Life as it unfolds.

Why are Hong Kong and Taiwan bickering over the fate of a murderer?

The strangulation of 19-year-old Poon Hiu-wing by Chan was a crime that set off a chain of events still reverberating today.

  1. Germany reports record new virus cases in 24 hours

  2. Pope Francis endorses same-sex unions

  3. US election 2020: two weeks to go

  4. Parents can't be found for 545 children separated by US border policy

  1. Virus, what virus? India gets back to work

  2. Hunter Biden: What we know

  3. China economy grows 4.9pc in Q3, extending virus recovery

  4. Trump lashes out at 'stupid' Republican critics

  5. Biden hopes to peel believers away from Trump

  6. China beefs up laws to handle epidemics

US elections

US election 2020: two weeks to go

Here is a look at what's happening on the American campaign trail, two weeks before Election Day on November 3.

  1. Can opinion polls be trusted in US elections this time?

  2. Trump sets hectic campaign pace

  3. Biden sets fundraising record with $383m in September

  4. Combative Trump insists pandemic almost over

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