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   Yuri Kadobnov / AFP Russia has set a new record for coronavirus deaths and cases, nearing 14,000 infections for the third time in a week, according to the national coronavirus information center. Russia confirmed 13,868 new Covid-19 cases Tuesday, bringing its official number of cases to 1,326,178 and setting a new record for daily infections. Russia […]

IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES A man in the United States has caught Covid twice, with the second infection becoming far more dangerous than the first, doctors report. The 25-year-old needed hospital treatment after his lungs could not get enough oxygen into his body. Reinfections remain rare and he has now recovered. But the study in the Lancet […]

Joe Biden has reached 270 electoral votes for the first time since POLITICO’s Election Forecast debuted late last year. In addition to a double-digit national lead, Biden has built a stable advantage in the three Great Lakes States that put Donald Trump over the top in 2016: Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Our latest presidential-race ratings now have […]

Shabab extremists have entrenched financial stakes across Somalia, including in Mogadishu, the capital. “It’s no longer an insurgency but an economic power,” one researcher said.Credit…Brian Otieno for The New York Times  NAIROBI, Kenya — The Shabab, the Somalia-based militant group that is Al Qaeda’s most powerful ally in Africa, is not only collecting millions of dollars […]

Ava and Amelia were born this week (Picture: SWNS) Danielle Martin and Bryan Green welcomed their miracle twin girls Ava and Amelia this week. Back in March, Danielle, 32, knew she was having another baby but it was early on and she hadn’t had a scan. She started experiencing symptoms of coronavirus just days after […]

© Valery Sharifulin//TASS CAIRO, October 11. /TASS/. The navies of Egypt and Russia are preparing to hold joint exercises in the Black Sea in the near future, the Al Arabiya TV channel reported on Saturday. An Egyptian military expert, Maj. Gen. Gamal Mazlum told TASS that it would be the first-ever Russian-Egyptian naval exercise. “Egyptian […]

A screen grab taken from a KCNA broadcast shows what appears to be new North Korean intercontinental ballistic missiles during a military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea, on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang, Oct. 10, 2020 (Photo by – / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP) […]

This combination of Sept. 29, 2020, photos shows Donald Trump and Joe Biden during the first presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio.   –   Copyright  AP  Donald Trump has vowed not to take part in next week’s TV debate with former Vice-President Joe Biden after organisers said it will take place virtually because of the president’s diagnosis of COVID-19. His […]

President Donald Trump. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday wouldn’t definitively say he was testing negative for coronavirus in his first televised interview since contracting the deadly disease one week ago. In a made-for-TV health analysis aired as a recording on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show, Trump took questions on topics his […]

Boris Johnson will update MPs on Monday (Picture: EPA) Boris Johnson will give a statement in the House of Commons on Monday amid fierce speculation he’s about to announce tougher coronavirus restrictions. The Prime Minister is widely expected to introduce a three tier lockdown system from next week, with large parts of the north set […]