World News Briefs -- October 22, 2020

 


Nearly two-thirds of U.S. states were in a danger zone of coronavirus spread and six, including election battleground Wisconsin, reported a record one-day increase in COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday while the pandemic's resurgence in Europe strained hospitals. 

Coronavirus deaths hit fresh daily records in Hawaii, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana and Wisconsin, a state that also reported a record daily increase in new cases together with Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky and Ohio, according to a Reuters analysis. 

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 MIDDLE EAST 








Ahead of F-35 sale to UAE, Pentagon pledges to keep Israel strong. 


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TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR 

Sent from Gitmo to UAE, detainees fear final stop: Yemen. 



 ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS 

Wall Street closes higher, trade choppy as U.S. stimulus talks eyed. 



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