A doctor is shown looking directly into the camera and wearing goggles, a face mask and a face shield.

A country’s actions can determine whether a coronavirus surge takes hold

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Dr. Oleh Hornostayev walks through a corridor at the hospital in Stryi, Ukraine, Sept. 29, 2020. Coronavirus infections in Ukraine began surging in late summer, and the ripples are hitting towns in the western part of the country.

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Around the globe, communities are bracing for new surges in COVID-19, from Spain to Israel. But a country’s actions can make all the difference in what happens next, and whether a surge takes hold. And, in Wednesday’s debate, Vice President Mike Pence argued the Trump administration can claim credit for vanquishing ISIS. But many analysts say Trump carried forward President Barack Obama’s plan to counter the militant group, and then squandered the inheritance. Also, a team of Italian researchers has uncovered intact brain cells in a victim of the Mount Vesuvius explosion that killed 2,000 people in 79 AD. 

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Preventing a surge in COVID-19
Africa faces challenges in race for vaccine 
Climate change and the vice presidential debate 
China’s road to ‘carbon neutral’
Brain cells intact from Mount Vesuvius explosion
Clashing claims of defeating ISIS 
A person holds up a "Je Suis Charlie" ("I am Charlie") sign during a ceremony at Place de la Republique square to pay tribute to the victims of the 2015 shooting at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in Paris, France, Jan. 10, 2016. 
Does the spirit of ‘Je Suis Charlie’ endure in France today?
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US ex-Marine Trevor Reed, who was detained in 2019 and accused of assaulting police officers, stands inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, March 11, 2020.
Ex-Marine’s Russian imprisonment is ‘political,’ his father says, calling for his release
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Joe Biden waving
Biden says he’ll make China quit coal. Can he deliver?
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