DONALD TRUMP’S condition remains clouded by confusion over his treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), with the president’s effort to show strength contradicted by conflicting accounts from his doctors that raise doubts about how soon he’ll be able return to work and his re-election campaign.

BERLIN — The COVID-19 pandemic could trigger a debt crisis in some countries, so investors must be ready for granting some form of relief that could also include debt cancellation, World Bank President David Malpass was quoted as saying on Sunday.

LONDON — As health workers carried out COVID-19 tests in public squares in Washington DC in July, work had to be suspended as temperatures in the paved spaces soared to what felt like 43 degrees Celsius.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said from his hospital room on Saturday that he felt “much better” but the next few days will be “the real test” of his treatment for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), capping a day of contradictory messages from the White House about his condition.

JAKARTA — Indonesian President Joko Widodo defended his record of fighting the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, asking for no “polemics” or “commotion” amid criticism that he is putting the economy over public health.

A victory by US presidential candidate Joseph R. Biden in next month’s election could push up Treasury yields, according to some analysts. In Southeast Asia, that may be especially bad news for holders of Thai and Indonesian bonds.

ASSISI — Pope Francis traveled outside Rome on Saturday for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic broke out to sign his latest encyclical in the crypt where St. Francis of Assisi is buried.

Early in the coronavirus pandemic, US President Donald J. Trump put his faith in a toaster-sized machine that could spit out test results in a matter of minutes.

THE TOKYO Stock Exchange (TSE) halted trading for the entire day Thursday on a hardware breakdown, freezing buying and selling in thousands of companies in the worst-ever outage for the world’s third-largest bourse.

BERLIN — Germany lifted its blanket warning against travelling to all countries outside the European Union early on Thursday, although little is likely to change for most travellers under the new regulation.

Tens of thousands of job cuts announced by blue-chip companies in a 24-hour period are a warning sign for the world’s recovery and emerge just ahead of two key reports forecast to show limited progress in the US labor market.

LONDON — Widespread reopening of schools after lockdowns and vacations is generally not linked to rising COVID-19 rates, a study of 191 countries has found, but lockdown closures will leave a 2020 “pandemic learning debt” of 300 billion missed school days.