The United Nations peacekeeping mission in the disputed Western Sahara faces an uncertain future after competing United States and Russian resolutions failed at the UN Security Council. Russia vetoed the US-backed proposal on Friday.
Authorities are struggling to find a way to control the outbreak, with no approved treatments or vaccines available as the death toll continues to mount.
China's official manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) slipped back into contraction territory at 49.3 in October, down from 50.1 in September, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics.
In Témiscaming, Quebec, U.S. company RYAM suspended operations at its paper mill indefinitely after trade negotiations collapsed and Washington introduced 50% tariffs on Canadian goods.