The dramatic late-night announcement came after Trump’s close aide Hope Hicks tested positive.

“I can think of no other festival that has had to deal with as many tragedies and dramas as we do – it’s never-ending,” says former Melburnian Janet DeNeefe.

Trump interacted or travelled with a large coterie of top aides and advisers in the days before he was diagnosed with COVID-19, raising the risk of a widespread outbreak within the White House.

The woman’s body was cremated at a ceremony her family said took place without their permission, prompting protests across the country.

Even many of the US President’s staunch supporters struggled to make sense of his comments and spin them in a favourable light.

Trump has told us in innumerable ways that either he will be reelected or he will delegitimise the vote by claiming that all mail-in ballots are invalid. 

Meeting with wounded servicemen, Azerbaijani President Ilkham Aliyev said Armenia must “unconditionally, completely and immediately leave” Nagorno-Karabakh.

Bronfman helped non-citizens get into the country, promising them visas and payment, but once they got stateside, she did not pay them as promised.

The virus is not yet spreading with the same speed as the first wave but hospital admissions are increasing, particularly among the elderly.

The lawsuits are all the more important because President Donald Trump has raised the prospect that the election may wind up before the Supreme Court.