| We Will Be Living With the Coronavirus Pandemic Well Into 2021
Covid-19 is winning, Michelle Cortez writes. After more than six months and 454,000 deaths worldwide, the coronavirus is gaining ground globally and disrupting lives from Wuhan to Sao Paulo.
Trump Shrugs Off Backlash, Virus Fears Ahead of Mass Tulsa Rally
Trump's decision to pack thousands of people into an arena for his first campaign rally in three months is intended to reinvigorate both his re-election effort and the candidate himself. But as Mario Parker explains, it has instead kept the president on the defensive.
Merkel Braces for the Backlash as Trump Re-Election Bid Wobbles
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has had a tough 2020, with the pandemic, an economic collapse and Brexit, but things may get worse. Richard Bravo and Arne Delfs report that with Trump's political situation growing increasingly unpredictable, Merkel is expecting to face more curveballs from her American counterpart. China Warms to Idea of Four More Years of Trump Presidency
Despite Trump's intense criticism of China's government, the trade war and his sanctions against tech giant Huawei, officials in Beijing are coming around to welcoming four more years of his presidency.  Even if even Bolton jumped the gun in moving to publish his tell-all memoir on Trump, it's probably too late to stop its sale, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said at a hearing in Washington yesterday on the government's request to block the June 23 release of the book. Why Chinese and Indian Troops Are Clashing, Again: QuickTake
China and India, two nuclear-armed powers with a combined population of 2.7 billion, have been gathering thousands of troops at a site on their disputed frontier in the remote Himalayas. Archana Chaudhary explains what's behind the latest flashpoint in a long history of border troubles.
Biden Tapping Small Donors in Big Way Despite Lockdown
Bill Allison takes a look at how Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is capitalizing on the pulling power of stars like Wonder Woman's Lynda Carter to transform virtual fundraisers into a money machine.
Kim Jong Un's Sister Takes Bigger Role in Threats to South Korea
The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is emerging as the favorite to continue the family dynasty should anything happen to her brother. Jon Herskovitz and Jeong-Ho Lee explain that Kim Yo Jong has become the face of a new pressure campaign against South Korea.
The War for Tripoli Is Over, But New Battles Loom
Civilians in Tripoli are returning to homes ransacked by fighters loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar after his failed 430-day campaign to capture the Libyan capital. Yet as Mohammed Abdusamee reports, the North African nation's civil war is far from over.  A resident walks in the rubble of a damaged house in Tripoli. Photographer: Mahmud Turkia/AFP Covid-19 Teams Pull in Billions for Cuba's Distressed Economy
Facing its worst economic crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cuba is sending medical brigades abroad to help fight the pandemic and earn vital hard currency, Ezra Fieser and Matthew Bristow report.
Once a Covid Role Model, Chile Now Among the World's Worst
Chile was once admired for its surgical approach to the pandemic, testing widely and quarantining by neighborhood. Today, Valentina Fuentes and Philip Sanders write, it has among the world's highest rates of per-capita infections and its once-praised health minister has been forced to resign.
Tussle for Nile Control Escalates as Dam Talks Falter
Egypt and Ethiopia have been in negotiations for almost a decade to resolve a dispute over a massive dam on the Nile, but the talks broke down on Wednesday. Marc Champion and David Wainer report on the struggle for control of the region's most important source of water in an age of climate change.
And finally ... Gavriel Kleinwaks, a doctoral student at the University of Colorado, is one of about 30,000 volunteers willing to test a potential vaccine against the coronavirus on themselves, should researchers decide to proceed. James Paton explains why.  Kleinwaks Source: Gavriel Kleinwaks | 
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