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Probe into Suez Canal blockage begins in what could cost billions in lost trade

SUEZ, Egypt - Experts boarded the massive container ship Tuesday that had blocked Egypt's vital Suez Canal and disrupted global trade for nearly a week, seeking answers to a single question that could have billions of dollars in legal repercussions: What went wrong?As convoys of ships again began traveling through the artery linking the Mediterranean and Red Seas, a canal service provider said more than 300 vessels carrying everything from crude oil to cattle were still waiting for their turn in a process that will take days.

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Quebec reports more than 850 new COVID-19 cases as province begins third wave

COVID-19 pandemic.The case count has now reached 310,066 while the health crisis has killed 10,658 Quebecers to date. Recoveries, meanwhile, have topped 291,000.The number of hospitalizations related to the new coronavirus rose by 10 to 487.

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New Brunswick to provide COVID-19 update on Tuesday

COVID-19 Tuesday after the province widened the areas in the Edmundston region that are under its COVID-19 red level amid growing cases.Saint-Léonard, Grand Falls, Drummond, New Denmark and Four Falls have been included in the red level, which is the second-highest level in the province, as of midnight. N.B.

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Waterloo Region COVID-19 vaccination pre-registration opens to those in their 60s

Waterloo Region’s vaccination pre-registration portal now open for those in their 70s It also includes faith leaders who provide pastoral care in hospitals, long-term care, retirement homes or other vulnerable settings.The new list also includes those who are in the following variety of high-risk settings:The region also says that one essential caregiver for residents in the following high-risk congregate settings can also not pre-register for a vaccination: Waterloo COVID-19 pre-registration opens up to groups with health complications The region says that another over the age of 60 who fall into the aforementioned categories is should pre-register immediately and when their turn arrives to book an appointment, they should do so right

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Nova Scotia reports 3 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday

COVID-19 on Tuesday.One of the cases is in the central zone is a close contact of a previously reported case. Another case in the northern zone is under investigation, and the third case in the eastern zone is travel-related.There are 24 active cases in the province.As of Monday, the province has administered 94,373 doses of COVID-19 vaccine, and 25,102 Nova Scotians have received their second dose.Since Oct.

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COVID-19: New variants having ‘substantial impact’ on Ontario’s health care system, report says

new variants of concern (VOCs) are responsible for a 21 per cent increase in hospital admissions since Ontario went into its province-wide lockdown in December, according to a new report which warns the VOCs are having a “substantial impact” on the health care system.The report from Ontario’s COVID-19 science table published Monday said the new variants of concern now account for 67 per cent of all cases in the province, as numbers climb back into the 2000s per day. Ontario reports more than 2,300 new COVID-19 cases, 14 deaths Dr.

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COVID-19: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on March 30

COVID-19 pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for Tuesday.Toronto Public Health says that as of Monday morning, 55.6 per cent of the city’s residents in that age group had received at least one shot, with nine per cent fully vaccinated.By comparison, the provincial government said Monday that 77 per cent of Ontarians 80 and older had gotten their first dose.The proportion of residents aged 75 to 79 to have obtained at least one shot was the same for both, however, at 40 per cent.

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Supreme Court case could change the nature of college sports

WASHINGTON – A Supreme Court case being argued this week amid March Madness could erode the difference between elite college athletes and professional sports stars.

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Arsenal star Lucas Torreira's mum dies after Covid-19 battle

Uruguayan daily Ovacion. Viviana Di Pascua, 53, was recently admitted to intensive care after contracting the coronavirus in Uruguay.

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Manitoba to withdraw $215M from rainy day fund to help pay for pandemic

Coronavirus: Manitoba asks for emergency federal credit fund, says PST won’t be reduced The move comes as little surprise as Premier Brian Pallister has said the fund, worth about $800 million, would need to be used.“Let’s talk about some things that need to be talked about,” he said near the beginning of the pandemic last year.“Our revenue is down. Not a little — a lot.

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Ontario reports more than 2,300 new COVID-19 cases, 14 deaths

COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, the sixth straight day cases are above 2,000, bringing the provincial total to 347,570.Tuesday’s case count is higher than Monday’s which saw 2,094 new infections. On Sunday, 2,448 new cases were recorded and 2,453 on Saturday.According to Tuesday’s provincial report, 727 cases were recorded in Toronto, 434 in Peel Region, 229 in York Region, 194 in Durham Region, 144 in Ottawa, 123 in Hamilton, and 91 in Halton Region.All other local public health units reported fewer than 70 new cases in the provincial report.The death toll in the province has risen to 7,351 as 14 more deaths were recorded.

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'Lighting a fuse': Amazon vote may spark more union pushes

What happens inside a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, could have major implications not just for the country's second-largest employer but the labor movement at large.

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Around 1 lakh doses of Made in India Covid vaccines handed over to Nepal Army

NEW DELHI: One hundred thousand doses of Made in India covid-19 vaccines were on Tuesday handed over by India’s ambassador to Nepal Vinay Mohan Kwatra to Nepalese Army Chief Puran Chandra Thapa. The vaccines have been gifted by the Indian Army to their Nepalese counterparts, a statement from the Indian embassy in Kathmandu said.

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DGCA pulls up airport operators for not following covid-19 protocols

New Delhi: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday pulled up airport operators for not complying to covid-19 protocols during surveillance conducted by the civil aviation regulator at various airports across the country."During the surveillance of some airports, it has come to notice that compliance is not satisfactory.

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Manitoba to withdraw $215M from rainy day fund to offset pandemic costs

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Birds as revelations: Atwood writes foreword for Gibson book

NEW YORK – When Margaret Atwood would receive invitations over the years to literary events around the world, literature wasn't the only factor shaping her response. She also kept in mind the interests of her longtime partner and fellow Canadian author Graeme Gibson.

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Amazon union vote count begins for Alabama warehouse workers — here’s what to know about historic push

BESSIMER, Ala. - The vote on whether or not to unionize nearly 6,000 workers at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama ended Monday. Now the vote count begins in the biggest labor push in the online shopping giant's history, which could also have broad implications for labor nationwide.Employees at Amazon’s fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala., a suburb of Birmingham, began mail-in voting in early February.

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Real-world data shows Pfizer, Moderna vaccines highly effective after just 1 shot

COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna reduced risk of infection by 80 per cent two weeks or more after the first of two shots, according to data from a real-world U.S. study released on Monday.The risk of infection fell 90 per cent by two weeks after the second shot, the study of nearly 4,000 U.S.

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Years later, Chickasaw remains returning to Mississippi home

JACKSON, Miss. – A man and a woman were found buried among wolf teeth and turtle shells. Other graves contained mothers and infants. Some tribal members were laid to rest with beloved dogs.

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US home prices soared in January by most in seven years

WASHINGTON – U.S. home prices increased at the fastest pace in seven years in January as the pandemic has fueled demand for single-family houses even as the supply for such homes shrinks.

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COVID-19: Toronto lagging behind province when it comes to vaccinating those 80 or older

COVID-19.Toronto Public Health says that as of Monday morning, 55.6 per cent of the city’s residents in that age group had received at least one shot, with nine per cent fully vaccinated.By comparison, the provincial government said Monday that 77 per cent of Ontarians 80 and older had gotten their first dose.

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MLB to relax virus protocols when 85% on field vaccinated

Manager Kevin Cash of the Tampa Bay Rays looks on prior to the game against the Minnesota Twins during a spring training game at Charlotte Sports Park in Port Charlotte, Florida. (Photo by Douglas P.

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Covid Scotland LIVE as Nicola Sturgeon confirms lockdown easing

John Swinney apologised last night after deleting evidence of a direct breach of coronavirus regulations while out on the campaign trail.The Deputy First Minister deleted a picture he posted on Twitter of himself and four other party activists after they met up while out leafleting for the May election.The picture, uploaded online around 3pm on Friday March 26 was captioned: "Delighted to get out on the SNP campaign trail today."The image was swiftly deleted from online.

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Nicola Sturgeon to hold coronavirus briefing later today - what time is it and how to watch it

coronavirus statistics from across Scotland. The First Minister will give an update to the country ahead of a slight easing of lockdown restrictions in the coming week.

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UK watchdog: Police acted correctly at vigil for slain woman

LONDON – A U.K. police watchdog said Tuesday that officers didn't behave “in a heavy-handed manner” when they broke up a vigil for a London woman whose killing sparked an outcry about women's safety.

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Croke Park confirmed as HSE Covid-19 vaccination centre

The HSE has confirmed that Croke Park is to be used as a mass vaccination centre.

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‘We feel grief and anger’: BTS condemns anti-Asian racism, says they’ve experienced it themselves

SEOUL, South Korea - K-pop superstar group BTS has condemned racism against Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in a statement saying they've experienced it themselves."We stand against racial discrimination," BTS tweeted Tuesday in English and Korean. The band said their own painful encounters with racism included "expletives" and being "mocked for the way" they look.

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Asian woman kicked in stomach, repeatedly stomped on as building workers watched

NEW YORK - A 65-year-old Asian woman was kicked in the stomach and repeatedly stomped on as building workers in Hell's Kitchen stood by, said the NYPD.Police shared video of the disturbing incident that took place Monday at about 11:40 a.m. in front of 360 West 43 Street.The surveillance video from inside the building shows the woman pass the front entrance when a man suddenly kicks her in her stomach.

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Call for pregnant teachers to continue remote working

The Teachers' Union of Ireland has called for the provision that has allowed pregnant teachers to work remotely during the Covid-19 pandemic to be continued after the Easter break.

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Couple who met playing GTA Online made homeless by pandemic and forced to live in shed

coronavirus pandemic and are being forced to live in a shed.Macaulay Johnson and Shannon Cullen, both 21, were kicked out of their home in Bestwood village, Nottinghamshire because they could no longer pay the rent, NottinghamshireLive reports.

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Afghan officials: 3 women working in polio drive killed

KABUL – Attackers on Tuesday gunned down three women working to administer the anti-polio vaccine in eastern Afghanistan, officials said, a day after authorities launched a new campaign against the crippling children's disease.

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Canada expected to receive 1.5M doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from U.S.

AstraZeneca vaccine from the United States Tuesday.The vaccines are expected to arrive by truck and represent the first to come from south of the border. Why does AstraZeneca vaccine guidance keep changing? Experts weigh in Provincial governments decide on their own how to use a vaccine, but Dr.

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KSI signs new open letter urging Black Britons to take COVID-19 vaccine

KSI has signed a new open letter urging Black Britons to take the COVID-19 vaccine.The rapper and YouTube star is among the famous faces who have lent their support to the open letter, which has been written by comic legend Lenny Henry.Henry said that people should “trust the facts” surrounding the vaccine, with his message also being backed by Oscar-winner Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton and DJ Trevor Nelson.The letter comes as statistics continue to reveal the gulf in vaccination rates between Black Britons and white Britons.Recent figures from the ONS show that vaccination rates for people in England of Black African heritage currently stand at 58.8 percent, the lowest among all ethnic minority groups, and 68.7 percent within the Black

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3rd COVID-19 wave will lead to difficult weeks ahead for Ontario hospitals: OHA

COVID-19 in the weeks ahead.Anthony Dale says if the trend of increasing patient numbers arriving in the province’s hospitals continues, it will further strain capacity.Dale says that will lead to patient transfers running “24-7” to ensure they receive life-saving care and additional cancelled surgeries will be added to the current backlog of 250,000 procedures.He says intensive care units across Ontario are seeing younger patients, with more severe cases of COVID-19, which is straining the system.

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‘Completely unacceptable:’ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to forbid ‘vaccine passports’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Monday that he would issue an executive order forbidding local governments and businesses from requiring so-called “vaccine passports” to show proof that customers have been inoculated against the coronavirus.

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Queensland warns of more Covid-19 cases, Easter travel plans on hold

The Australian state of Queensland has warned that more cases of Covid-19 were expected to emerge as authorities scrambled to contain an outbreak linked to the variant first detected in the UK, throwing Easter travel plans into disarray.

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Lil Nas X unveils ‘Satan shoes’ containing drops of human blood

Lil Nas X is catching hell on social media after unveiling his unofficial line of Nike “Satan Shoes,” which he launched on Palm Sunday to promote his latest song.The ash-coloured kicks feature a bronze pentagram charm, an inverted cross on the tongue, a reference to Luke 10:18 from the Bible and a single drop of human blood, according to the official “Satan Shoes” website. The shoes are numbered one through 666 and were listed at $1,018, in another nod to the verse from Luke.“I watched Satan fall from heaven like lightning,” part of the verse says.

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The Latest: Leaders call for pandemic preparedness treaty

LONDON — More than 20 heads of government and global agencies are calling for an international treaty for pandemic preparedness that they say will protect future generations — but there are few details to explain how such an agreement might actually cause countries to act more cooperatively.

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COVID situation under control in India; 7 vaccine candidates in clinical trials: Health minister

ANI. "However, we don't have to be complacent in terms of observing COVID appropriate behaviour," Vardhan further added, according to ANI.

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BTS condemns anti-Asian racism, says they've experienced it

SEOUL – K-pop superstar group BTS has condemned racism against Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in a statement saying they've experienced it themselves.

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Seven more Covid-19 vaccine candidates in clinical trial stage: Harsh Vardhan

Harsh Vardhan said that seven more vaccines to combat the coronavirus are in the clinical trial stage in the country. "Around seven more Covid vaccine candidates are in clinical trials.

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World leaders back pandemic treaty idea for future emergencies

The leaders of 23 countries and the World Health Organization have backed an idea to create an international treaty that would help the world deal with future health emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic.

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Covid Scotland update LIVE as John Swinney deletes evidence of SNP Covid rules breach

John Swinney apologised last night after deleting evidence of a direct breach of coronavirus regulations while out on the campaign trail. The Deputy First Minister deleted a picture he posted on Twitter of himself and four other party activists after they met up while out leafleting for the May election.The picture, uploaded online around 3pm on Friday March 26 was captioned: "Delighted to get out on the SNP campaign trail today."The image was swiftly deleted from online.

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U.K. won’t share surplus COVID-19 vaccines until all adults are inoculated: minister

Britain will focus on vaccinating the whole of its adult population for COVID-19 before it can to provide any surplus shots to other countries such as its close neighbor Ireland, British business minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Tuesday.More than 30 million Britons have received their first COVID-19 shots in the fastest vaccine rollout in Europe, with the aim of offering shots to all adults by the end of July.

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Renewals hit, uptake rate for new policies surged amid covid: Nikhil Apte

Mint, Nikhil Apte, Chief Product Officer - Product Factory (Health Insurance), Royal Sundaram General Insurance, said it is extremely important to motivate policyholders and help them understand the importance of the renewal of policy during uncertain times, especially during the pandemic.What was the impact on policy renewals during covid time?We observe a challenging time for our policyholders, at the same time consumer behaviour displayed by the policyholders also need to be understood. Firstly, on one side customers are facing unprecedented health risk as their family members, relatives, neighbours getting admitted to hospitals.

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