Briefing

Europe's goal: to stop the upswing without lockdownsLeading companies across the continent are putting restrictions in place to contain a rapidly growing wave of new coronavirus cases. They also want to avoid a return to the sweeping…

One million new coronavirus cases in three daysMore than a million new cases have been reported worldwide in the past three days as France, Russia, Nepal and several American states set records for the highest daily number of new…

(Would you like to receive this briefing by email? Here is the registration.)Good Morning.We cover that US Vice Presidential Debate, New Zealand second elimination of the coronavirus and the golden age of newsletters.Harris and Pence…

New Zealand is fighting the virus againTwo months ago, New Zealand celebrated success in its fight against the coronavirus when a major outbreak in Auckland forced a withdrawal. Now, after a second round of bans, the country is hoping it…

The number of new cases reported daily in the US is increasing.Governor Andrew Cuomo will not allow New York City to close stores in nine hot-spot neighborhoods, but will close several hundred schools from Tuesday.The president leaves the…

The president tests positivePresident Trump's positive coronavirus test shook the world, shook global markets and immediately revived the president's race just 32 days before the elections.A lot has happened since that announcement, but…

Signs of recovery and change in China's "Golden Week"China has begun Golden Week, more or less under control of the annual shopping and travel event around the national day celebrations on October 1st and the first major public holiday…

Coronavirus conspiracy theories abound in EuropeThe thousands of protesters who packed London's Trafalgar Square on Saturday (and a week earlier) to rally against UK coronavirus restrictions had counterparts in Berlin, Brussels, Dublin and…

(Would you like to receive this briefing by email? Here is the registration.)Good Morning.We cover the takeaways by more than two decades of President Trump's tax return, the worldwide death toll from the coronavirus and the death of a man…

(Would you like to receive this briefing by email? Here is the registration.)Good Morning.We report on protests following a decision in the Breonna Taylor case, the final round of testing for a US-made coronavirus vaccine and Finland Canine…