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  Last update: 19:00 GMT 21.10.2020

  19:00 GMT 21.10.2020

  Society

  US COVID-19 Cases Surge, Only Four States and DC Seeing Weekly Infections Decline

  As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to take its toll on the world, Johns Hopkins University’s (JHU) coronavirus tracker has revealed that all but four US states have raging outbreaks with steady or rising case counts, despite efforts to curb the spread of the respiratory illness.

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  Last update: 19:00 GMT 21.10.2020

  19:00 GMT 21.10.2020

  Europe

  NATO Military Budgets Rise, But Germany Lags Behind Alliance Defense Spending Goal

  A new report by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) shows that more member nations are increasing their defense budgets to reach the alliance’s spending goals, but Germany, which has attracted US President Donald Trump’s ire, has yet to do so.

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  Last update: 19:46 GMT 21.10.2020

  19:46 GMT 21.10.2020

  Society

  'We Will Come After You': Threatening Emails From Alleged Proud Boys Urge US Voters to Reelect Trump

  Voters in Alaska, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Florida on Tuesday received threatening emails supposedly sent by the Proud Boys, a far-right group, telling them to vote for US President Donald Trump.

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  Last update: 21:03 GMT 21.10.2020

  21:03 GMT 21.10.2020

  Environment

  Environmental Groups Sue US Homeland Security Agency Over Tear Gas Use at Portland Protests

  Five environmental groups, represented by attorneys from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Oregon, filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Tuesday for using tear gas against protesters in Portland, Oregon.

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  Last update: 20:38 GMT 21.10.2020

  20:38 GMT 21.10.2020

  US

  Secret Service Charge Man After Note Threatening to Kill and Kidnap Joe Biden and Kamala Harris

  There have been attempts on the life of US presidents and presidential candidates before. Presidents Abraham Lincoln in 1865, James Garfield in 1881, William McKinley in 1901, and John F. Kennedy in 1963 were shot dead. Democratic candidate Robert Kennedy was shot dead In 1968, and Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded in 1981.

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  Last update: 17:22 GMT 21.10.2020

  17:22 GMT 21.10.2020

  Viral

  Not by Nessie Alone: Suspected Elusive Beast of Legend Spotted in Lake on China's Border, Media Says

  The person who reportedly spotted the alleged creature argued that the area in which the sighting took place is "completely closed to the public" and thus "there would be absolutely no one there".

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  Last update: 18:46 GMT 21.10.2020

  18:46 GMT 21.10.2020

  Latin America

  Socialists Return to Power in Bolivia, But Evo Morales Unlikely to Serve in New Gov't, Observers Say

  The Movement For Socialism (MAS) scored an impressive victory in Bolivia this Sunday with former finance minister and presidential candidate Luis Arce beating his right-wing contenders by a huge margin. Bolivian journalist Alberto Echazu and Argentine author Gonzalo Fiore Viani discuss what could happen next.

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  Last update: 04:33 GMT 21.10.2020

  04:33 GMT 21.10.2020

  World

  COVID-19 Live Updates: Spain Becomes First European Country to Record One Million Cases

  The global death toll from the coronavirus infection has topped 1.123 million, over 40.7 million cases of the infection have been detected, and over 27.7 million people have recovered , according to Baltimore, Maryland's Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from national and local authorities, the media and other sources.