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Brexit means Brexit” – the mantra of the former British prime minister Theresa May – deserves a place in philosophy textbooks as the most meaningless sentence ever to contain the word “means”. But let’s not fool ourselves..

As a scientist, I firmly believe that scientific progress will provide the exit strategy from this pandemic. But I’ve often worried that we may not be able to achieve what’s needed to prevent the spread of this virus, or that doing so would take a very long time. Never have I been happier to be proved wrong.

Whatever else emerges from the US’s 2020 election, one thing is clear: it has not delivered a comprehensive repudiation of Donald Trump. The shock of 2016 has not been undone. There is nothing in the result to expiate the humiliation of the last four years, the disgraceful vulgarity and illegality.

Libya’s internationally recognised Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj said on Wednesday he wants to quit by the end of October, which could feed political tensions in Tripoli amid new efforts to find a political solution to the country’s conflict.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden hasn't yet been tested for Covid-19, but his deputy campaign manager said Sunday that he hasn't had the virus.

A new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds former Vice President Joe Biden at 53% to President Donald Trump's 41% nationally among registered voters.Biden's advantage in the average of all polls puts Biden above 50% and ahead by around 9 points, depending on how you exactly average.