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Read More Finding means Covid-19 death toll might be “underascertained”, says CDC; Boris Johnson imposes toughest restrictions on Manchester; US congress moves closer to agreement new coronavirus relief package. Follow the latest updates Global report: record Covid cases and new lockdowns across Europe Spain poised to become first European country with over 1m cases Lombardy…

Read MoreYoung activists explain the challenges they have faced in demonstrating during a global pandemic.Young activists explain the challenges they have faced in demonstrating during a global pandemic.

Read More Emails tendered during extraordinary hearing appear to contradict the Victorian chief health officer’s earlier testimony. Follow live Follow our global live blog Full Australian Covid stats; Covid restrictions state by state NSW cases map; Vic cases map NSW hotspots list; Vic hotspots list Sign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email 12.19am BST The…

Read MoreAs the world surpasses 40 million confirmed coronavirus cases, there is now a call for volunteers in the U.K. willing to be infected with the virus in the first-ever COVID-19 “challenge” trial. Elizabeth Palmer reports.As the world surpasses 40 million confirmed coronavirus cases, there is now a call for volunteers in the U.K. willing…

Read More The U.S. has experienced about 300,000 ‘excess deaths’ since the coronavirus came to America, and two-thirds of them can be attributed to COVID-19, the CDC says. The U.S. has experienced about 300,000 ‘excess deaths’ since the coronavirus came to America, and two-thirds of them can be attributed to COVID-19, the CDC says.

Read MoreFemicide Observatory records 86 killings of women and girls in September, the highest monthly total since 2017.Femicide Observatory records 86 killings of women and girls in September, the highest monthly total since 2017.

Read MoreA witness tells the BBC he counted about 20 dead bodies after soldiers opened fire in Lagos.A witness tells the BBC he counted about 20 dead bodies after soldiers opened fire in Lagos.

Read MoreActivists say poultry workers put at unnecessary risk during pandemic.Activists say poultry workers put at unnecessary risk during pandemic.

Read More Name a major political story this year and House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn has probably been at the center of it. Many Democrats believe the South Carolina Congressman’s endorsement of Joe Biden before his state’s February primary sealed the former vice president’s successful march to the presidential nomination. He has spent the last…

Read More “He’ll explode and the whole thing will get derailed, because he has this weird affinity for Putin,” a former national security officer said. “He’ll explode and the whole thing will get derailed, because he has this weird affinity for Putin,” a former national security officer said.

Read More Casualty figures and who opened fire in Lagos are not yet known, as anti-police anger spreads. Casualty figures and who opened fire in Lagos are not yet known, as anti-police anger spreads.

Read More On Oct. 20, researchers at the Imperial College of London announced plans for the first human challenge study of COVID-19, which involves deliberately infecting volunteers with the virus that causes the disease, in order to test the effectiveness of vaccines. The strategy is controversial, as researchers have to weigh the risks of infection…

Read More When Yiqi Liu and her mother, Qi Wu, became U.S. citizens last year, they took an oath to support and defend the U.S. Constitution. But, they say, they received little information about one of the biggest benefits that the Constitution would now allow them: the ability to vote. “When I became a citizen,…

Read More (LOUISVILLE, Ky) — A judge has cleared the way for grand jurors to speak about the proceedings in the case against the police officers who shot Breonna Taylor. An anonymous grand juror who sat on the panel last month had sued to speak publicly. None of the officers were charged directly in Taylor’s…

Read More Soldiers have reportedly opened fire at people protesting against police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria, shortly after a 24-hour curfew was imposed in the city over the escalating demonstrations. Gunfire and sirens were heard in the Lekki district of Nigeria’s financial capital, witnesses told Reuters. Though there have been no official reports of fatalities…

Read More (TULSA, Okla.) — Excavation work began Monday at two locations in a Tulsa cemetery for victims of a race massacre nearly 100 years ago that left hundreds dead and decimated an area that was once a cultural and economic mecca for African Americans. Researchers took a core soil sample at one location to…

Read More The sole remaining US-Russia nuclear arms control deal may get a last-moment extension after all, but everything now depends on what the US State Department means when it says warhead caps need to be “verifiable.” New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) is scheduled to expire in February 2021. While Russia has offered a…

Read More<p>‘Lucky she doesn’t have to worry about rent or food,’ says one Twitter user</p><p>‘Lucky she doesn’t have to worry about rent or food,’ says one Twitter user</p>

Read MoreSergeant Harold Preston, a 41-year veteran of the Houston police force, died from wounds suffered during the shooting.Sergeant Harold Preston, a 41-year veteran of the Houston police force, died from wounds suffered during the shooting.

Read MoreMorales remains president of Arce’s party, but Bolivian president-elect says influence will be limited to that position.Morales remains president of Arce’s party, but Bolivian president-elect says influence will be limited to that position.

Read More You don’t have to revere Alfred Hitchcock’s trimly tailored 1940 gothic romance Rebecca to dislike, or even just be confused by, Ben Wheatley’s self-consciously kooky 2020 version, a movie whose “Look at me!” style takes the story’s inherent, tasteful steaminess and pastes googly eyes on it. Both spring from the same source material,…

Read More Board of Supervisors have signed on to legislation that will give people the right to sue callers in court for racist emergency calls Fed up with white people calling 911 about people of color selling water bottles, barbecuing or otherwise going about their lives, San Francisco leaders are set to approve hate crime…

Read More<p>The family of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of personally ordering Khashoggi’s brutal execution in order to silence the high-profile government critic</p><p>The family of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has filed a federal lawsuit accusing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of…

Read MoreThe firm agreed to pay $4.14m to settle allegations that a Turkish subsidiary sold cutting tools to be resold in Iran.The firm agreed to pay $4.14m to settle allegations that a Turkish subsidiary sold cutting tools to be resold in Iran.

Read MoreFootage posted online showed several hundred people out demonstrating, in defiance of a curfew imposed hours earlier.Footage posted online showed several hundred people out demonstrating, in defiance of a curfew imposed hours earlier.

Read More WASHINGTON DC, Oct 20 (IPS) – The IMF says poor are getting poorer with close to 90 million people expected to fall into extreme deprivation this year   Gita Gopinath is the Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread with…

Read More Wednesday: Asio chief Mike Burgess says federal politicians are ‘attractive targets’ for foreign agents. Plus: Victoria backflips on horse race decision Good morning, this is Tamara Howie bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Wednesday 21 October. Continue reading…Wednesday: Asio chief Mike Burgess says federal politicians are ‘attractive targets’ for foreign agents.…

Read More Regeneron — the pharmaceutical company developing COVID-19 treatments — has just received FDA approval for the first drug aimed at another infectious disease that’s been in the headlines. (Image credit: John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images) Regeneron — the pharmaceutical company developing COVID-19 treatments — has just received FDA approval for the first drug…

Read More The former mining town has watched its name transform from an asset in the late 1800s to a liability in recent decades. (Image credit: Eric Thomas/AFP via Getty Images) The former mining town has watched its name transform from an asset in the late 1800s to a liability in recent decades.

Read MoreAmid Donald Trump’s polling and fundraising struggles, there is one positive sign for Republicans ahead of US elections.Amid Donald Trump’s polling and fundraising struggles, there is one positive sign for Republicans ahead of US elections.

Read MoreSARS’s abuse reflects the moral bankruptcy of the system the corrupt Nigerian ruling elite has put in place.SARS’s abuse reflects the moral bankruptcy of the system the corrupt Nigerian ruling elite has put in place.

Read More First lady said last week she had recovered from coronavirus She was to travel with the president to Erie, Pennsylvania US politics – live coverage Melania Trump withdrew from a scheduled return to the campaign trail on Tuesday, two weeks out from election day, due to a “lingering cough”. Related: Trump urges Barr…

Read MoreIndian prime minister tells citizens not to ‘let guard down’ amid recent trend of declining coronavirus cases.Indian prime minister tells citizens not to ‘let guard down’ amid recent trend of declining coronavirus cases.

Read More Unnamed cyclist in Najafabad detained for breaking Islamic law on veils for women A young woman has been arrested in central Iran for “insulting the Islamic hijab”, state media said on Tuesday, after a video appeared to show her cycling without a veil. “A person who had recently violated norms and insulted the…

Read More Airport shut as city governor condemns ‘anarchy’ and violence surrounding Sars police brutality protests The government of Lagos has imposed an immediate 24-hour curfew, shutting down protests against police brutality that have erupted across Nigeria and paralysed large areas of the state that includes Africa’s largest city. The protests have been against the…