Winnipeg

A semi-trailer truck and a bus carrying seniors collided in central Canada's Manitoba province on Thursday, killing at least 15 people and injuring 10 more, authorities said.

More demonstrators poured onto the streets of Ottawa and other Canadian cities on Saturday demanding an end to Covid vaccine mandates, as protests against pandemic restrictions entered their second week.

The first case of a person infected with the new type coronavirus has been confirmed in Germany. The patient is a man from the Starnberg region of Bavaria, some 30 km southwest of Munich. He is in stable condition.

On Monday, Canadian health authorities confirmed two cases in the country. The patients are a man and a woman, a laboratory in Winnipeg confirmed.

We have become accustomed to seeing female politicians taking centre stage in the world of politics. They are determined and decisive and display the character needed for leader. And when you combine those traits with beauty then a winning combination emerges. Here is a list of the sexiest female politicians from around the world. There is a Greek MEP in the list. She is a stunner.

The Canadian warship Fredericton has entered the Black Sea for joint drills with naval vessels from Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey as part of Operation Reassurance.

The United Nations said $600 million in supplies would be needed  to fight West Africa's Ebola outbreak, as the death toll from the worst ever epidemic of the virus topped 1,900 and Guinea warned it had penetrated a new part of the country.