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Biden goes on offense in Georgia while Trump targets Midwest

The campaign's final week is colliding with deepening concerns about the COVID crisis while Trump is anxious for voters to focus on other issues such as the economy Biden has repeatedly hit the president on the virus, presenting himself as a safer, more stable alternative

Associated Press , 15:32 , 10.27.20

Wave of new COVID-19 cases crashes across U.S. and Europe as winter looms

With a vaccine not expected before next year and a steady rise in new cases across Europe and the United States governments have been desperate to avoid the lockdowns which curbed the disease earlier in the year at the cost of shutting down their entire economies

Reuters , 11:24 , 10.27.20

Barrett confirmed by Senate for Supreme Court, takes oath

Appointment pushed by Trump one week ahead of the Nov. 3 elections would create a 6-3 conservative majority for the U.S.'s top judicial body ;matters awaiting decision before Election Day include extending the deadlines for absentee ballots in North Carolina and Pennsylvania

Associated Press , 09:35 , 10.27.20

Trump plans battleground blitz despite growing virus worries

POTUS seeks to shift focus from his handling of the pandemic while Biden is working to ensure the race is just that, hitting Trump on the virus and presenting himself as a safer, more stable alternative

Associated Press , 19:03 , 10.26.20

Erdogan likens Macron's attack on Islamism to pre-WWII persecution of Jews

Turkish president claims 'there is a lynch campaign running against the Muslims which is similar to the one against Jews in Europe before World War II', calls on Turks to boycott French brands

Itamar Eichner, Reuters , 17:35 , 10.26.20

French companies brace for Arab boycott over radical Islam stance

Macron's vow to take on Islamic extremism already prompted boycotts of French goods in supermarkets in Qatar and Kuwait, with further calls to spurn products from France in Jordan and other states

AFP , 14:59 , 10.26.20

Arabs favor Biden over Trump in U.S. election, poll shows

British pollster YouGov, commissioned by Saudi daily Arab News, reveals out of 3,097 people polled across 18 Mideast and North African countries, around 39% favored Biden, while only 12% opted for Trump

AFP , 10:16 , 10.26.20

For Netanyahu and other world leaders, stakes are high in U.S. election

Netanyahu, who had a rocky relationship with Trump's predecessor Obama, has touted POTUS as 'the greatest friend' Israel ever had in the White House, but a Biden win could see his and other leaders' fortunes turn

Associated Press , 17:23 , 10.22.20

After chaotic debate, Trump, Biden try again

Final encounter will focus on coronavirus, racial tensions, national security; candidates' mics to be muted for first two minutes of answers to prevent interruptions by opponent

Reuters , 10:52 , 10.22.20

Pope endorses same-sex civil unions in new documentary film

'Homosexual people have the right to be in a family' the Pope said mind-way in a documentary premiering at the Rome Film Festival, adding 'we have to have is a civil union law' sending a strong message to places where the church has opposed such laws

Associated Press , 18:20 , 10.21.20

Obama to make campaign push for Biden in battleground Pennsylvania

The rare public appearance by Obama, still one of the Democratic Party's biggest stars and a frequent target of Trump's attacks, comes as critical states are still up for grabs; a Reuters/Ipsos poll shows candidates tied in Pennsylvania

Reuters , 17:56 , 10.21.20

Sudanese strains surface as U.S. pressure triggers debate on Israel

Khartoum's caution reflects concerns that such a major foreign policy move at a time of deep economic crisis could upset the delicate balance between military and civilian factions and trigger a backlash from Islamist factions

Reuters , 17:50 , 10.20.20

Trump-Biden debate will feature 'mute' button after chaotic first matchup

The Presidential Commission on Debates says each candidate's microphone would be silenced to allow the other to make two minutes of opening remarks; Trump's campaign objects but says he would still take part

Reuters , 08:51 , 10.20.20

Trump: U.S. to remove Sudan from terrorism blacklist after payment to victims

Deal could set in motion steps by Sudan toward establishing diplomatic relations with Israel which would give U.S. President Trump an opportunity to tout a new diplomatic achievement as he seeks re-election

Reuters , 21:44 , 10.19.20

Trump tests negative for COVID-19 as he resumes campaigning in Florida

Doctors say the tests and other data 'indicate a lack of detectable viral replication' as the president rallies in Sanford to kick off a three-week sprint to Election Day, with new polls showing him losing more ground to Biden

Reuters , 08:26 , 10.13.20

Trump claims he's free of virus, ready for campaign trail

Though there is insufficient information on Trump's health provided by White House doctors , president set to hold a rally in Florida on Monday after telling Fox News he was 'feeling great' and was now immune to COVID; no mitigation steps released ahead of rally to protect president's staff or rally goers

Associated Press , 23:10 , 10.11.20

UN food agency WFP wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

Organization distinguished for its efforts in fighting hunger in war-torn areas, a problem only exacerbated by coronavirus pandemic and subsequent financial crisis

Reuters , 12:50 , 10.09.20

Trump's pandemic record in spotlight as Harris, Pence trade blows at VP debate

A policy heavy debate in University of Utah in Salt Lake City stood in stark contrast to last week's chaotic presidential showdown between Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden

Reuters , 08:54 , 10.08.20

Pence, Harris to clash in VP debate amid White House virus outbreak

VP debate could take on greater importance than in prior years, as both Pence and Harris will seek to demonstrate they can step into the Oval Office if necessary to lead the country amid the pandemic

Reuters , 22:46 , 10.07.20

Prominent pro-Israel evangelical pastor John Hagee has COVID-19

Netanyahu says he is praying for a fast recovery for 80-year-old conservative preacher and founder of the Christians United for Israel, writing on Twitter that 'Israel has no better friend'

Associated Press , 15:00 , 10.07.20

Leaders of Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn ran crime group, court rules

More than 15,000 anti-fascist protesters gather outside Athens courtroom for highly charged verdict; party leaders, members and associates convicted over various crimes including murder, attacks on immigrants, left-wing activists

Reuters , 14:50 , 10.07.20

'Don't be afraid' of COVID, Trump says as he returns to White House

After a three-day stay in hospital, U.S. president poses for pictures without a mask at the executive mansion after doctor warns president not yet ‘out of the woods’ and more aides diagnosed with coronavirus

Reuters , 09:03 , 10.06.20

Trump says he's leaving hospital for White House, feels good

Trump's expected discharge raised new questions about how the administration was going to protect other officials from a disease that remains rampant in the president's body, and came as the scale of the outbreak at the White House itself is still being uncovered

Associated Press , 23:47 , 10.05.20

Severity of Trump's illness unclear four weeks ahead of election

Doctors at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to weigh possible discharge of president after only four days ; Trump will need to continue treatment after release from hospital; White House spokesperson Keighley Mcenany also confirmed with virus

Reuters , 21:19 , 10.05.20

One in 10 may have caught COVID, as world heads into 'difficult period' - WHO

WHO submits a list of experts to take part in an international mission to China to investigate the origin of the virus, for consideration by authorities, Ryan said, without giving details while U.S., Europe and Australia all supporting move

Reuters , 17:34 , 10.05.20

Trump's COVID-19 status unclear, could return to White House Monday

Chief of Staff Mark Meadows says decision to be made later as his return to the White House might help project a sense of normalcy in his difficult battle to win re-election on Nov. 3

Reuters , 16:51 , 10.05.20

Sick with COVID-19, Trump leaves hospital to wave at supporters

'Every person in that vehicle has to be quarantined,' says doctor of president's jaunt accompanied by Secret Service detail; move came shortly after medical team said Trump receiving him a steroid typically only recommended for very serious cases

AFP, Associated Press , 08:39 , 10.05.20

Doctors: Trump improving, could return to White House on Monday

Statement follows contradictory messages from White House about president's condition as he suffers from COVID-19, which caused widespread confusion about his health; physicians say president without fever since Friday morning, vital signs stable

Reuters , 19:20 , 10.04.20

Biden 10 points ahead as most Americans say Trump could have avoided COVID

Oct. 2-3 national poll finds 51% back Democrat, with 41% voting for president; little sign of outpouring of support for stricken Trump beyond his base; 57% disapprove of Trump's response to pandemic overall, up about 3 points from late last week

Reuters, Ynet , 13:58 , 10.04.20

Trump says 'real test' ahead in his COVID fight after mixed messages

In a four-minute video posted on Twitter from his hospital suite, the president says he is feeling 'much better' but the real test will come 'over the next couple of days', while Trump supporters rally outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Reuters , 08:31 , 10.04.20

Doctor says Trump doing 'very well,' but WH official warns of 'concerning' vital signs

Dr. Sean Conley says president not currently on oxygen, but avoids stating clearly whether he had ever been so; source says Trump received oxygen at White House on Friday; Chief of Staff Mark Meadows says next 48 hours critical

Associated Press, Reuters , 19:29 , 10.03.20

Relying on testing to ward off COVID put Trump White House at risk

The president often skipped his own administration's public health recommendations on mask wearing and social distancing, explaining that 'everyone's tested' around him using the Abbott device, a toaster-sized machine that could spit out test results in a matter of minutes

Reuters , 17:00 , 10.03.20

What we know, and what we don't, about Trump's coronavirus

Important questions include whether the president continued his campaign events and other activities despite knowing he might be infecting others and whether the White House was adequately transparent about his illness

Associated Press , 11:31 , 10.03.20

Trump moved to military hospital after COVID-19 diagnosis

74-year-old president taken by helicopter to special suite at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, for next few days as precautionary measure, White House says, hours after he announced coronavirus diagnosis

Reuters , 01:34 , 10.03.20

Trump COVID infection thrusts world in uncharted territory

Investors' worries, especially about its effect on the Nov. 3 election between the Republican president and Democrat Joe Biden. U.S. stock futures and most world markets fell on the news as did the price of oil.

Associated Press , 19:11 , 10.02.20

Netanyahu wishes Trumps 'speedy recovery' after COVID diagnosis

Pence sends 'love and prayers' to president and wife; France says announcement 'demonstrates that virus spares no one, including those who have shown skepticism,' while China media calls it 'another reminder' that virus still spreading despite Trump claims

Ynet, News Agencies , 10:36 , 10.02.20

In his own words: Trump and the coronavirus

The President has often underplayed the pandemic, eschewing masks and mocking others for using them, holding mass rallies where no social distancing was observed and contradicting his own health officials

Reuters , 10:31 , 10.02.20

President Trump and First Lady test positive for COVID-19

Donald and Melania Trump's positive diagnoses come just hours after the administration announces that senior White House aide Hope Hicks came down with the virus after traveling with the president several times this week

Associated Press , 08:33 , 10.02.20

Azerbaijani military using Israeli-made drones in war with Armenia, official says

Assistant to Azeri president shows appreciation for security cooperation with Israel after urging Armenian separatists to 'stop the occupation' in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region

i24NEWS , 21:29 , 09.30.20

Chaos reigns in first Trump-Biden debate

The debate quickly deteriorated after the president continuously interrupted his opponent to the point that Biden blurted out, 'Will you shut up, man?'

Associated Press , 06:34 , 09.30.20

Five questions heading into Trump and Biden's first debate

Amid scandals and Twitter wars, former Democratic vice president and Republican incumbent face off for first time in election race - with millions already voting across multiple states

Associated Press , 22:10 , 09.29.20

U.S. says all UN sanctions on Iran restored, but world yawns

The move faces stiff opposition from the other members of the Security Council who have vowed to ignore it, but U.S. argues it retains the right to invoke snapback as an original participant in the deal and a member of the council

Associated Press , 08:54 , 09.20.20

Amazon delists 'yellow star' Holocaust-themed t-shirts

Online retail giant removes shirt emblazoned with a Star of David, saying 'all sellers must follow our selling guidelines,'; Holocaust Educational Trust chief says 'It is incomprehensible that this item would be sold under "novelty" t-shirts'

i24NEWS , 14:52 , 09.09.20

AstraZeneca pauses COVID-19 vaccine trial over safety concern

The suspension of trial impacts other clinical trials conducted by other vaccine makers; dims prospects for a potential year-end roll-out by company

Reuters , 08:39 , 09.09.20

In some U.S. state legislative races, QAnon emerges

Dozens of candidates show varying degrees of support to idea world controlled by globalist, child-trafficking cabal, as conspiracy theory may soon make shift from online chatrooms to state legislatures

Associated Press , 23:29 , 09.06.20

FBI arrests 2 members of Boogaloo Bois for attempting to aid Hamas

Pair belonging to the far-right anti-government group were recorded by operative presenting himself as a member of the terror organization promising to act as mercenaries in exchange for cash

Associated Press , 11:12 , 09.05.20

U.S. tells states to prep for COVID-19 vaccine as soon as late October

Top infectious disease expert Fauci says enough clinical data may indicate safe and effective vaccine by November or December

Reuters , 10:21 , 09.03.20

Germany says Soviet-era nerve agent used on Alexei Navalny

Chancellor Angela Merkel says Moscow has to answer for 'attempted murder' of Putin's critic, who is said to have been poisoned by the nerve agent Novichok, used to poison former KGB spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter

Associated Press , 21:16 , 09.02.20

New U.S. sanctions on international tribunal prosecutor, aide

Pompeo says the measures are part of Trump administration’s pushback against the tribunal, which has been conducting inquiries into alleged war crimes committed by U.S. troops in Afghanistan

Associated Press , 21:00 , 09.02.20

Charlie Hebdo, kosher store attack accomplices face trial five years on

Defendants face charges including financing terrorism, membership in a terrorist organization and supplying weapons to perpetrators of an event that initiated a wave of Islamist violence in France

Ynet, Reuters , 13:14 , 09.02.20

German leaders condemn far-right attempt to storm Reichstag

Hundreds of people breached a security barrier outside the Reichstag Saturday but intercepted by police and forcibly removed some arrested in protest of government imposed coronavirus restrictions

Associated Press , 22:58 , 08.30.20

Global coronavirus cases cross 25 million as India sets grim record

According to latest tally, over the past month one million COVID-19 cases have been detected globally roughly every four days, as countries who have been previously able to keep the pandemic under control are now battling new infections

AFP , 12:43 , 08.30.20

New Zealand mosque shooter sentenced to life without parole

Judge says the crimes of Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant were so wicked that a lifetime in jail could not begin to atone for them; 'You deliberately killed a 3-year-old infant by shooting him in the head,' judge says

Associated Press , 09:53 , 08.27.20

Report: Biden aide 'regrets' campaign disavowal of Linda Sarsour

Nominee's advisor says conversation with Muslim activists in which top Democratic staffer said she hoped trust could be rebuilt made clear 'we regretted hurt that was caused... We continue to reject views that Linda Sarsour expressed'

i24NEWS, Ynet , 13:00 , 08.25.20

Republicans nominate Trump; he questions election integrity

The partly virtual, partly in-person extravaganza in North Carolina features a long and extraordinary speech from Trump, who slammed in-mail voting and claimed coronavirus restrictions are meant to hurt his campaign

Reuters, Associated Press , 22:31 , 08.24.20

In recordings, Trump's sister says he 'has no principles'

President's niece releases secret recording of her aunt, former federal judge Maryann Trump Barry, saying her brother 'doesn't read' and criticizing 'the change of stories. The lack of preparation. The lying'

Associated Press , 11:11 , 08.23.20

US demands restoration of UN sanctions against Iran

U.S. insistence that it can authorize snapback had rejected by virtually all other members of the 15-nation council. Germany, a participant in the Iran deal but not a council member, is also opposed

Associated Press , 00:04 , 08.21.20

Brother of UK's 2017 Manchester suicide bomber jailed for at least 55 years

Abedi was not in court for the sentencing hearing, having refused to enter the courtroom where distraught families of victims had given harrowing accounts of the devastating impact the bombing

Reuters , 18:23 , 08.20.20

Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon charged in border wall scheme

A spokeswoman for Bannon did not immediately respond to a request for comment; Prosecutors alleged that Bannon and three others 'orchestrated a scheme' to defraud of donors

Associated Press , 17:37 , 08.20.20

Democrats pound their message: To oust Trump, you must vote

California senator Kamala Harris accepts honor to be Biden's running mate and makes history as the first black woman to be nominated for VP; Obama assails his successor as deeply unfit for the office after avoiding direct criticism for most of Trump's first term

Associated Press , 10:42 , 08.20.20