MONTREAL, Aug. 7 : A strike by Canadian border agents has ended with an agreement on raises and other issues, a union announced. Thousands of agents joined the work-to-rule strike Friday, three days before the land crossing reopens to Americans …

SAO PAULO, Aug. 7 : Brazil has registered 1,056 more COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, raising its national death toll to 561,762, the health ministry said on Friday. Meanwhile, the total caseload rose to 20,108,746 after 42,159 new …

SEOUL, Aug. 7 : More than a thousand homes were damaged and about 5,000 people evacuated in North Korea after flooding caused by heavy rains, the country’s state broadcaster reported, with swathes of farmland also inundated by the deluge. The TV …

MADRID, Aug 7, 2021 : Lionel Messi will take part in a Barcelona press conference on Sunday, three days after the club announced he was leaving after 21 years, the Spanish giants said Saturday. The 34-year-old will take questions from …

LONDON, Aug 5, 2021 : The Bank of England Thursday predicted the UK annual inflation rate to continue surging this year as pandemic-hit economies reopen, but kept its record-low interest rate and emergency stimulus intact. The BoE forecast inflation reaching …