World

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged the public to follow the rules.

Tory MPs curb Johnson's ability to order a second national lockdown

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

by Bevan Shields

Over 1000 primarily unofficial strikes as people walk off the job to protest safety, inequality and racism in the US during the pandemic.

Wave of 1000 strikes ripples across the US as crisis bites

by Chris Zappone

Either victory or an attack on the election: US President Donald Trump.

Opinion

Trump shows American democracy is in terrible danger

by Thomas L. Friedman

Clare Bronfman arrives at federal court in Brooklyn, New York.

Seagram's heiress Clare Bronfman sentenced for role in NXIVM sex cult

by Noah Goldberg

Azerbaijani men gather in a military commissariat to join the army in Tartar region, Azerbaijan.

No end in sight for Azerbaijan, Armenia clash as world leaders call for ceasefire

by Avet Demourian

Opinion & Perspectives

Trump shows American democracy is in terrible danger

Thomas L. Friedman

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.

The other debate: Ardern and Collins clash in rapid-fire election hit out

James Massola

If only Australian election debates had this much substance. Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins clashed, and agreed, on much during a spirited New Zealand election debate.

Trump must accept the umpire's decision on the 2020 election

The Herald's View

The US constitution, for all its virtues, has huge gaps on what happens when election results are close or chaotic.

North America

A protester carries a Proud Boys banner in front of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem.

Proud Boys organiser celebrates Trump endorsement

Joe Biggs, a Florida-based organiser for the male-only group known for street violence, spoke with relish of his group's role.

by Richard Read

Facebook has expanded the range of election ads it has banned.

Facebook bans ads calling US voting fraud widespread or election invalid

The social media platform has also identified an "uptick" in content related to the far-right Proud Boys, after President Donald Trump declined to condemn the group during the first presidential debate

by Joseph Menn

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is one of the signers of the pledge.

US votes 2020

Democratic governors vow that all votes will be counted

by David Eggert

Demoted and later hospitalised: Brad Parscale former manager for President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign.

US votes 2020

Brad Parscale stepping away from job at Trump campaign

by Josh Dawsey

Donald Trump and Joe Biden faced off in the first presidential debate.

Updated

US votes 2020

'Embarrassment': Trump, Biden assess debate as rule change flagged

by Matthew Knott

Europe

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, left, pictured with his wife Yulia.

Putin's Russia

Kremlin says Navalny works with CIA, after he accuses Putin of poisoning

2 hours ago

"Subway's bread is, of course, bread," the company said in response to the ruling.

Courts

Subway bread isn't bread, Irish court rules

2 hours ago

Pedestrians walking pass shops on Drottninggatan in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday.

Coronavirus pandemic

Sweden records highest daily rise in COVID-19 cases since June

by Niklas Pollard

The bow door of the sunken passenger ferry Estonia is lifted up from the bottom of the sea, in 1994.

Tragedy

Documentary casts doubt on official cause of Baltic ferry disaster

by Thomas Erdbrink

Congolese activist Mwazulu Diyabanza at the Palais de Justice courthouse, where he is on trial for for attempting to remove a 19th century African funeral pole from a Paris museum.

Arts

'It belongs to us!': Tense French trial over colonial art

by Angela Charlton

Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel with Prime Minister Boris Johnson aboard a security boat in the Port of Southampton during election campaigning in 2019.

Asylum seekers

Britain considered Australian-style offshore asylum centre: report

by Siobhán O'Grady

Asia

China has announced a target of net zero emissions by 2060.

Exclusive

Climate policy

'Our own targets': Businesses press ahead as China pushes zero emissions

Australia's top agricultural bodies are moving ahead of the federal government on climate policy to shore up their lucrative export interests.

by Mike Foley and Eryk Bagshaw

Sinovac's candidate, CoronaVac, is being tested in Brazil and Indonesia in the final-stage human trials.

Coronavirus pandemic

'Going well': Indonesia lays ambitious COVID-19 vaccine start date

Indonesia hopes to begin mass production of a China-developed coronavirus vaccine by January 2021, but some key questions remain unanswered.

by James Massola and Karuni Rompies

People wait to be tested for COVID-19 in Hyderabad, India, on Tuesday.

Coronavirus pandemic

Huge study in India offers some surprises to scientists

by Apoorva Mandavilli

War

No end in sight for Azerbaijan, Armenia clash as world leaders call for ceasefire

by Avet Demourian

A person is detained by Indian paramilitary soldiers in New Delhi during a protest against the gang rape and cremation of a woman.

Crime

Protesters clash with police in India after late-night cremation of gang rape victim

by Saurabh Sharma and Anushree Fadnavis

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Mourners pray over the coffins of civilians killed by a Katyusha rocket attack near the international airport in Baghdad on Tuesday.

World politics

Missiles targeting airport in northern Iraq intercepted

US threatened last week to close its Baghdad embassy unless decisive action was taken to reign in Shiite militias suspected of launching attacks in the city.