US election 2020: How will early voting impact the election?
Early voting is exactly what it sounds like - it's where people are allowed to vote before the scheduled election day. ...
Presidential debate 2020: Why Abraham Lincoln starred in the final clash
Among the exchanges between Donald Trump and Joe Biden at last night's presidential debate, one in particular caught the public's imagination. ...
Coronavirus: Italians find new ways to eat out
It's eight o'clock inside a traditional restaurant in Via de' Coltelli in central Bologna. Customers arrive punctually to be seated at one of the six available tables. ...
Yemen war: Mud-brick Seiyun Palace 'at risk of collapse'
A 19th-Century sultan's palace in Yemen that is one of the world's largest mud-brick structures is at risk of collapse after years of neglect and rain damage. ...
Samuel Paty: Beheading of teacher deepens divisions over France's secular identity
There was something hidden by the crowds that gathered across France over the weekend. ...
Why the US election could decide battle against climate change
Who occupies the White House for the next four years could play a critical role in the fight against dangerous climate change, experts say. Matt McGrath weighs the likely environmental consequences of the US election. ...
US election 2020: 'Rigged' votes, body doubles and other false claims
In the final weeks of the US election campaign all manner of false and misleading things are being shared on social media. ...
How President Trump can still win the US election
Recent polls suggest Joe Biden has a significant and steady lead over Republican Donald Trump in this year's presidential race in both national preference and key swing-state surveys. ...
Brexit: What has happened since 31 January?
With the world gripped by the coronavirus pandemic it's been easy to lose track of what's happening with Brexit. Big changes will happen from 1 January, but the UK and the EU are running out of time to agree the new rules. ...
China Got Better. We Got Sicker. Thanks, Trump.
As I watched the first Trump-Biden debate, a vision popped into my head. I imagined that the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party had also gathered to watch the debate — but its members decided to make it more entertaining by playing a drinking game. Every time Donald Trump said something ridiculous or embarrassing for America, each Politburo member had to down a shot of whiskey. Within a half-hour, all 25 members were stone-cold drunk. ...
What's behind the rise of QAnon in the UK?
A wide-ranging conspiracy theory about elite Satan-worshiping paedophiles has migrated from the US, inspiring a series of regular street protests. How did QAnon find a British audience? ...
Amy Coney Barrett: What's at stake in Supreme Court fight
The battle to get Donald Trump's nominee to the US Supreme Court, Amy Coney Barrett, confirmed by the Senate is beginning. The shifting ideological balance of the court will have an impact in all areas of American life and across the US - perhaps in no place more than Texas. ...
US election 2020: 'QAnon might affect how my friends vote'
The US election campaign is full of talk about the pandemic, the Supreme Court and police reform. But millions of Americans are tuning into an entirely different conversation. ...
What we can expect to see at North Korea's 'biggest military parade'
North Korea is preparing for what is expected to be the largest military parade in its history. Thousands of soldiers have practised for months to ensure that each step is marched with precision and each fervent cry of adoration will be heard by the Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un. ...
VP debate: Did gender play a role in the interruptions?
Wednesday night's vice-presidential debate was widely seen as civil, but with few memorable moments. ...
Kamala Harris v Mike Pence: Why this vice-president debate matters
It's time for the supporting cast to bask in the spotlight. The deputies will have their day in charge. The number-two figures are stepping out of the shadows. ...
Coronavirus: How to tell which countries are coping best with Covid
As the Covid crisis has unfolded, infection rates have fluctuated and restrictions have proliferated. But it has always felt that there was one idea to cling to: that by working out which countries were doing well - and which were not - there was something to be learned. ...
Beirut blast was 'historically' powerful
The blast that devastated large parts of Beirut in August was one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions in history, experts say. ...
Coronavirus: When India's capital became a ghost city
In late March, India's cities went still as the country locked down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Workplaces shut, public transport stopped and people stayed home. But photographer Parul Sharma ventured out to document the deserted capital, Delhi. ...
Did El Salvador's government make a deal with gangs?
El Salvador's jailed gang members will see "not one ray of sunshine", said the country's prisons director, Orisis Luna Meza, in April. ...