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
Iraqi leader battles pressure from friends and foes in security crackdown.
Iraq's prime minister says country on tightrope between US and Iran.
Iran plans to export arms with sanctions off.
Former PM Hariri to head new government in crisis-hit Lebanon.
Israel delegation visits Sudan in push to normalise ties.
Ahead of F-35 sale to UAE, Pentagon pledges to keep Israel strong.
Turkey extends gas exploration in disputed Mediterranean waters.
ASIA
India buzzes with fake news of 'civil war' in Pakistan.
Taiwan is being pushed to modernise its military by the US but it says it doesn't want an arms race with China.
China tensions push India and Taiwan closer together.
Kim Jong Un honors Chinese troops of the Korean War.
Thailand protests: State of emergency lifted after days of rallies.
Sri Lanka Parliament votes to strengthen presidential power.
Kyrgyzstan delays election for reform, helping Japarov.
Area burned in Indonesia fires ‘greater than the Netherlands’.
AFRICA
Nigeria's Buhari urges end to protests amid fresh unrest in Lagos over crackdown.
African Union 'strongly' condemns deadly violence in Nigeria.
Sudan protester killed as police clear streets: medics.
Ivory Coast opposition rejects election concessions.
Refusing to wear a mask in Ethiopia could cost you two years in jail.
EUROPE
Nagorno-Karabakh peace hopes slim before Washington talks.
Nagorno-Karabakh: Nearly 5,000 dead in conflict, Putin says.
Putin says Germany & China are emerging superpowers, US can’t ‘dominate’ anymore, and UK’s & France’s roles have ‘transformed’.
Human rights prize to be awarded to democratic opposition in Belarus.
Europe daily coronavirus cases double in 10 days, reports 200,000 daily cases for the first time.
Coronavirus: France extends overnight curfew as cases surge.
Slovenia struggles to contain surge in COVID-19 cases.
Daily growth in coronavirus cases in Poland reaches record of 12,000.
AMERICAS
COVID-19 surges across U.S. as some hospitals stretched.
Microphones to be muted as Trump, Biden face off in final presidential debate.
Trump pushing to declassify document disputing intel findings on Russia: report.
Iran, Russia deny US election interference claims.
Mexico and US reach water deal before Saturday deadline.
TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR
Sent from Gitmo to UAE, detainees fear final stop: Yemen.
Terror attack prevented in Moscow, FSB reports.
ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS
Wall Street closes higher, trade choppy as U.S. stimulus talks eyed.
Twitter and Facebook bosses ordered to testify by GOP senators.
Huawei Mate 40 phones launch despite chip freeze.
Goldman Sachs to pay $3bn over 1MDB corruption scandal.
