Latest global toll is at 985,707, with US being the hardest hit

Two are injured while search and rescue are still searching for three people

If confirmed, the court will have a 6-3 conservative majority

Latin America's virus victims, and the spaces they leave behind

China expects to produce 610 million vaccine doses by the end of this year, with annual production capacity to reach at least one billion doses next year

It was the first killing of a Southern citizen by North Korean forces for a decade

Huthi rebels have long held the capital Sanaa which lies just 120km away and are mounting a fierce campaign to take the oil-rich province

Brazil's parades, the world's biggest, is an epidemiologist's nightmare in a pandemic

President Emmanuel Macron's centrist govt announced a series of new measures on Wednesday to try to slow the spread of the disease

Officials also said Prince Harry and his wife Meghan were now paying commercial rent on their UK residence at Windsor Castle

China livid at US attacks over its handling of Covid-19 at Security Council

Large scale war games kicked off in southern Russia this week, involving a total of 80,000 people including more than 12,000 troops

The detention of Hong Kong's most high-profile dissident comes after China imposed a sweeping new national security law in late June