The games are scheduled for Oct. 22 in Allentown, Pa., and Oct. 25 in Hartford, Conn. The Canadian team has centralized in Calgary to begin its Olympic preparation.
Those applying for refugee status from within Canada say they are stuck in a legal limbo as COVID-19 delays prevent their cases from moving forward. Their frustration comes as the government agrees to expedite the claims of 20,000 Afghans fleeing the Taliban.
The head of a UN team reviewing progress in the cleanup of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant says too little is known about melted fuel inside the damaged reactors to be able to tell if its decommissioning can be finished by 2051 as planned.