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At least 43 US legislators complain to Trump on Mexico energy policy

Six US senators and 37 representatives wrote this week to President Donald Trump complaining about "actions by the government of Mexico that threaten US energy companies'' investment and market access

US coronavirus update: New infection record; death toll nears 224,000

The US coronavirus caseload has reached record heights with more than 83,000 infections reported in a single day, the latest ominous sign of the disease's grip on the nation

People dress up as Trump, chickens and cows to protest US-UK trade pact

Demonstrators dressed as chickens, a cow and President Donald Trump gathered on Saturday in London to protest a proposed US-UK trade deal that activists say will lower food safety standards

US sets Covid-19 record with high daily case spike; deaths near 224,000

The US coronavirus caseload has reached record heights with more than 83,000 infections reported in a single day, the latest ominous sign of the disease's grip on the nation

Tensions remain high between Thai government and pro-democracy protesters

Thailand's government and the country's pro-democracy movement appeared no closer to resolving their differences Saturday, as the protesters' deadline for Prime Minister to step down approached

South Korea coronavirus update: 77 cases tied to hospitals reported

South Korea has reported 77 new cases of the coronavirus, mostly from the greater capital area where officials are scrambling to stem transmissions at hospitals and nursing homes

Sri Lanka coronavirus update: Govt closes harbours after 609 test positive

Authorities in Sri Lanka closed at least two fishery harbours and many stalls after a surge of 609 cases linked to the country's main fish market

Donald Trump says virus spike 'gone' in Texas while El Paso surges

President Donald Trump downplayed the toll of the coronavirus during Thursday's final debate with Joe Biden, and specifically mentioned tamping down the surge in Texas

Final Donald Trump-Joe Biden presidential debate draws 63 million viewers

The final presidential debate between President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent Joe Biden drew 10 million fewer viewers than their first meeting

Covid update: France surpasses 1 million confirmed virus cases amid spike

France has recorded over 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, becoming the second country in Western Europe to reach that number of known infections

Global money laundering monitor says coronavirus fraud on the rise

The international organisation that monitors protections against money laundering and terrorism financing said Friday that fraud related to coronavirus is on the rise.

NATO Secretary-General says Greece, Turkey agree to cancel war games

NATO chief said that Greece and Turkey are going to cancel war games scheduled for next week on each other's national holidays, in a further sign of easing of tensions between the two NATO allies

Real Madrid striker faces prison for violating Covid-19 isolation norms

Real Madrid striker Luka Jovic faces a six-month prison sentence in Serbia for flouting the country's coronavirus isolation rules, state prosecutors said Friday

US wades in cautiously in peace effort for Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict

The Trump administration waded cautiously into international efforts to halt fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which are engaged in their worst conflict in more than 25 years

Nagorno-Karabakh war: US to host Armenia, Azerbaijan ministers for talks

The warring sides traded accusations early Friday involving the shelling of residential areas

G-20 suspends poor nations' debt payments for 6 additional months

The Group of 20 nations, representing the world's biggest economies, say they have agreed to extend the suspension of debt payments by an additional six months to support the most vulnerable countries

Israel gives green light to over 2,000 settlement homes in West Bank

Israeli on Wednesday advanced plans to build over 2,100 new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank, pressing ahead with a building boom that has gained steam during the presidency of Donald Trump

English Premier League clubs reject controversial overhaul plan

A plan to transform English soccer engineered by Liverpool and Manchester United was rejected by Premier League rivals at a meeting on Wednesday.

First lady unseen as Donald Trump restarts campaign after coronavirus

President Donald Trump and his wife received their positive Covid-19 tests on the same day. He's already returned to campaigning, but there's been no public sighting yet of the first lady

Facebook bans anti-vaccination ads but not anti-vaccination posts

Facebook says it will ban ads on its platform that discourage vaccinations with an exception carved out for advocacy ads about government vaccine policies