USA
Pandemic kills 285,000 more in US than in typical year
The CDC also found, surprisingly, that it has struck 25- to 44-year-olds very hard, driving up their "excess death" rate by 26.5 per cent over previous years.
- by Lenny Bernstein
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Courts
US Justice Department files antitrust lawsuit against Google, says break-up may be needed
The lawsuit, the biggest antitrust case in a generation, claims that Google acted unlawfully to maintain its position in search and search advertising on the internet.
- by Diane Bartz and David Shepardson
Coronavirus pandemic
Britain to infect healthy volunteers with coronavirus in vaccine challenge trials
British scientists say they will deliberately infect healthy volunteers with COVID-19 in the hope of further speeding the way to a vaccine.
- by William Booth and Carolyn Y. Johnson
International affairs
Joko rejected US request to host spy planes: officials
US officials made multiple "high-level" approaches in July and August to Indonesia's defence and foreign ministers.
- by Tom Allard
Donald Trump
New Yorker suspends star writer for exposing himself during Zoom call
Jeffrey Toobin, whose coverage of OJ Simpson’s murder trial became a best selling book and later a critically hailed mini-series, thought his actions were off-camera.
- by Johnny Diaz and Azi Paybarah
US votes 2020
'You're on mute': Trump, Biden to be silenced sometimes during final debate
The debate organisers will give each candidate two minutes of uninterrupted time at the beginning of each 15-minute segment of the debate.
- by Trevor Hunnicutt and Steve Holland
Analysis
US votes 2020
Trump's feud with Fauci exactly what Republicans want to avoid
Taking pot-shots at such a popular figure is the type of undisciplined behaviour Republican strategists want Trump to avoid at this stage of the campaign.
- by Matthew Knott
2021 Tokyo Olympics
Britain accuses Russia of plotting to sabotage Tokyo Olympics
The British government said there was a 95 per cent chance the cyberattacks were carried out by Russia, as US indicts six Russian military officers for wide-spread hacking.
- by Bevan Shields
Coronavirus pandemic
Trump blasts virus expert Fauci in campaign call, says he's a 'disaster'
"Fauci is a disaster. If I listened to him, we’d have 500,000 deaths," the US President said in a conference call with campaign workers.
- by Jeff Mason and Steve Holland
Coronavirus pandemic
As coronavirus flares globally, new strategies target hotspots
While some countries have reinstated nationwide closures, other governments hope smaller-scale shutdowns can work this time.
- by Jennifer Peltz
Defence
Australia will join naval drills involving India, US, Japan
The naval exercises could raise concerns in China, which has criticised similar joint drills as destabilising.
- by Sanjeev Miglani and Kirsty Needham