Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign has seen its candidate, campaign manager and party chairwoman all laid low by Covid-19. He is short on cash, Democrat Joe Biden is pulling away in the polls and his best hope to climb back — the raucous rallies that fuelled his 2016 win — is on hold indefinitely as the last month of ...

Bloomberg Sudan’s main sea ports were blockaded by protesters opposed to part of a peace deal with rebels, targeting some of the ravaged economy’s major conduits for trade. Demonstrations forced facilities to close at Port Sudan and Suakin, both on the Red Sea, according to the head of a local labour committee that backs the action, Abdou Alshirbini. Protesters planned ...

Bloomberg Russia’s Federal Statistics Service said 45,663 people have died with Covid-19 in April through August, more than double the death toll released by the government’s virus-response staff. The latest figures from the statistics agency, known as Rosstat, include deaths both directly attributed to the novel coronavirus and cases where it was listed as an “important condition” leading to the ...