International

In some of the 13 countries surveyed, favorable views of the U.S. have fallen to record lows. Pew started polling on the topic nearly two decades ago.

At this very moment a vast world exists that’s free of the coronavirus, where people can mingle without masks and watch the pandemic unfold from thousands of miles away.

The audio’s proliferation on social media shows how foreign operations aimed at influencing the U.S. election are still easily reaching Americans.

How is the COVID pandemic changing the world? And what are the economic, technological, and demographic trends shaping our future?

The plot calls to mind the foreign influence in 2016 described by Robert Mueller, who charged Russian nationals with stirring up discord on divisive social issues.

The Department of Homeland Security announced the changes last week, which will take effect in early October.

Concerns about his health began this summer and grew this month when he visited a Tokyo hospital two weeks in a row for unspecified health checkups.

We discuss the Senate Intelligence Committee's report on Russian 2016 election interference, their current misinformation efforts and the Belarus election protests.

"Sharing finite supplies strategically and globally is actually in each country's national interest," Tedros said.

Career diplomats now make up just 57% of the ambassadorial posts.

Guterres said the pandemic has raised growing questions about the effectiveness of health systems, social services, trust in institutions and systems of governance.

The countries with the most infections are the U.S., India and Brazil. Russia has the fourth most.

It’s been 75 years since the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Koko Kondo, who was a baby when one of those bombs was dropped on Hiroshima.

The milestone was reached as new cases run at about 54,000 a day. Cases are rising in nearly 20 states, and deaths are climbing in most.

The dramatic blast was caught on numerous videos by people who had been filming a fire that was burning at an industrial port in Lebanon’s capital.