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By Zeke Miller and Amanda Seitz | Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden informed Congress on Monday that he will end the twin national emergencies for addressing COVID-19 on May 11, as most of the world has returned closer to…

The federal government failed to spend tens of billions of dollars in the last fiscal year on promised programs and services, including new military equipment, affordable housing and support for veterans. Federal departments are…

Amazon is taking yet another bold step into the world of healthcare, further solidifying its powerful footprint in the business-to-consumer “B2C” space. Earlier this week, the tech giant announced its new “RxPass” program, which is a $5…

By Lauran Neergaard | Associated Press The U.S. is poised to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like a yearly flu shot, a major shift in strategy despite a long list of questions about how to best protect against a still rapidly mutating…

The contracting process used to build the ArriveCan app seems “illogical” and “inefficient,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says. The Globe and Mail first reported on Monday that the Ottawa IT firm GCstrategies, which the government…

On January 19, it was announced that David Crosby, pictured here with his wife Jan Dance, died after ... a “long illness.” (Photo by David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)Patrick McMullan via Getty Images On January 19, it was…

India on Tuesday logged 89 new Covid cases, the lowest since March 27, 2020, meanwhile the active cases declined to 2,035, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The Covid case tally stood at 4.46 crore (4,46,81,233).The daily…

Ottawa public servant YuTaek Hwang has been working remotely for nearly three years. But despite the fact that a back-to-office mandate for federal workers takes effect beginning this week, Hwang said his department has not offered…

Will global growth roar higher in 2023? It'll depend whether China's post-zero-Covid reopening boom actually materializes.getty Depending on who you speak with, 2023 will either be a year of global boom or of a chaotic slide toward…

China's economic growth for 2022 is expected to have been among its weakest in four decades after the twin crises of the pandemic and property woes, analysts said ahead of Tuesday's GDP announcement.Ten experts interviewed by AFP forecast…