliamentary process during the COVID-19 pandemic. It comes nearly a year since Parliament shut its doors as part of the national lockdown to slow the spread

The late wine author Leon Adams once said that in a best-of-all-worlds situation, dry wine should be as cheap as milk. We may be reaching a point where that’s true. The overwhelming volume of wine in the United States today has kept prices for much of it very fair. The evidence is everywhere. Three of

Restrictions meant to stem the spread of COVID-19 were easing in some parts of Canada on Monday, while U.S. public health officials signalled a partial return to normal is possible for anyone who has been fully vaccinated against the virus. Ontario lifted stay-at-home orders in Toronto, Peel Region and North Bay—the last three regions subject

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden will give his first primetime address to the United States on Thursday to mark the one-year anniversary of lockdowns across the nation due to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic. Psaki made the scheduling announcement during Monday’s press briefing. “He will discuss the many

BUDAPEST, Hungary—Hungarians on Monday awoke to a new round of strict lockdown measures aimed at slowing a record-breaking wave of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths. A rapid rise in pandemic indicators since early February prompted Hungary’s government to announce the new restrictions, including closing most stores for two weeks and kindergartens and primary schools until Apr.

Dear June, I need your help on how to feel loving to my passive-aggressive husband. He frequently criticizes me, calls me negative [things], and complains about being underappreciated. He then denies he’s doing these things. When I put a new shrub or flowers in our yard, he will water the grass around it but avoid watering

A woman known as the “bravest female lawyer in China,” has been honored by the United States with an International Women of Courage Award. Wang Yu, one of China’s most prominent human rights lawyers, was arrested and imprisoned amid an infamous nationwide round-up of hundreds of lawyers and rights advocates known as the “709 crackdown”

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) told “Axios on HBO” in an interview published Monday that he will block President Joe Biden’s next major legislative initiative unless more effort is made to include Republican voices. Manchin told the outlet that the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that cleared the Senate this weekend could have won some Republican

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that the CCP virus still poses a significant risk and a quicker exit from the lockdown restrictions than currently planned may exacerbate it. Talking at a press briefing at 10 Downing Street on Monday afternoon, Johnson acknowledged that people have asked the government to accelerate the lockdown exit