The latest:

• U.S. coronavirus cases pass six million as Midwest, schools face outbreaks.
• Ottawa signs agreement in principle for up to 76 million doses of possible COVID-19 vaccine from U.S. drug company Novavax.
• Some Russian teachers fear back-to-school shots of “Sputnik V” COVID-19 vaccine.
• British authorities say 16 coronavirus cases have been linked to a flight from Greece.
• Paris to make free COVID-19 tests available in the capital.
• New COVID-19 rules take hold in South Korean capital.
• More infectious mutation of the novel coronavirus found in Indonesia.
• COVID-19 cases in Australia’s hot spot fall to seven-week low.

U.S. cases of the novel coronavirus have passed six million as many states in the Midwest report increasing infections, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

The man shot dead in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday night after a tense pro-Trump truck parade through downtown was named Aaron “Jay” Danielson, according to Joey Gibson, founder of the far-right group Patriot Prayer. Danielson, who also apparently went by Jay Bishop, was wearing a Patriot Prayer hat when he was shot. Portland police have not provided any information on the shooting, including whether they believe it was connected to clashes between supporters of President Trump and counterprotesters.

Portland police are investigating a 48-year-old man as a possible suspect in the shooting, The Oregonian reports...

A three-year-old girl entangled in the tail of a giant kite survived a terrifying ride after being swept more than 30 metres into the air during a kite festival in Taiwan, video footage posted on social media on Sunday showed.

Horrified spectators screamed as the girl was catapulted high above them, where she was spun helplessly at the end of the kite’s long orange streamer as it soared and swooped in the high wind.

It took around 30 seconds before the girl’s nightmare ended and she was pulled back to the ground by members of the crowd as the kite was brought back under control.

Identifying the girl solely by the surname Lin, local news reports said she only suffered minor cuts.

The distress caused by the sight of the near disaster persuaded organizers to cut short the festival in Hsin...

This week’s Last Week Tonight was, unusually, about things that happened last week, “and the reason we’re doing that is that this has been one hell of a week,” John Oliver explained Sunday night. “Tonight we’re going to talk about two things in particular: The Republican National Convention, and the horrific events in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where Jacob Blake was repeatedly shot in the back by police and a vigilante killed two people.”

Kimberly Guilfoyle’s loud RNC speech “very much set the tone for the week,” Oliver said. “The main theme of the convention seemed to be ‘Telling Lies in Front of Flags,’ because it was four days of a full-throated denial of objective reality,” Oliver continued — most significantly the assertions that COVID-19 and racism are things of the past.

“A lot of the ...

Most of the people arrested in demonstrations against police brutality since the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha were not city residents, according to police.

Of the 175 people arrested during protests in Kenosha since Blake was shot in the back Aug. 23, leaving the 29-year-old Black man paralyzed, 102 have addresses outside of Kenosha, including 44 different cities, police said in a statement Sunday night.

Protesters have marched in Kenosha every night since Blake’s shooting, with some protests devolving into violence that has damaged buildings and vehicles. Authorities say a teenager from northern Illinois shot and killed two protesters in Kenosha on Tuesday night.

Many of the arrests were for curfew violations, and also included possible charges for burglary, possession of illegal ...

The latest:

• U.S. coronavirus cases near six million as Midwest, schools face outbreaks.
• Manitoba reworks six-figure ad campaign after recent spike in COVID-19 cases.
• Paris to make free COVID-19 tests available in the capital.
• New COVID-19 rules take hold in South Korean capital.
• More infectious mutation of the novel coronavirus found in Indonesia.
• COVID-19 cases in Australia’s hot spot fall to seven-week low.
• Colombia’s coronavirus cases pass 600,000 as country begins to lift lockdown.

U.S. cases of the novel coronavirus are approaching six million as many states in the Midwest report increasing infections, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.

Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota have recently reported record one-day increases in new cases, while Montana and Idaho...