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Springboks delay Rugby Championship decision for further 48 hours
Competitive rugby resumed in South Africa only last weekend after a six-month suspension triggered by COVID-19.
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Saudi Arabia tries and fails to join the UN Human Rights Council
"Only country not elected, shunned by a majority of the UN. The kingdom reaped what it deserves for its serious violations of human rights and war crimes abroad."
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Twitter suspends fake black pro-Trump accounts
Twitter suspended the identified profiles because they were deceiving users about their intention and their identity, and were therefore deemed to be manipulating public debate.
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Everything you need to know about Apple's new 5G iPhones
Which iPhone 12 is best suited to your needs?
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Jacinda Ardern set to win in New Zealand's 'COVID election'
New Zealand has recorded just 25 COVID-19 deaths in a population of five million and its response has been singled out for praise by the World Health Organisation.
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Biden, Trump duel in battleground states 21 days from election
With only 21 days until the November 3 election and badly down in the polls, Trump fired every lurid exaggeration about the Democrats and insult about Biden's mental state that he has in his arsenal.
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Biden heads to US election battleground Florida to court senior vote
Biden, at 77 the oldest Democratic nominee ever, is to 'deliver his vision for older Americans' at an event in the city of Pembroke Pines, north of Miami, his campaign said.
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UK govt urged to lockdown after 'losing control' of virus outbreak
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a three-tiered system categorising areas of England by rates of infection, to try to simplify a complex web of local restrictions.
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Finland moves to ban sending unwanted penis pics
A study this year by children's rights charity Plan International found that 51% of 14,000 girls and young women surveyed worldwide had experienced sexual harassment online.
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IMF warns of lasting economic damage, long climb out of recession
Growth in 2021 is expected to be slightly slower than forecast in June and even weaker in the next few years due to the lasting damage inflicted by COVID-19.
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Nearly half of Chinese city of 9 million swabbed for COVID-19 in two days
Queues for testing stretched across the eastern city for a another day on Tuesday after authorities detected six virus cases on the weekend and swiftly swung into action to head off a wider outbreak.
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COVID-19: Which countries have the highest death rates?
Graphic looking at countries with the highest coronavirus death tolls, and their respective death rates, as at 12 October 2020.
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Malaysia's Anwar meets king in bid to topple government
The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since a reformist government headed by Mahathir Mohamad - which included Anwar - collapsed in February amid bitter infighting.
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North Koreans rally wearing masks after military parade
Authorities held the rally on Monday at the start of an '80-Day Campaign', a mass mobilisation drive to boost the economy ahead of a ruling party congress in January.
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Climate change spurs doubling of disasters since 2000: UN
Data showed that Asia has suffered the highest number of disasters in the past 20 years with 3,068 such events, followed by the Americas with 1,756 and Africa with 1,192.
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Liverpool fan writes to Klopp about nervousness & gets a touching response
"As you know, I lost more than a few finals and this isn't a good feeling but with the help of my family and friends I kept going."
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Mr COVID 'immune' Trump back on election campaign trail with a roar
Just a week after getting out of hospital with the Coronavirus, Trump strode on to the stage, tossing out face masks. But he wasn't wearing a mask himself.
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Trump, Bolt, Berlusconi... famous names hit by COVID-19
A roundup of high-profile figures affected by coronavirus.
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Ecuador indigenous group sues president for crimes against humanity
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador belives last October's protest crackdown was "a systematic and widespread attack on the civilian population".
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Johnson & Johnson pauses COVID vaccine trial as participant becomes ill
The pause means the enrollment system has been closed for the 60,000-patient clinical trial while the independent patient safety committee is convened.
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Catching coronavirus outside is rare but not impossible
The likelihood of catching the virus increases at events where people stand near each other and talk for long periods of time, such as parties or election campaign rallies.
