No global real estate market despite higher price synchronisation and growing role of international investors, central banks find (Press release, 18 February 2020)

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) today announced two key appointments to the BIS Innovation Hub, a new initiative designed to support central bank collaboration on new financial technology. (Press release, 19 February 2020)

Basel Committee Press release "Basel Committee meets to review vulnerabilities and emerging risks, advance supervisory initiatives and promote Basel III implementationl", 27 February 2020.

BIS statement, 16 March 2020.

Press release about Basel Committee assesses members' implementation of the Net Stable Funding Ratio and large exposures framework, 19 March 2020

Press release "Basel Committee coordinates policy and supervisory response to Covid-19", 20 March 2020

Press release "Governors and Heads of Supervision announce deferral of Basel III implementation to increase operational capacity of banks and supervisors to respond to Covid-19", 27 March 2020

BCBS Press release "Basel Committee sets out additional measures to alleviate the impact of Covid-19", 3 April 2020

BCBS Press release "Basel Committee and IOSCO announce deferral of final implementation phases of the margin requirements for non-centrally cleared derivatives", 3 April 2020

BCBS Press release "Basel III monitoring results based on end-June 2019 data published by the Basel Committee", 8 April 2020

CPMI Press release "Jurisdictions move towards full implementation of standards for financial market infrastructures", 8 April 2020.

Press release "Saudi G20 Presidency and the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub invite global innovators to solve RegTech and SupTech challenges", 27 April 2020

BCBS Press release "Basel Committee issues progress report on banks' implementation of the 'Principles for effective risk data aggregation and reporting'", 29 April 2020

Rutgers' RUCDR Infinite Biologics received an amended emergency use authorization from the FDA late Thursday for the first SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus test that will allow people to collect their own saliva at home and send to a lab for results.

The American Geriatrics Society annually honors researchers, clinicians, educators, and emerging health professionals who have made outstanding contributions to high-quality, person-centered care for older people.

A protein shredder that occurs in cell membranes of brain cells apparently also indirectly regulates the fat metabolism.

When we find something particularly beautiful or impressive, we literally get big eyes: Our pupils dilate. The pupil controls how much light enters the eye and falls on the retina.

Acute myeloid leukemia is an aggressive cancer of the blood-forming system. It affects the hematopoietic stem cells, or blood stem cells, of various white blood cells and of the red blood cells and platelets.

A randomized, controlled clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of a treatment regimen of the investigational antiviral remdesivir plus the anti-inflammatory drug baricitinib for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has begun.

The number of people evaluated for signs of stroke at U.S. hospitals has dropped by nearly 40% during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study led by researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis who analyzed stroke evaluations at more than 800 hospitals across 49 states and the District of Columbia.

How the PleaseNotSanders movement achieved what NeverTrump never could.

It’s the coronavirus election now.

I had the symptoms. But did I have the coronavirus?

We need to recognize any signposts leading up and out.

The pandemic has put psychological theories of politics to a very interesting test.

When the province eventually conducts its review on the response to COVID-19, the president of the Nova Scotia Nurses’ Union can think of one thing in particular that needs to be discussed.

Classified released a music video for his song, Good News, this week featuring a pack of kids hanging out with seniors at a continuing care home in Enfield, N.S. It was filmed before the COVID-19 outbreak in the province.

Graduation is on hold for Dalhousie University medical student Manveer Bal, so he's decided to spend his newfound free time volunteering at the epicentre of the COVID-19 outbreak in Nova Scotia.

A Dalhousie University scientist and a NSCAD textile professor are teaming up to create a new fabric. It could be used to locally manufacture personal protective equipment like surgical masks. As the CBC's Colleen Jones reports, they have received a COVID-19 grant to study the idea.

A number of fishing zones in the Gulf of St. Lawrence have been closed after North Atlantic right whales were sighted earlier this week.

What would have been Cape Breton University's largest convocation to date is being replaced by an online offering this year because of COVID-19. Some graduating students say it just won't be the same as a traditional ceremony.

Some school travel groups in Cape Breton that had trips cancelled in March due to COVID-19 are still waiting to get their money back.

A woman who lost her sister to COVID-19 at the start of the month is thanking the staff at Northwood who took "excellent" care of her in her final days. Jean Harrigan, 90, is being remembered for her caring and lively nature.

The latest death was at the Northwood long-term care home in Halifax.

Quebecers, like the rest of the world, are growing accustomed to the uncertainty that's accompanied the pandemic. But they may not appreciate their government adding to that already hefty burden.

The COVID-19 crisis has wreaked havoc on Quebec's economy, with the province recording its highest unemployment rate since at least 1976, when the data was first tracked.

Asylum seekers make up a large portion of the "guardian angels" Quebec Premier François Legault has praised in his daily COVID-19 briefings: the orderlies who have no guarantee they'll be allowed to stay in Canada.

Kristy-Lyn Kemp can't believe how close she came to potentially starting a COVID-19 outbreak at her new job.

The current deconfinement plan in the Montreal area could lead to a rapid increase in deaths in the city, according to findings by Quebec's public health institute. 

Grim projections, travel rules and feeling safe while shopping at your local market — here's what's going on today.

Here’s some culinary inspiration as you wait out a global pandemic

The Los Angeles Dodgers are being sued for negligence by a man who was attacked in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium and left with brain damage, his lawyers announced Friday.

Cleveland Indians reliever Emmanuel Clase was suspended 80 games by Major League Baseball on Friday for testing positive for a banned performance-enhancing drug.

Matt Keough, the former Oakland Athletics pitcher and special assistant, has died. He was 64. He was an American League all-star as a rookie in 1978 and two years later comeback player of the year.

A former groundskeeper for the Expos recently told the Montreal Gazette that Pete Rose, who played less than a full season with the team, routinely had an Olympic Stadium staffer cork his bats in 1984.

Smithsonian folklorist James Deutsch says the fast spread of stories and memes are cultural expressions that build cohesion and support

The National Museum of American History will undergo a dramatic makeover

American Art, African Culture and Mardi Gras

Visit our four downtown locations where you can taste euphoria in our creative and delicious all natural ice-cream, yogurts and sorbets!

Bike the Sites of the Nation's Capital! It's the fun and easy way to get to get up close and personal with Washington's landmarks