Fresh clashes | India said its troops clashed with Chinese solders along their contested Himalayan border over the weekend in the latest flareup of tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors who've been in a standoff since May. The skirmish took place along Pangong Tso — a glacial lake at 14,000 feet — along the more than 2,160 mile Line of Actual Control. There's no word yet on casualties or captured soldiers. Campaign 2020 There are 64 days until the election. Here's the latest on the race for control of the White House and Congress.
Despite Republicans puling out all the stops at their convention to persuade female voters that the president cares about their interests, polls show that he's losing ground among women. They are put off by both his persona and his preference for a heavy, militaristic response to racial-justice protesters, according to surveys. Other Developments: Sign up to receive daily election updates as a direct mobile notification on Twitter. Simply click on this link and like the tweet. TikTok trouble | Plans to sell the U.S. operations of short-video app TikTok have been thrown into jeopardy now China has asserted its authority over the deal that was already under scrutiny by the Trump administration. Beijing stepped into the thorny negotiations over ByteDance's prized asset, claiming it could block a sale to Microsoft or Oracle with tighter restrictions on artificial intelligence exports. Covid famine | The world is facing an unprecedented hunger crisis at a time of enormous global food surpluses as the pandemic upends food supply chains, cripples economies and erodes consumer purchasing power. As Megan Durisin, Elizabeth Rembert and Tatiana Freitas report, some projections show that by the end of the year, Covid-19 will cause more people to die each day from hunger than from virus infections.  Political blowback | Germany's blame game over Wirecard's collapse is focusing on why authorities failed to take a harder look at the payments company before it became the country's biggest accounting scandal in living memory. Lawmakers will question a top adviser to Chancellor Angela Merkel today before grilling financial industry watchdogs tomorrow as the fraud that burned investors engulfs the country's political establishment. Continuity candidate | Shinzo Abe's right-hand man is reportedly set to enter the race to succeed his boss, who announced his resignation as Japan's premier Friday because of a flare-up of a chronic health condition. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga may make a formal announcement after the ruling party decides tomorrow how it will pick a new leader. If only sitting lawmakers are allowed to vote rather than all party members, Suga would be the favorite. What to Watch This Week The European Union is calling for a redo of elections in Belarus, rejecting claims of a landslide victory by President Alexander Lukashenko, who faces continued protests at home. Montenegro's ruling party won the most votes in yesterday's elections but results suggest it may have to cede power for the first time in 30 years to opposition parties united against its leader, President Milo Djukanovic. Sudan initialed a landmark peace deal with rebels from Darfur today, sparking hopes of an end to fighting that ravaged the western region under ousted dictator Omar al-Bashir. China's foreign minister warned a top Czech lawmaker would "pay a heavy price" for visiting Taiwan, exposing continued tensions with Europe even as Beijing sought to push back against U.S. overtures on the continent. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa gained the upper hand in a power struggle in the ruling party after surviving a bid to force him from office, clearing the way for him to overhaul his cabinet.
Thanks to all who responded to our pop quiz Friday and congratulations to Frank Aguilera, who was the first to correctly name Sudan as the country which U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo last week became the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit in more than a decade. And finally ... A military coup in Mali this month drew condemnation from its neighbors and major powers such as the EU and the U.S. Yet as Katarina Hoije explains, at home many see the soldiers' action following months of mass protests as a chance to end corruption, restore democratic principles and tackle an enduring Islamist insurgency.  A man wears a Mali national flag as demonstrators gather to support the army at the Independence Square in Bamako, on Aug. 21. Photographer: Annie Risemberg/AFP via Getty Images | 
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