SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean fisheries official who went missing on Monday may have been shot dead by North Korean troops and later cremated after attempting to defect to the North, Yonhap news agency reported, citing unnamed intelligence sources in Seoul. The official was reported missing from a South…

TORONTO – A dramatic tripling of daily new cases of COVID-19 in the past month, mostly among young people, has prompted the prime minister to declare the arrival of the second wave of the pandemic and that Canadians likely won’t be able to gather for Thanksgiving. In our four biggest…

A grand jury has charged one police officer over the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor at her home in the US state of Kentucky. On 13 March, Ms Taylor, 26, was shot at least five times in a mistaken drugs raid in the city of Louisville. Her death has become…

More than 400 schools in Quebec and another 153 in Ontario are reporting at least one case of coronavirus disease. The figures from the group COVID Ecoles Quebec and the Ontario government come as authorities across Canada battle a second wave of COVID-19. Data from Ontario show cases among people…

When researchers in China were analyzing hospital data of patients with COVID-19, they noticed an odd trend: Very few of the sick patients regularly wore glasses. In one hospital in Suizhou, China, 276 patients were admitted over a 47-day period, but only 16 patients less than 6% had myopia or…

Alan Irvine raved about West Ham duo Aji Alese and Harrison Ashby after last night’s demolition of Hull City in the Carabao Cup, as quoted by Football.London. The Hammers’ plans were thrown into chaos just an hour before kick-off after Josh Cullen, Issa Diop and manager David Moyes all tested…

ALBANY, N.Y. – The man who killed John Lennon in 1980 says he was seeking glory and deserved the death penalty for a despicable act. Mark David Chapman made the comments in response to questions last month from a parole board, which denied him parole for an 11th time. As…

Stocks climbed as dip buyers emerged after the market selloff, tempering concern over remarks from Federal Reserve officials that pointed to a slow economic recovery. The dollar rose. Most groups in the S&P 500 advanced, with retailers and tech companies among the biggest gainers. The Nasdaq 100 notched a back-to-back…

Ontarios pediatricians are calling for a province-wide strategy for immunizing more young kids against the flu as the province prepares to deal with flu season and a rising tide of COVID-19 infections at once. In an online petition by the pediatrics section of the Ontario Medical Association, the doctors say…

VANCOUVER — BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson says the province is being forced into a general election in a “cynical” move by the NDP. NDP Leader John Horgan announced Monday that British Columbians would be heading to the polls on Oct. 24, sparking sharp and immediate backlash from both the…