Mike, Mark and Isabelle are just three victims of the world's deadliest coronavirus outbreak At the beginning of the pandemic, top US diseases expert Anthony Fauci warned coronavirus could kill as many as 200,000 Americans. Five months later, with the country's outbreak still raging, the United States has passed that milestone.

China, the world's top global emitter, aims to go carbon-neutral by 2060 Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country will aim to stop contributing to climate change by 2060 despite heavily relying on coal, one of the most carbon-intensive fossil fuels, for electricity.

Trump implores UN to 'hold China accountable' for coronavirus Chinese President Xi Jinping tells the UN he has no intention of fighting a new Cold War, while US President Donald Trump uses his speech to call on the body to use their powers to hold China accountable for "plague".

Why do some international students fake their kidnapping to trick their own parents? Chinese students in Australia are falling victim to a scam that sees them stage their own abductions in order to secure large ransoms for criminal syndicates. This is how it happens.

Vietnam has succeeded in smashing its second wave of coronavirus. But at what cost? The South-East Asian nation of more than 95 million people has recorded a total of just over 1,000 COVID-19 cases — roughly the same as Queensland.

'Perilous turning point': Boris Johnson reveals new UK coronavirus restrictions British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces a range of new measures to tackle the fast-spreading second wave of coronavirus infections in the United Kingdom.

Beirut was a haven for drag queens. The blast has left them with nowhere to go In a country where homosexuality was still recently a criminal offence, one Beirut neighbourhood became a thriving, bohemian haven filled with drag queens and queer-friendly nightclubs. The devastating blast in August has left many residents with nowhere to dance, work or live.

Mitt Romney backs Senate vote for Trump's US Supreme Court nomination Republican Senator Mitt Romney, who voted to remove Donald Trump from office during his impeachment trial, gives the President a crucial boost in his bid to install a conservative replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

China bombs US Air Force base in propaganda 'God of War' clip cut from Hollywood films China's People's Liberation Army releases a propaganda video showing a fake air strike on a US Air Force base in the Pacific — but it uses footage lifted from Hollywood films.

Tycoon who called Xi Jinping a 'clown' over handling of COVID-19 jailed for 18 years A court announces the sentence for Ren Zhiqiang after he disappeared from public view in March after publishing an essay online that accused the Chinese President of mishandling the outbreak.

Trump questions Ginsburg's dying wish, claiming it sounded more like 'somebody else' The US President told American television channel Fox News that "it just sounds to me like it would be somebody else" who made the comments, pointing to senior Democrats.