CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES California firefighters get help from the weather

US STORMS US Gulf coast takes hit from weakened Marco, also under threat from Laura

CORONAVIRUS EUROPE Spain adds 19,000 Covid cases over weekend, German don masks in pubic

CORONAVIRUS INDONESIA Bali bans foreign tourists for rest of 2020

PHILIPPINES BLASTS Twin explosions in Jolo leave at least 14 dead, 75 injured

INDONESIA VOLCANO Volcano erupts with 1,000-meter tall column of ash in Indonesia

VENEZUELA DEFENSE Maduro says Venezuela buying missiles from Iran 'not a bad idea'

COLOMBIA VIOLENCE Outrage after six more murdered in spate of mass killings in Colombia

CORONAVIRUS SOUTH KOREA South Korea expands social distancing rules nationwide

CORONAVIRUS BRAZIL Coronavirus exacts heavy toll on Brazilian medical personnel

RUSSIA NAVALNY Russian doctors permit Navalny’s transfer to Germany for treatment

JAPAN TOURISM Japan tourism remains hard hit by Covid-19, received 3,800 visitors in July

CORONAVIRUS THAILAND Thailand extends COVID-19 state of emergency through September

CORONAVIRUS SOUTH KOREA South Korean church becomes coronavirus hotspot, government nightmare

BRAZIL PROTESTS Indigenous people re-block key Brazil highway in defense of the Amazon

CORONAVIRUS JAPAN Japan to ease entry of foreign residents from September

US ELECTIONS Biden calls for unity to 'overcome this season of darkness' in US

PERU EMPLOYMENT Peru's already big informal sector expands further amid pandemic

IRAN NUCLEAR US launches move at UN to reimpose sanctions on Iran

CORONAVIRUS PHILIPPINES There are 3 million undetected Covid-19 cases in the Philippines, says study