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Hackers Could Unleash Ransomware Attacks on US Health System, US Officials Warn

Museum Exhibit Revamp Raises Concerns in Hong Kong

Merkel Defends German Coronavirus Restrictions

Yemen’s Collapsing Health System Unable to Cope with Disease Upsurge

US Lawmakers Attack Social Media CEOs for Taking Down and Labeling Some Speech

Spain, Again a COVID-19 Hotspot, Under a State of Emergency  

2020 Election Puts Focus on Twitter, Facebook Content Moderation

EU Commission to Buy Rapid COVID-19 Tests as Virus Surges in Europe

Army of Robots Uses Light to Fight Coronavirus at Airports, Offices and Hospitals

Australian City Reopens After Lengthy Coronavirus Lockdown

Iran Parliament Speaker Contracts Virus as Deaths Surge

Dodgers Defeat Rays to Claim World Series Title

Army of Robots Use Light to Fight Coronavirus at Airports, Offices and Hospitals

British Study Shows Antibodies Against COVID-19 Declined Rapidly

Russia Issues National Mask Mandate After Coronavirus Cases Surge

Experimental COVID-19 Therapeutic Drug No Help to Patients with Advanced Stage of Virus

Hurricane Zeta Makes Landfall on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula 

NASA Scientists Discover Water in Sunlit Areas of Moon

WHO Director-General Warns Against Politicization of COVID-19 Pandemic

Climate Change in Africa Threatens Food Security, Health and Socio-Economic Development

California Talent Agency Represents Disabled Actors

Halloween Goes On at White House With a Few Twists

Australia’s Second-Largest City to Begin Emerging from Strict COVID-19 Lockdown  

Breast Cancer Presents Unique Challenges in the Age of Coronavirus

Italy Further Tightens Closures as Coronavirus Infections Surge

Lee Kun-Hee, Force Behind Samsung’s Rise, Dies at 78

Europe, US Watch COVID Case Totals Grow, Debate New Restrictions

Texas Singer-Songwriter Walker Dies at 78

IOC Chief Bach Says Olympics Cannot Be ‘Marketplace of Demonstrations’

Bilingual Virtual Festival Features American, Russian Playwrights

US Sets New Daily Record for Coronavirus Infections

Asteroid Samples Escaping From Jammed NASA Spacecraft

Two Drugmakers Resume US Tests of COVID-19 Vaccines

US Judge Denies New Government Bid to Remove China’s WeChat From App Stores

German Health Minister Predicts Vaccine by Early 2021

WHO Urges World’s Leaders to Act as COVID-19 Cases Surge

American Film Institute Adjusts to Virtual Reality During Pandemic

White House Halloween Event Tweaked for Coronavirus

Millions of Sudan Flood Victims at Risk of Mosquito-Borne Diseases

Despite Surge, Belgium Tightens COVID-19 Restrictions But Resists Lockdown

UN Chief Calls for More Coordinated Efforts Internationally to Fight the Coronavirus

During the Pandemic AFI Fest Adjusts to a Virtual Reality

Many Successes, but Difficult Challenges Ahead in Ending Polio

FDA Approves First COVID-19 Drug: Antiviral Remdesivir

Blood of Recovered COVID-19 Patients Shows Little Benefit as Treatment, Study Finds

Theater World to Unite for Get-Out-The-Vote Event on Oct. 29

Britain to Deliberately Infect Volunteers With Coronavirus

NATO Chief: Alliance to Build Space Center at Ramstein Airbase in Germany

New Huawei Phone Comes at Crucial Time for Chinese Company

German Health Institute Sounds Alarm on COVID-19

Brazilian President Cancels Health Minister’s Plan to Buy Chinese Vaccine Against Coronavirus

7 Nations Now Have More Than 1 Million COVID-19 Cases

Facebook Launches Dating Service in Europe

Common Cold Could Protect Against COVID-19, Research Shows

Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty to US Federal Criminal Charges

Artworks Vandalized at 3 Berlin Museums

Senegal Campaigners Urge Breast Cancer Screening Despite COVID-19 Fears

NASA Spacecraft Skims Asteroid Surface to Capture Sample

Researchers: COVID-19 Affects Pregnant Women, Fetuses Differently

Racial Minorities in US Dying From COVID at Higher Rates Than Whites