More than 1,000 have arrived in recent days and this year has seen a big increase from 2019.
The economic damage caused by coronavirus leaves the continent with a big repair bill, the IMF says.
The far eastern city of Khabarovsk has seen months of protests after a popular governor was detained.
Image copyright Reuters A Texas judge has blocked an order allowing only one absentee vote drop-off point per county, claiming it would affect older and disabled voters.
Drop-off points were set up to allow voters to submit ballots in advance rather than rely on the postal service.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, said the number of drop-off points needed to be minimised to guarantee voter security.
Democrats said the move was blatant voter
Image copyright Getty Images Top US virus expert Dr Anthony Fauci has criticised the White House for hosting a gathering last month that has been linked to an outbreak of Covid-19.
Dr Fauci, a member of the White House's coronavirus task force, said the president's unveiling of his judicial nominee was a "superspreader event".
Dozens of White House aides and other contacts were reportedly infected.
President Donald Trump's doctors have just cleared him to hold public events as he himself recovers from Covid-
The blast in a busy area of Lebanon's capital shook residents on edge after August's huge explosion.
Armenia and Azerbaijan hold their first direct talks after two weeks of fighting over the region.
The order follows a court decision to lift a partial lockdown on the capital and nine nearby cities.
Michigan's governor was kept updated about a plot to abduct her and was moved around as the FBI tracked her would-be kidnappers, the US state's attorney general has revealed.
On Thursday the FBI said it had thwarted the plot by alleged militiamen who planned to hold a "treason trial" for Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
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Restrictions on retweets and labels on early victory claims are part of Twitter's tighter stance.