United States

• Saturday, October 10th 2020 - 08:27 UTC

  Trump/Biden October 15 debate cancelled: campaigns have announced alternate plans for that date

  

  The Oct 15 presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden will not proceed, the Commission on Presidential Debates said in a statement on Friday, adding that both campaigns had announced “alternate plans for that date.”

• Friday, October 9th 2020 - 09:32 UTC

  Multiple arrest of militia extremists who planned to kidnap Michigan governor

  

  Thirteen people, including seven men associated with the Wolverine Watchmen militia group, have been arrested in a sweeping takedown of plots to kidnap the Michigan state governor, attack the state capitol building and incite violence.

• Friday, October 9th 2020 - 08:05 UTC

  Nobel Literature for US poet Louise Gluck; Swedish Academy overcomes a 2019 controversial Prize

  

  The Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday went to US poet Louise Gluck, the jury at the Swedish Academy said, honoring a writer known for themes of childhood and family life. Gluck, 77, was honored ”for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal,” the Academy said.

• Thursday, October 8th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  World Medical Association General Assembly will be a virtual meeting

  

  In view of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Medical Association’s annual General Assembly this year will be a virtual meeting from October 26 to 30.

• Wednesday, October 7th 2020 - 09:21 UTC

  Quad group attempt a united front against increasingly assertive Beijing

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on key Asian allies to unite against China's “exploitation, corruption and coercion” in the region, as he held talks on Tuesday in Tokyo.

• Wednesday, October 7th 2020 - 09:02 UTC

  Brazil purchases some 225,000 tons of rice from US, India and Guyana

  

  Brazil has negotiated the purchase of 225,000 tons of rice from the United States, India, and Guyana, which are expected in the country during the second half of October and November.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Trump returns to the White House telling Americans “don't let the virus dominate your lives”

  

  President Donald Trump told Americans “to get out there” and not fear COVID-19 as he returned to the White House on Monday after checking out of the hospital where he was treated for the disease.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2020 - 09:26 UTC

  US Southern Command: Efforts to oust Maduro “have worked” though “not so fast”

  

  International efforts to overthrow Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro “have worked,” Admiral Craig Faller, head of the U.S. Southern Command, said Monday but added that it will take time to get results.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2020 - 08:32 UTC

  Mike Pence and challenger Kamala Harris will debate separated by a plexiglass barrier

  

  US Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic challenger Kamala Harris will be separated by a plexiglass barrier during their debate on Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter said, in an effort to lower the risk of coronavirus transmission.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2020 - 08:31 UTC

  Guatemala turns back a caravan of 3,500 Hondurans migrants heading for US

  

  Guatemala has sent back almost 3,500 Honduran migrants from a caravan that was heading to the United States over concerns they might spread COVID-19, President Alejandro Giammattei said on Sunday.