France’s new daily COVID-19 infections remained above the record 18,000 threshold for the second day on Thursday, while the number of people treated in hospital for the disease was up.

Prominent Democrats called his Twitter post a sign of creeping authoritarian tendencies in President Donald Trump’s party.

Experts have said the step could erode Iran’s ability to secure humanitarian goods by making foreign banks even more reluctant to facilitate such transactions.

Elliott Broidy been charged in an illicit lobbying campaign aimed at getting the Trump administration to drop a probe into 1MDB, a Malaysian investment fund.

Chile´s Defence Ministry and Navy were monitoring the advance of the fleet in order to protect the “sovereignty” of the countries’ exclusive economic zone. 

In an address to the Council of Europe’s financial monitoring arm, Francis listed recent actions he had taken to make Vatican finances more transparent. 

The President was already losing the election. But Trump’s cavalier response to his illness has Congress asking if he’s fit to lead and could hand Biden a victory.

Donald Trump vowed not to participate in next week’s debate with Joe Biden after organisers announced changes due to the President’s COVID-19 diagnosis.

Trump’s singling out of Gold Star family event as the source of his illness marked an effort to cast his infection as the result of selfless presidential service.

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