World
Sick Britons avoid hospitals, driving up deaths at home during the pandemic
The sick are shunning Britain's hospitals and nursing homes, so deaths at home from heart attacks, cancer and other illness have soared.
- by Bevan Shields
Opinion & Perspectives
North America
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
Ghislaine Maxwell loses court bid to keep her Jeffrey Epstein deposition secret
A US appeals court has rejected Ghislaine Maxwell's effort to block the release of an April 2016 deposition about her relationship with registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
- by Jonathan Stempel
Trump blasts virus expert Fauci in campaign call, says he's a 'disaster'
- by Jeff Mason and Steve Holland
Europe
Asia
Vietnam lands defence deal with Japan amid China tension
Japan and Vietnam both face the dilemma of having China as their largest trading partner and as an adversary in territorial disputes.
- by Isabel Reynolds
Chinese economy grows but misses forecasts
Better results were expected after consumers returned to malls and major trading partners reopened for business after the coronavirus-led slump earlier this year.
- by Gabriel Crossley
Defiant protesters take over Bangkok streets as PM seeks talks
- by Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Panarat Thepgumpanat
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Exiled ex-president's party defeats US-backed government in Bolivia's presidential election
Exiled former Bolivian president Evo Morales celebrated when his former economy minister claimed victory in a presidential election that throws out the conservative US-backed interim government that took power a year ago after the leftist leader resigned and fled the country.
- by Carlos Valdez
Analysis
NZ election
Ardern's win poses questions over the Greens and challenges for the centre-right
- by James Massola
As it happened: Jacinda Ardern claims victory, Collins concedes defeat
- by Laura Chung and James Massola