LONDON — Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds have named their newborn son Wilfred Lawrie Nicholas, partly as a tribute to two of the intensive care doctors who they said had saved the British leader’s life as he battled COVID-19 complications.

MADRID — Joggers, cyclists and surfers across Spain hurried out their homes on Saturday, allowed to exercise outdoors for the first time in seven weeks as the government began easing tough coronavirus restrictions.

VANCOUVER — Privacy watchdogs are voicing concerns over proposals across the country to implement smartphone apps to help track COVID-19.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his ministers and top public health officials are taking a rare break today from the daily briefings they’ve been providing since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down Canada in mid-March.

The original six stars of The Avengers are reuniting for the All-In Challenge. Celebrities have been offering one-of-a-kind meet and greets as part of the initiative launched to raise funds for health-care organizations and charities helping those affected by the coronaviris pandemic, and now Chris Evans to offer one lucky fan the chance to hang out with himself, Iron Man (Robert Downey, Jr.

An 80-year-old Edmonton woman is home and recovering after spending close to five weeks battling COVID-19 at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.

Quebec hopes to collect and analyze as many as 14,000 samples a day, more than double the number of coronavirus tests currently being taken.

A young woman who became a social-media sensation by hurling a chair off a downtown Toronto high-rise is now pitching in — and using her much-watched Instagram platform — to help those suffering during the COVID-19 crisis.