India officials fear the nation is unready to deal with an inevitable surge of coronavirus cases that could overwhelm hospitals, Australia's Victoria state said it was banning dancing, singing and mingling at weddings and Western governments accused hackers believed to be part of Russian intelligence of trying to steal valuable private information about a coronavirus vaccine on Thursday, calling out the Kremlin in an unusually detailed public warning to scientists and medical companies. Plus, can the European Union reach an agreement on economic recovery?

Florida hit another ominous mark as the coronavirus continues surging across the nation.  Record numbers of confirmed infections and deaths emerged again in states in the South and West, with hospitals stretched to the brink and fears worldwide that the pandemic's resurgence is only getting started. The World Health Organization warns that the coronavirus pandemic raging around the globe will get worse if countries do not stick to strict healthcare precautions.

Coronavirus cases continue to surge across the United States with hospitals hitting capacity. Texas and Florida together reported about 36,000 new coronavirus cases Wednesday. A newly revised model from the University of Washington's projects the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 will climb to above 224,000 by November. That’s up 16,000 from a prior forecast, due to rising infections and hospitalizations in many states.

Beijing warned of retaliatory sanctions against the U.S. on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump ordered an end to Hong Kong's special status. Plus, researchers announced that Moderna's experimental vaccine for COVID-19 showed promise in an early study. And, we examine why the United States military must be kept separate from domestic politics and law enforcement, except under rare and specific circumstances.

As the United States continues to struggle with containing the coronavirus pandemic, cases are rising in 41 states.  Public health officials have warned for months of the need to open gradually. President Trump has sought to downplay the pandemic, often providing misleading information. In a virtual conference hosted by Georgetown University, Dr. Anthony Fauci, top U.S. infectious disease physician said Americans can and should trust respected medical authorities as health experts push back on Trump assertions.  They warn inserting politics in a crisis as serious as the pandemic is deceptive and dangerous.

As the United States continues to struggle with containing the coronavirus pandemic, cases are rising in 41 states.  Public health officials have warned for months of the need to open gradually. President Trump has sought to downplay the pandemic, often providing misleading information. In a virtual conference hosted by Georgetown University, Dr. Anthony Fauci, top U.S. infectious disease physician said Americans can and should trust respected medical authorities as health experts push back on Trump assertions.  They warn inserting politics in a crisis as serious as the pandemic is deceptive and dangerous.

There seems to be a growing wave of change in America when it comes to minorities, black and brown people and Native Americans who have long been marginalized.  The U.S. Supreme Court ended its term last week with an opinion that recognized about half of the state of Oklahoma as Native American reservation land, overturning a tribe member's rape conviction because the location where the crime was committed should have been considered outside the reach of state criminal law. The decision means much of the eastern part of Oklahoma is legally considered reservation land where more than 1.8 million live.

Opposition and pro-democracy groups in Mali say their demand for Keita to resign remains unchanged, even as the president showed a gesture of goodwill Monday by releasing jailed protesters. Plus, why is Washington taking a position on the South China Sea now? And how some publishers in Hong Kong are trying not to run afoul of the new national security law.

There seems to be a growing wave of change in America when it comes to minorities, black and brown people and Native Americans who have long been marginalized.  The U.S. Supreme Court ended its term last week with an opinion that recognized about half of the state of Oklahoma as Native American reservation land, overturning a tribe member's rape conviction because the location where the crime was committed should have been considered outside the reach of state criminal law. The decision means much of the eastern part of Oklahoma is legally considered reservation land where more than 1.8 million live.