Coronavirus: Iran reopens schools after seven months

DW — In a video message, President Hassan Rouhani welcomed children back to school under strict regulations and virtual alternatives. Concerns are growing that the decision could cause a spike in infections.... Read more »

Census Bureau Must Temporarily Halt Winding down Operations

VOA — ORLANDO, FLA. – A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Census Bureau for the time being to stop following a plan that would have had it winding down operations in... Read more »

AP Explains: US Debt Will Soon Exceed Size of Entire Economy

VOA — WASHINGTON – The U.S. government’s war against the coronavirus is imposing the heaviest strain on the Treasury since America’s drive to defeat Nazi Germany and imperial Japan three-quarters of a... Read more »

Iran uranium stockpile ’10 times limit’ set in nuclear deal

DW — The UN’s atomic watchdog has said Tehran continues to violate limitations set in the 2015 landmark deal signed by world powers. The finding comes after Iran allowed the agency to... Read more »

US Sanctions Companies for Allegedly Supporting Iranian Petrochemical Company

VOA — The United States has sanctioned several companies for allegedly allowing the shipment and sale of Iranian petrochemicals. Six companies headquartered in Iran, China and the United Arab Emirates were sanctioned... Read more »

COVID Vaccines Approaching Finish Line Use New Technology

VOA — Two COVID-19 vaccines that could arrive as soon as November use a promising new technique that experts say speeds up the development process.   The new vaccines will be the... Read more »

Georgia man who struck reporter’s rear pleads guilty to sexual battery

BBC — Thomas Callaway was sentenced to a year on probation and must pay a $1,000 (£750) fine. Reporter Alex Bozarjian had been covering a run when Callaway hit her. She said... Read more »

Emmanuel Macron refuses to condemn Charlie Hebdo cartoons of Prophet Mohammad

DW — The president defended citizens’ right to freedom of speech. His remarks came as the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, the target of a massacre by gunmen in 2015, said it was... Read more »

US election 2020 polls: Who is ahead – Trump or Biden?

BBC — Voters in America will decide on 3 November whether Donald Trump remains in the White House for another four years. The Republican president is being challenged by Democratic Party nominee... Read more »

Portland protests: Trump and Biden clash over street violence

BBC — US President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden have clashed over the violence that has erupted at protests in Portland, Oregon. Mr Trump blamed the Democrat mayor of... Read more »