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OTTAWA - The employment insurance system absorbed almost 1.3 million people in the last three weeks, new figures show, as a key COVID-19 benefit wound down.A breakdown of applications for the simplifi...

WASHINGTON - U.S. industrial production fell 0.6% in September, the weakest showing since spring and a sign that the economy's recovery from the pandemic recession may be faltering just as confirmed v...

NEW YORK - Instead of the expected debate between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, television viewers were left Thursday with what ABC's David Muir called "split-screen America." Biden p...

Coronavirus cases around the world have climbed to all-time highs of more than 330,000 per day as the scourge comes storming back across Europe and spreads with renewed speed in the U.S., forcing many...

LONDON - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new strategy for combating COVID-19 seemed to unravel Wednesday as regional leaders chose their own paths and the mayors of the cities facing the toughe...

TORONTO - Eli Shimonov's lunch spot reopened after the first COVID-19 shutdown in July, but without the usual hordes of office workers making their way through Toronto's underground pedestrian network...

WASHINGTON - U.S. wholesale prices jumped 0.4% in September as food costs rose by the largest amount since May. The Labor Department said Wednesday that the September increase in its producer price in...

Apple unveiled four new iPhones equipped with technology for use with faster new 5G wireless networks around the world, including in Canada. There's the iPhone 12, with a 6.1-inch display, the same as...

GENEVA - World Trade Organization arbitrators said Tuesday that the European Union can sanction up to $4 billion in U.S. goods over Washington's illegal support for plane maker Boeing. The ruling, whi...

OTTAWA - A leading Canadian expert on government-funded basic incomes says the oft-debated idea could have averted much of the economic effects of COVID-19. Evelyn Forget says a basic-income program w...