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Australia reports no new local cases for the first time in 5 months

Australia has recorded no new locally transmitted coronavirus infection for the first time in five months

Two officials close to Turkish President Erdogan test positive for Covid-19

Two top Turkish officials who work closely with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have tweeted that they tested positive for coronavirus

Thousands protest in Jerusalem against Netanyahu over Covid-19, corruption

Thousands of Israelis protested in Jerusalem in the latest weekly demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his handling of the coronavirus crisis and the corruption charges he faces

Trump failed to take pandemic, presidency seriously, says Obama

Calling Joe Biden his "brother," Barack Obama has accused Donald Trump of failing to take the coronavirus pandemic and the presidency seriously

Huge crowd joins LGBT Pride event in Taiwan, where Covid-19 is at bay

A huge and festive crowd marched in Taiwan's capital on Saturday in an annual LGBT Pride event

Nice, France attack: Tunisian killer had no red flags and travelled freely

The missing red flag meant that when he eventually was served an expulsion order from Italy, which he reached illegally by boat, he was basically free to go where he pleased.

Trump thinks he has the edge if the election lands in the Supreme Court

With the addition of Justice Amy Coney Barrett this week, conservatives now hold six of the court's nine seats

Uncertainty marks Trump's election night plans over Covid-19 restrictions

Trump's election night plans could be in violation of rules limiting mass gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic

Airbnb sets up endowment fund, 15-member council of hosts ahead of IPO

The San Francisco-based home-sharing company said it will set aside 9.2 million shares for the endowment, which will start funding projects when its value tops USD 1 billion

'Very confident': New York hospitals prepare for Covid-19 resurgence

New York City hospitals and nursing homes are bracing for a potential resurgence of the pandemic, drawing on lessons learned in the spring when the outbreak brought the city to its knees

UK jobs market at crossroads as key govt support programme ends

Hundreds of thousands of jobs hang in the balance as coronavirus cases surge in Britain and the government scales back its support for workers

US consumer spending rose a moderate 1.4% in September amid pandemic

US consumers increased their spending by 1.4 per cent in September, a modest gain but far less than the big increases of late spring

Global travel and tourism industry projected to shed 174 million jobs

The global travel and tourism industry is on course to lose 174 million jobs this year if current restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus remain in place

Trump administration officials tout progress on border wall before election

Top Trump administration officials visited Texas five days before Election Day to announce they have nearly completed 400 miles of US-Mexico border wall

Why US Election could be a referendum on race relations in America

Many Black Americans have seen their communities disproportionately devastated by the pandemic

Even as pandemic surges, Donald Trump rallies keep packing in thousands

There are no crowds at Disneyland, still shut down by the coronavirus. Fewer fans attended the World Series this year than at any time in the past century. Big concerts are cancelled

New Zealanders agree to legalise euthanasia in referendum but not marijuana

New Zealanders have voted in favour of legalising euthanasia in a binding referendum. But in preliminary results they were rejecting a measure to legalise marijuana

WHO: Europe now has more than 10 million confirmed coronavirus cases

The World Health Organization's Europe director said Thursday that the 54-country region has again reached a new weekly record for confirmed cases

France braces for monthlong lockdown as coronavirus deaths mount

French doctors expressed relief but business owners were in despair as France prepared Thursday to shut down again for a month to try to put the brakes on a fast-moving fall coronavirus outbreak

Volkswagen returns to profit as global automobile markets recover

Volkswagen said it returned to profit in third quarter thanks to cost discipline and a rebound in sales led by China after the lifting of the severe restrictions in the early phase of the pandemic