OTTAWA -- The Canada-U.S. border agreement restricting non-essential travel is expected to extend another month to June 21 amid the third wave of COVID-19, CTV reported Tuesday afternoon.

The agreement, which was reached in March 2020, has been renewed every month after that. Essential workers such as truckers and emergency service providers, as well as vital healthcare workers such as nurses who live and work on opposite sides of the border, are exempt from the restrictions. (Canada-US Border)

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UNITED NATIONS -- UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock on Tuesday called for a humanitarian pause in the escalating violence in Israel and Gaza.

"I call on all parties to the hostilities to agree to a humanitarian pause to allow for emergency humanitarian relief distribution and for civilians to purchase food and water, seek medical care and attend to other emergency needs," the UN humanitarian chief said in a statement. (UN-Humanitarian Pause)

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HELSINKI -- Finland's parliament on Tuesday green-lighted the European Union's (EU) 750-billion-euro (915-billion-U.S.-dollar) recovery package, aimed at addressing the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In Tuesday's vote, 134 members of the parliament (MP) backed the package, while 57 voted against and two voted blank. Six MPs were not present. (Finland-EU-Recovery Package)

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AMMAN -- Jordan and Greece on Tuesday agreed that there is no alternative to the two-state solution as the only way to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The two sides reached the agreement at a meeting between Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi with his visiting Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias. (Jordan-Greece-Two-State Solution) Enditem

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